Transcript Past simple vs. Present perfect

Past simple vs. Present
perfect
GRAMMAR
Past simple (vt)

To express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have
one specific time in mind.
Regular verbs:
+ ed
Yesterday we danced at the party.
Irregular verbs:
2nd “row“
Yesterday we went to the party.
Interrogative:
Did + heel ww
Did you go to the party yesterday?
Negative:
Did + not + heel ww
We did not go to the party yesterday.
Signal Words:
Yesterday, last (night, week, etc.), (a minute, an hour) ago, in 2014
Present perfect

To talk about unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present.
Have
+ past participle
Have we met before?
Has (he/she/it)
+ past participle
He has worked here since 2010.
Regular verb:
+ ed
I have lived here for ten years.
Irregular verb:
3rd “row”
She has never seen him before.
Signal words:
for (al), since, yet, just, already, never, ever.
Practice:
past simple of present perfect?
1. My parents __________ (run) their own hotel for thirty years.
2. Last year I __________ (give) my first concert.
3. __________ you __________ (talk) to her yesterday?
4. I __________ never __________ (understand) English.
5. __________ she ever __________ (go) to London?
6. Last summer we __________ (camp) at a campsite in France.
7. We __________ (be) waiting here for hours.
8. The last time I __________ (dance) was in 2012.
9. We __________ (live) here since 2012.