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WorksheetsPresent Perfect vs Past Simple
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
We use the present perfect and the past simple to talk about events and things in our lives.
True
False
We use the present perfect to focus on what happened, not when!
"I’ve looked at the sales figures. They’ve shot up by 20%."
True
False
We use the past simple because we say when the actions happened.
"I looked at the sales figures this morning. They shot up by 20% last month."
True
False
I (a) football yesterday. (play)
I (a) football before. (play)
We use present perfect when we use...
ever, never, yet
before, for, since
specific dates
When somebody asks you: "Have you ever eaten an insect?"
The focus is on...
the action that happened
the time the activity happened
Have you ever eaten an insect?
Have you ever seen a ghost?
Have you ever been to Paris?
"I played videogames with my dad yesterday."
The focus is on the action or time?
Time!
Action!
Birds!
"I've never saw this many birds before"
The sentence is...
Correct!
Incorrect!
"I've never seen this many birds before"
The sentence is correct because...
Because it is in the past
Because it is in the Present Perfect
When we use present perfect we have to use:
have/has
verbs in the past participle
verbs in the past simple
For the past simple of regular verbs, add -ed/-ied/-d to the main verb…
Yes
No
birds
What did you do yesterday?
"So sometimes, we can use the present perfect to say when something happened, when a situation started in the past and is still true, or still happening now"
Yes
No
"I haven't eaten this morning, I'm still hungry"
Is this sentence correct?
Yes! Because it is still true!
No! Because the focus is in the time!
Hey, uhm (a) ?
(a) , it was fantastic!
