Present Perfect&Past Simple

Present Perfect&Past Simple

Present Perfect

Use#1: for something that started in the past and continues in the present:

They have been married for nearly fifty years.

She has lived in Liverpool all her life.

Multiple Choice

Sophie and I ________ (know)

each other since we were at school together.

• have known

• has known

Multiple Choice

Alex ________ never ______(see) a lion.

• has, saw

• have, been

• have, seen

Multiple Choice

Alain (be)_____ in hospital three times this year.

• had, been

• have, been

• has, been

Past Simple

Use#1: We use the past tense to talk about:

something that happened once/several times/true for some time in the past:

Examples

I met my wife in 1983.

We swam a lot while we were on holiday.

He enjoyed being a student.