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Present Perfect & Simple Past

This document discusses the use of the present perfect and simple past tenses in English. It provides examples of asking and answering questions using these tenses. Specifically: 1) The present perfect is used to talk about experiences happening in an unspecified time in the past, while the simple past specifies the exact time something occurred. 2) Common time expressions used with the present perfect include today, this week, this year, while the simple past uses specific times like yesterday, last week, in 2017. 3) Exercises are provided to have students practice forming questions and answers using these tenses in conversational exchanges.

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Present Perfect & Simple Past

This document discusses the use of the present perfect and simple past tenses in English. It provides examples of asking and answering questions using these tenses. Specifically: 1) The present perfect is used to talk about experiences happening in an unspecified time in the past, while the simple past specifies the exact time something occurred. 2) Common time expressions used with the present perfect include today, this week, this year, while the simple past uses specific times like yesterday, last week, in 2017. 3) Exercises are provided to have students practice forming questions and answers using these tenses in conversational exchanges.

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Life

Level 2 Unit 10b


Present perfect and simple past

A: Have you ever been to New York?


B: Yes, I have.
A: When did you go?
B: I went there in 2017.
A: What did you do?
B: We celebrated New Year's in Times Square!

Presentation

You can use the present perfect and simple past to say something happened in the past.

Present perfect Past participles


Use the present perfect to say something happened in The past participle of the verb can be
the past but not exactly when: 
• regular (add -ed): celebrate → celebrated → celebrated,
I / You / We / They ‘ve / haven’t
watch → watched → watched
been to New York. • irregular: go → went → gone, do → did → done
He / She / It has / hasn’t
TIP Weoften start conversations using the present perfect
Simple past to talk about general experiences, and then use
Use the simple past to say exactly when something the simple past to give details:
happened in the past:
“Have you ever been to New York?” “Yes, I have.”
I / You / We / They “When did you go?” “I went there in 2017.”
went in 2017.
He / She / It

Time expressions
When the time phrases refer to an unfinished period of
time, you can use the present perfect:
We’ve been before / today / this week / this month / this
year.
We use the simple past (not the present perfect) when
we use a time phrase that says the exact time the action
happened:
We went yesterday / last week / at midnight / in 2017.

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Level 2 Unit 10b
Exercises

Exercises
1 Match the questions to the answers.
1 What time did you get to school? a No, I haven’t. Maybe he’s working at home today.
2 Have you seen Ryan this morning? b Yes, I’ve been a few times.
3 Where did you learn to play the guitar? c At my old school. I had a good teacher.
4 Have you finished your course? d We’ve had a lot of extra work this week, so I
5 Have you ever been to Nepal? stayed until 8.
6 Why were you late home? e Yes, I have. I finished yesterday.
f I’m not sure, but I was late.

2 Make sentences using the present perfect or simple past. Use the present perfect where possible.
1 We / make / a cake. We’ve made a cake.
2 I / leave / home / in 2015. I left home in 2015.
3 They / booked / a trip to Rome.
4 You / go / to Rome / last year.
5 The lesson / start / 15 minutes ago.
6
7 You / ever / fly / in a plane?
8 You / see / your family / the weekend?
3 Complete the conversations with the present perfect or the simple past of the verbs in parentheses.
1 A: 1 (you / call) Mandy last night?
B: Yes, I did. And I’ve left three more messages this morning, but she 2 (not / answer).
2 A: 3
(you / buy) anything to eat when you were out?
B: No, because I 4
(arrange) to go out for dinner this evening with Tim and Shirley.
3 A: 5
(you / ever / win) anything?
B: Only once. I won a competition in my school magazine. They 6 (give) me ten dollars!
4 A:7 (your teacher / give) you an exam?
B: No, he hasn’t.
A: My teacher has. I 8 (fail) it.
4  20 Write conversations. Then listen and check.
1 Canada? → yes: Montreal last year 3 curry? → yes: in London last summer
A: Have you ever been to Canada? A:
B: Yes, I have. I went to Montreal last year. B:
2 rugby? → yes: when I was at school
A: 4 Romeo and Juliet? → yes: at the Globe Theatre in
B: May
A:
B:

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