Present Perfect vs Past Simple - Common mistakes compilation

If we say when something happened we use...

• the past simple

• the present perfect

If we talk about our life experiences without specifying when it happened, we use...

• the past simple

• the present perfect

With the present perfect, if we want to indicate a period of time, we use

• since

• for

With the present perfect, if we want to indicate the starting point of an event, we use

• since

• for

My friend fell down the stairs yesterday

• Right

• Wrong

My sister haven't been to London.

• Right

• Wrong

My nails are long because I didn't cut them.

• Right

• Wrong

My dad's been a teacher for ten years.

• Right

• Wrong

Kate has never been to Rome.

• Right

• Wrong

I ____ (leave) school last year.

• left

• leaved

• didn't leave

• have left