Theory - Simple Past & Present Perfect

Used for completed things in the past

• Present Perfect

• Past Simple

Used when the result of an action in the past is important in the present

• Present Perfect

• Past Simple

Used for recently completed actions

• Present Perfect

• Past Simple

Used for actions that began in the past and are still continuing

• Past Simple

• Present Perfect

Used for a series of completed actions in the past

• Present Perfect

• Past Simple

Used to talk about things that are over at the moment of speech

• Past Simple

• Present Perfect

Used with adverbs such as: yesterday, last summer, last week, last month, the other day, a week ago etc.

• Past Simple

• Present Perfect

Used to emphasize the result or outcome of something

• Past Simple

• Present Perfect

Used to talk about things that happened at an unknown time in the past

• Past Simple

• Present Perfect

Used to describe things that happened in the past which are not yet completed or over at the moment of speech

• Present Perfect

• Past Simple