Present Perfect and Past Simple

Present Perfect and Past Simple

When we use each

WE USE PAST SIMPLE WHEN WE KNOW WHEN THINGS HAPPENED

I played football three days ago.

I ate a pizza last night.

Jason was at a party yesterday.

We had English at 9 o'clock.

Mary and Ann had cake on their birthday.

The Vikings went to America in the 10th century.

PAST SIMPLE: POSITIVE

Positive past simple sentences can be:

Regular

They end in -ed

Accept - accepted

Admit - admitted

Call - called

Clean - cleaned

....

PAST SIMPLE: POSITIVE

Positive past simple sentences can be:

Irregular

TO CHECK IF THEY ARE IRREGULAR WE LOOK AT THE NAME PART OF THE VERBS' LIST!!!!

PAST SIMPLE: POSITIVE

Positive past simple sentences can be:

Irregular

TO CHECK IF THEY ARE IRREGULAR WE LOOK AT THE NAME PART OF THE VERBS' LIST!!!!

BUT

WE USE THE SECOND COLUMN

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct past tense:

Last night the game ______ 10 minutes late.

• beginned

• begin

• began

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct past tense:

The dog ______ his finger.

• bit

• bite

• bited

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct past tense:

The teacher ______ a note to Nina's parents.

• writed

• wrote

• written

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct past tense:

They ______ what the student said in class yesterday.

• understand

• understood

• understanded

PAST SIMPLE: NEGATIVE

We make Past Simple negative by adding didn't between the subject and the name verb.

THE VERB HAS TO BE IN POSITIVE!!!

Last night the game didn't begin 10 minutes late

(not Last night the game didn't began 10 minutes late)

The dog didn't bite his finger.

(not The dog didn't bit his finger)

Multiple Choice

Make a sentence in Past Simple negative.

they / not / play tennis yesterday

• They didn't play tennis yesterday.

• They didn't played tennis yesterday.

• They not played tennis yesterday.

Multiple Choice

Make a sentence in Past Simple negative.

we / not / go on holiday last year

• We not go on holiday last year

• We didn't go on holiday last year

• We didn't went on holiday last year

Multiple Choice

Make a sentence in Past Simple negative.

Julie and Anna / not / clean the house at all

• Julie and Anna didn't cleaned the house at all

• Julie and Anna not cleaned the house at all

• Julie and Anna didn't clean the house at all

PAST SIMPLE: QUESTIONS

We make Past Simple negative by adding Did (or didn't) before the subject and the name verb.

THE VERB HAS TO BE IN POSITIVE!!!

Did the game 10 minutes late Last night?

(not Did the game didn't began 10 minutes late last night?)

Did the dog his finger?

(not Did the dog bit his finger?)

Multiple Choice

Make past simple ‘yes / no’ questions:

I / see you last week?

• Did I seed you last week?

• Did I see you last week?

• Did I saw you last week?

Multiple Choice

Make past simple ‘yes / no’ questions:

you / meet your father yesterday?

• Did you meet your father yesterday?

• Did you meeted your father yesterday?

• Did you met your father yesterday?

Multiple Choice

Make past simple ‘yes / no’ questions:

we / go to Spain in June?

• Did we gone to Spain in June?

• Did we went to Spain in June?

• Did we go to Spain in June?

PRESENT PERFECT: POSITIVE

We do it by....

Subject: I, you, he, the dog, Manolo....

Have or has

Participle:

1. The name of the verb + ed

2. The third column of your list

WHEN DO WE WRITE HAVE AND WHEN DO WE WRITE HAS?

• He, she, it, a name (like Miguel): HAS

• The rest.... : HAVE

Multiple Choice

Make sentences in Present Perfect:

She / pass / the exam

• She have passed the exam

• She has pass the exam

• She has passed the exam

• She has pass the exam

Multiple Choice

Make sentences in Present Perfect:

We / try / roller-skating

• We have try roller-skating

• We has tried roller-skating

• We have tried roller-skating

• We has try roller-skating

Multiple Choice

Make sentences in Present Perfect:

I / meet / his mother

• I have meet his mother.

• I have meeted his mother.

• I has meeted his mother.

• I have met his mother.

Multiple Choice

Make sentences in Present Perfect:

You / find / your wallet

• You have finded your wallet

• You have found your wallet

• You has finded your wallet

• You has found your wallet