PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE

By Carlota González

​LE'TS GO

We use it to talk about things that happened in the past but they are CONNECTED to the present. We don't say WHEN.

Check this video: ​

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1_0Gz4uRKo&ab_channel=GoEnglish

Present perfect simple

• KEYS:

  • ALREADY (+) = I have ALREADY studied

  • ​JUST (+) = I have JUST studied

  • YET (-) = I haven't studied YET

  • ​FOR = duración. I have studied for 3 hours.​

  • SINCE = fechas. I have ​studied since Monday.

• FORMS:

• (+) SUJETO + HAVE / HAS + VERB -ED/3ª

• (-) SUJETO + HAVEN'T / HASN'T + VERB -ED / 3ª​

  (?) HAVE / HAS + SUJETO + VERB -ED / 3ª ?

Multiple Choice

IN PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE, WE CAN SAY " I HAVE PERFORMED ON STAGE IN LONDON IN 2020 "

• FALSE.

• TRUE.

Draw

MAKE A SENTENCE USING PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND ALREADY

We use it to talk about things that HAPPENED in the past and STAYED in the past "pasado pisado".

WE SAY WHEN. ​

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PAST SIMPLE

• KEYS:

  • in ..... (year)

  • last week / month / year

  • yesterday

  • ............ ago (3 days ago, 2 weeks ago...) ​

• FORMS:

• (+) SUJETO + VERB -ED / 2ª + CD​

• (-) SUJETO + DIDN'T + VERB INFINITIVE​

• (?) DID + SUJETO + VERB INFINITIVE ? ​

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EASY? LET'S CHECK THE NEXT SLIDES. ​

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Open Ended

WRITE TWO THINGS YOU THINK YOUR TEACHER HAS DONE RECENTLY

Multiple Choice

PAST SIMPLE IS TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND THEY AREN'T CONNECTED TO THE PRESENT.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

WHICH ONE IS PAST SIMPLE?

• They didn't eaten Chinese food yesterday.

• They haven't eaten Chinese food yesterday.

• They didn't eat Chinese food yesterday.

Multiple Choice

............. YOU ............. (FINISH) YOUR HOMEWORK?

NO, I HAVEN'T.

• Have you finished

• Has you finished

• Did you finished

• Did you finish

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer

• She hasen't designed fashion accesories

• We haven't gone to a summer camp already

• Did they used to compose songs?

• He has just earned money

Poll

What ............ you ............. (do) last night?

• did you done

• have you done

• did you do

• were you doing

Multiple Choice

Lisa ................................ (already / release) a song

• has released already

• hasn't already released

• already released

• has already released

Poll

Did you understand the difference between PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE and PAST SIMPLE?

• No, I didn't pay attention.

• Not really. I need the teacher to explain it to me again.

• Yes, I did but I need to practice more.

• I totally got it! I can do it!