SIMPLE PAST VS PRESENT PERFECT
English Grammar Online 4U, Simple Past – Present Perfect.http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper
,consulté le 03 mai 2009
Form
Simple Past tensePresent Perfect tenseirregular verbs: Simple past of irregular verbs, 2
nd
column.Example:I
knew
Irregular verbs: form of 'have' +past participle of irregular verbs,3rd column
Example:
I / you / we / they
have broken
he / she / it
has broken
Regular verbs: infinitive + ed
Example:
I
played
Regular verbs: form of 'have' +infinitive + ed
Example:
I / you / we / they
have played
he / she / it
has playedExceptions when adding 'ed':
1. When the final letter is
e
, only add
d
Example:
love - loved2, After a short, stressed
vowel
, the final consonant is
doubled
Example:
admit - admitted3. After a consonant, final
y
becomes
i
(but: not after a vowel)
Example:
worry - worriedbut: play - played
Use
1.
A time expression in the past is given, you have to use Simple Past
2.
Certain time in the past
or just / already / yet
?
Simple Past tensePresent Perfect tense
certain time in the past
Example:
I
called
Mary 2 minutes
ago
.
just
/
already
/
not yet
Example:
I
have
just
called
Mary.
3.
Certain event in the past
or how often so far
? An action that tookplace /
how often an action has happened till now.
Simple Past tensePresent Perfect tense
certain event in the past
Example:
He
went
to Canada
last summer
.
whether / how often till now
Example:
Have
you
ever
been
to Canada? / I
have been
to Canada
twice
.
4.
Emphasis on action or
result
? Expressing what happened in thepast with the result /
putting the emphasis on the past action’sconsequence in the present.
Simple Past tensePresent Perfect tense
Emphasis on action
Example:
I
bought
a new bike.
(just telling what I did in the past.)
Emphasis on result
Example:
I
have bought
a new bike.
(Withthis sentence I actually want toexpress that I have a new bikenow.)
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