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...or the most confusing tense you have ever tried to understand !
Differences
Simple Past
Specific Past
Known (You know or say when something happened)
Finished
Present Perfect
Not Specific time given
Unknown (You don’t know or say when it happened)
Unfinished
I’ve read the book. GENERAL
I read the book last month. SPECIFIC
I’ve done my project. GENERAL
I did my project two weeks ago. SPECIFIC
Examples
I have been
I have gone
You have seen
He has done
She has made
We have visited
They have arrived
I haven’t been
I haven’t gone
Have you seen?
Present Perfect
I was
I went
You saw
He did
She made
We visited
They arrived
I wasn’t
I didn’t go
Did you see?
Simple Past
Last (night / week / month / year)
(2 days / 6 months / 10 years) ago
When (I was young)
Yesterday
At 10:00 a.m.
On Monday
In 2001
Simple Past
Recently / lately
Many times / several times
Often / sometimes
Just
Ever? / never
Already / yet
Present Perfect
Differences
Simple Past Present Perfect
Life Experience
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Four Corners Student's Book – Level 3
