Transcript PRESENT PERFECT vs. SIMPLE PAST USE

FORM:have/has+participle
Subject + have/has+ Past Participle
We have studied English for two years
She has read two Harry Potter books.
Negative form: Subject+haven't/hasn't+past participle
They haven't cleaned the car.
She hasn't opened the window.
Interrogative: Have/has+subject+participle
Have you seen Sally this morning?
Has she talked to her boss?
FORM:have/has+participle
USE
We use it:
1.-to talk about things that have
happened recently with no
time mentioned:
“They have bought a new house”
(When did they buy it? We don’t know
when; the time is not
mentioned.)The exact time is
unknown or unimportant. What is
important is the action.
2.-We often use it to give news:
“Sally's had her baby! “A parcel has
arrived for you”
Present perfect
3.-With the expression “Yet”in ?
and – sentences. Put “yet” at
the end of the sentence:
“Have you done your homework
yet?”(¿ya has hecho los deberes?)
“The film hasn't started yet”(la
película no ha empezado todavía)
“He hasn't done the ironing yet”
USE
We use it:
3.-With the expression “Just ”in +
sentences to say that something
happened very recently. Put
“just”before the main verb:
“They've just arrived” (Acaban de llegar).
He has just eaten.
4.-With “already” in+ sentences to
say that sth happened very
recently. Put “already” before
the main verb.
“I have already finished my exams” (Ya
he terminado mis exámenes). He has
already spoken to Sally
Present perfect/simple past
Present perfect; Use it to talk about
a general experience in the past
but we don't say when:
Expressions we use with present
perfect:
Eg Have you seen his new film? Yes, I
have seen all his films.
Just, Already, Yet
How long?¿cuanto tiempo?
In ages-en mucho tiempo,durante años
Ever, Never, Recently
Simple past; use it to talk about a
specific moment in the past;
“When did you see the film?
Expressions we use with the simple
past:
I saw his last film last week”
When..?
Two years ago
Last week, month, year...
Yesterday
PRESENT PERFECT/PAST SIMPLE
A child started doing his homework
when he got home from school an
hour ago. Now he just walked
into the kitchen to ask for a small
snack. His mother tells him he
should go to do his homework. He
replies:
“I have done my homework”
The action started in the past an
hour ago and continued until he
came to the kitchen. Present
perfect is used to describe actions
that take place between the past
and the present time.
PRESENT PERFECT vs. SIMPLE PAST
DIFFERENCES:
Present Perfect Simple:
Simple Past:
There’s a connection with the
present:
Paul has broken his left arm (it
is still broken)
-Actions that happened at an
unspecified time in the past:
I have been abroad many
times.
- Actions finished in the past:
Paul broke his arm when he
was 12. (His arm is no longer
broken)
-Actions that happened at a
specific time in the past:
Mary went abroad last
Summer.
PRESENT PERFECT vs SIMPLE PAST
Conversations often begin in the
present perfect (with a general
question: have you ever or how
long..?) and then change to the past
simple to ask for or give specific details
eg. When ,what, where,who with etc
A.-Have you ever been to London?
B.-yes, I have.
A.-when did you go there?
B.-I went last year
A.-what did you do?
I visited the British museum, I saw The
London Eye and Buckingham
Palace.
A.-Did you have a good time?
B.-yes, I did. London is wonderful!
PRESENT PERFECT vs SIMPLE PAST
A.-Have you seen the movie “the
Hunger Games?
B.-yes, I have.
A.-when did you see it?
B.-I saw it last year.
A.-Did you see it at home?
No, I saw it in the cinema.
A.- What did you think of it?
B.-It was fantastic!
EVER/NEVER+PRESENT PERFECT
-Ever is used in questions and goes between the verb have and
the
past participle.
Have you ever played squash?
Have you ever travelled abroad?
Never is used to make a negative statement and goes between
the verb have and the past partciple
I have never played squash
I have never travelled abroad.
COMPARE BEEN AND GONE
Sally has been to London (=she
went to London and came back)
Sally has gone to London (=she's
in London now)
Peter isn't here. He has gone
shopping.
I've just been to the supermarket.
Look at all the food I've bought!
I've already been to the post office
so you don't need to go.