Past Simple or Present Perfect

Past Simple vs. Present Perfect

Have you ever tried parkour?

Dialogue:

• A: Have you ever tried parkour?

• B: Yes, I have. I tried it last week. We went to a parkour club in the park - it was amazing!

Multiple Select

Which part is present perfect?

• Have you ever tried parkour?

• Yes, I have.

• I tried it last week. We went to a parkour club in the park. It was amazing!

Multiple Select

Which part is past simple?

• Have you ever tried parkour?

• Yes, I have.

• I tried it last week. We went to a parkour club in the park. It was amazing!

Present Perfect

Have you ever tried parkour?

-The question uses the present perfect because the speaker wants to know if the person has had this experience any time up to now.

Yes, I have.

- The person answers using the present perfect to show that she has had this experience.

Past Simple

I tried it last week. We went to a parkour club in the park . It was amazing!

- When she goes on to talk about something that happened at a specific time in the past.

Past Simple

• Use the past simple for an action that happened at a specific time or date in the past.

Past Simple

A girl from my tennis class texted me a few minutes ago.

Past Simple

A girl from my tennis class texted me a few minutes ago.

Present Perfect Simple

• Use the present perfect simple when something happened in the past and it might happen again, it's important for something you are talking about now. It is formed with “have” and a past participle (voltooid deelwoord).

Preset Perfect Simple

Three thousand people have watched it.

Multiple Choice

Last night I _______ (lose) my keys and I had to call my roommate to let me in.

• lost

• have lost

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I _______ (visit) Paris three times, but I want to go again next year.

• visited

• have visited

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I __________ (know) Julie for three years and we still meet once a month.

• known

• 've know

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I ___________ (play) hockey since I was a child, so I'm pretty good now.

• played

• 've played

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'Yesterday' is a signal word for the ..

• past simple

• present perfect

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She __________ (play) hockey at school but she didn't like it, so she quit.

• played

• 've played

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'Last week' is a signal word for the ..

• past simple

• present perfect

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Last month I __________ (go) to Scotland.

• went

• 've gone

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'Since 1965' is a signal word ("signaalwoord") for the ..

• past simple

• present perfect

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I ________ (see) Julie three times this week so far.

• saw

• 've seen

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'For 20 years' is a signal word for the ..

• past simple

• present perfect

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'Last Tuesday' is a signal word for the ..

• past simple

• present perfect

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'Never' is a signal word for the ..

• past simple

• present perfect

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'Already' is a signal word for the ..

• past simple

• present perfect

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'5 days ago' is a signal word for the ..

• past simple

• present perfect

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Peter ...... (play) football yesterday.

• had played

• played

• have played

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They ...... (clean) the car. It looks new again.

• cleaned

• has cleaned

• have cleaned

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Last year we ...... (go) to Spain.

• gone

• has gone

• have gone

• went

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Emily and Molly ...... (know) each other for 10 years now.

• have known

• knew

• has known

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What's that lovely smell in here? - Jasmin ...... (bake) a yummy cake.

• baked

• has baked

• have baked

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They ...... (visit) a farm two weeks ago.

• visited

• have visited

• has visited

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We ...... (move) to a new house last year.

• has moved

• have moved

• moved

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He ...... (live) in Scotland for 3 years now.

• has lived

• lived

• have lived

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I ...... (trip) over my shoelaces and now my knee is hurt.

• tripped

• have tripped

• has tripped

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They ...... (already / pack) their backpacks.

• already packed

• already have packed

• has already packed

• have already packed

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We really ...... (enjoy) the game last Sunday.

• enjoyed

• have enjoyed

• has enjoyed

Multiple Choice

I ...... (phone) Mary two minutes ago.

• have phoned

• phoned

• has phoned