The Present Perfect Simple and Continuous vs Past Simple

What tense gives importance to the completion and result of an action?

• PRESENT PERFECT

• PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

What tense gives importance tothe process and duration of an action?

• PRESENTT PERFECT SIMPLE

• PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

What tense gives importance to how many times an action happens?

• PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

• PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

What tense gives importance to the fact that an action is temporary,incomplete or has finishes very recently?

• PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

• PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

have/has + been + verb(ing)

• Present Perfect Continuous

• Present Perfect Simple

have/has + past participle

• PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

• PRESENT PERFECCT CONTINUOUS

We use Past Simple for an action which happened at a definite time in the past; the time is stated, already known or implied.

• Yes
• No

We use Past Simple for actions which happened immeditely one after the other in the past.

• Yes
• No

We use Past Simple for past habits or states which are now finished.

• Yes
• No

We use Past Perfect for an action which happened before another past action or before a stated time in the past.

• Yes
• No