Present perfect simple vs past simple

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLEVS.

PAST SIMPLE

Unscramble these sentences:

Moved 2005 She Thames in to Town.

Years He on three worked this has for

‘Teacher, I have finished’.

We use the present perfect to talk about:

1 an experience in someone’s lifetime, without saying the exact time when the event occured.

‘ I have travelled around Europe’.

2 recent events which have a result in the present.

3 actions or situations that began in the past but continue in the present. ‘Mark’s lived here for 10 years’.

Form SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + PAST

PARTICIPLE

‘She has bought a flat’

‘She moved to Thames Town in 2005’.

We use the past simple for actions or experiences which happened at a specific

moment in the past, or actions which started and finished in the past.

PRESENT PERFECT

PAST SIMPLE

Complete the sentences with the present perfect form of these verbs. Put the other word

in the correct place in the sentence.Already/visit ever/live have/for

love/since just/rain never/live not finish/yet not sell/yet

They ____________ their flat _______.Haven’t sold yet




I __________ _in a big city but one day I’d like to .

‘ve never lived




We _____________ this exercise _____.Haven’t finished yet




My brother ________________ New York. He went there for a holiday five years ago.

Has already visited




We ________this car _______ ten years.Have had for




Why is it wet here? ____it __________.Has just rained




I ______ this city _____ the day I arrived here.‘ve loved since




______ you ________ in a cottage?Have ever lived

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Present perfect simple vs past simple

Education

past participle

present perfect past

big city

day id

someones lifetime

exact time

specific moment

recent events