Present Simple vs Past Simple

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

Identify grammar and context differences between Present Perfect and Past Simple Tense, by observing and analysing a table, examples and answering multiple choice questions

Last class we finished the listening comprehension worksheet with exercise 4, which had three questions. Let's see them and the answers you gave:

• Are all the answers grammatically the same?  "NO, THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT"

• Are the referring to a same context? NO, SOME OF THEM REFER TO THE PAST AND OTHERS HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE PRESENT

• What verb forms can you recognise? PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is the correct translation for "Yo estudié en la biblioteca hace dos días"?

• I have studied at the library for two days.

• I studied at the library two days ago.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct translation for the sentence: "He comido comida china 2 veces esta semana.

• "I ate Chinese food twice this week."

• "I have eaten Chinese food twice this week"

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between "I ate Chinese food" and "I have eaten Chinese food"?

• The first refers to a past situation that is finished now; the second is still related to the present because it's not finished yet.

• The first and second actions both are finished; the only difference is that the second is using "have"

What is the difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple?

When we use them, we can see they have certain differences in the context, as well as in their grammar structure. Let's take a look at the following video and then answer some questions.