PRESENT PERFECT AND

PAST SIMPLE

ALUMNA: TELLO NORABUENA CATHERINE

Use the simple Use the present
past for action perfect for action that
that happened in started in the past,
the past and is: but…

over, done, Is, still true today.

finished
 Time expressions with Time epressions with
Past Simple Present Perfect
• Yesterday / ayer • Today / hoy
• Last week / la semana • This week / esta
pasada semana
• Last month / el mes • This month / este mes
pasado • This year / este año
• Last year / el año • Since January 2018 /
pasado desde enero de 2018
• Between 1985 and
2017 / entre 1985 y
2017
 Present perfect vs past simple tense:

The use of past simple instead of present perfect requires clear reference to a past
period/moment:
Present perfect Simple past
I have met that girl before I met that girl at the beach last
Saturday.
Have you seen Nancy recently? Did you see Nancy yesterday?

We have discussed this issue a We discussed this issue last

few times. month.
I have had some test this week. I had some test last week.
 Past simple / present perfect

Fill in the gaps with the correct werb form.

1. The Titanic sank in 1912.

2. Somebody has stolen my bicycle!I’ll have to walk home.
3. Gerry has fallen off his bike three times this month.
4. I have see the movie Titanic three times. I’m going to see it again tonight.
5. I have walked to work every day for the last six weeks.
6. When she was Young she lived in Seoul.
7. Ouch! I have cut my finger!.
8. I lost my key yesterday, so I couldn’t get into the house. Eventually, I found it in
my jacket pocket.
9. His brother visited London last year.
10.Jack has lived in Boston for the past 15 years.
11.Janet worked for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us.