PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR
AND SINCE; PRESENT PERFECT
OR SIMPLE PAST?
NAME: JOSÉ ANDRÉS
ID: 7206
QUINTAL CAUICH
PRESENT
PERFECT
USES
1. To talk about an action that
occurred in the past but has
relevance in the present.
2. To express life experiences or
events that have occurred at some
non-specific time in the past.
STRUCTURES
Affirmative:
Subject + have/has + past
participle of the verb +
complements.
Examples
1. Maria has visited Italy.
2. The students have completed
their assignments.
Negative:
Subject + have/has + not + past
participle of the verb +
complements.
Examples:
1. Pedro has not read the book.
2. The team has not won a game
this month.
Question:
Have/Has + subject + past
participle of the verb +
complements?
Examples:
1. Have you seen the movie
"Titanic"?
2. Have your friends arrived from a
trip?
MAIN DIFFERENCES
OF THE PRESENT PREFECT
AND THE SIMPLE PAST
1. ACTION TIME
Present Perfect:
Refers to actions that occurred
at a non-specific time in the
past and that have relevance in
the present.
2. TIME INDICATION
Present Perfect:
It does not indicate a specific
time in the past, it focuses more
on the connection with the
present. Time expressions such
as "so far", "this week",
"sometime", etc. can be used.
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SIMPLE PAST
USES
1. To talk about actions that
occurred at a specific time in
the past and have already
concluded.
2. To express habitual actions
or events that occurred
repeatedly in the past.
STRUCTURES
Affirmative:
Subject + verb in simple past +
complements.
Examples:
1. Juan bought a new car.
2. The team won the
championship last year.
Negative:
Subject + did not + verb in
infinitive + complements.
Examples:
1. Maria didn't go to the movies
last night.
2. They didn't play football last
Saturday.
Question:
Did + subject + verb in infinitive +
complements?
Examples:
1. Did you finish your homework
yesterday?
2. Did they visit their grandparents
last weekend?
Simple Past:
Used for actions that occurred
at a specific time in the past and
have already concluded.
Simple Past:
Used with specific time
expressions in the past such as
"yesterday", "last year", "in
1999", etc.
 3. STRUCTURE FORMATION

Present Perfect:
It is formed with the auxiliary
"have/has" followed by the past
participle of the main verb.
Simple Past:
It is formed using the verb in
its past form, without the need
for auxiliaries, except in
negative and interrogative
forms where "did" is used.

4. USE OF "AGO"

Present Perfect: Simple Past:

"ago" is not used with the "Ago" is used to indicate a
Present Perfect. specific distance in the past.

5. FOCUS ON ACTION

Present Perfect: Simple Past:

Focuses on the result or Focuses on the action itself and
relevance of the action in the when it occurred in the past.
present.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PRESENT
PERFECT WITH "FOR" AND
"SINCE"

USING “FOR”:
"For" is used to indicate the duration of time that an action has been happening.
It is followed by a length of time (e.g., hours, days, months, years).
The structure is: subject + have/has + been + verb-ing + for + [time period].
EXAMPLE:
"She has been studying English for five years."
This indicates that the action of studying English started in the past and has
continued for a duration of five years up to the present.

USING “SINCE”:
"Since" is used to indicate the starting point of an action or state.
It is followed by a specific point in time (e.g., a date, a time, an event).
The structure is: subject + have/has + been + verb-ing + since + [starting point].
EXAMPLE:
"They have been living in this city since 2010."
This indicates that the action of living in the city started in 2010 and has continued
from that specific point up to the present.

KEYS POINTS:
1. "For" is used with a duration of time.
2. "Since" is used with a specific point in time.
3. Both "for" and "since" are used with the Present Perfect tense to indicate actions or
states that started in the past and continue up to the present moment.
4. The Present Perfect tense is used because there is a connection between the past
action or state and the present moment.

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