Present simple - present perfect

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Present simple <-> Present perfect

Present simple

I walk to school every day.

He never tells a lie.

We use the present simple when we talk about facts and things that happen freguently.

Signal words: always, never, often, usally, regulary, sometimes, hardly ever, every day

I always ...... to school by bus.

1. go
2. goes
3. don't go
4. doesn't go

Present simple +

I know him well.

You know him well.

She knows him well.

He knows him well.

We know him well.

They know him well.

Present simple -

I don't know him well.

You don't know him well.

She doesn't know him well.

He doesn't know him well.

We don't know him well.

They don't know him well.

John and Mary simply ......... pizza. They order it every Friday night.

1. love
2. loves
3. don't love
4. doesn't love

John and Mary simply love pizza. They order it every Friday night.

1. It always happens
2. It's a fact
3. It never happens
4. It sometimes happens

John ............. (like) ice cream though. He never ......... (eat) it.

Present simple

facts

always happens

never happens

sometimes happens

frequently happens

Present perfect

1. It happened in the past, but it doesn't matter when.

2. It started in the past and it's still going on.

3. It happened in the past and you can still see the result.

4. It just happened or it hasn't happened yet.

Pointer:

There are 2 fake answers

I live in London.

I have lived in London for one year.

Fact

Started in the past and is still going on

present perfect

present simple

Always happens

Happened in the past, result is still visible

Have & verb+ed

1. He works in Mumbai.
2.He has worked in Mumbai since 2015.
What is not true?

1. 1. is the present simple because it's a fact
2. 2. Is the present perfect because it is still going on.
3. 2. Should be the present simple.
4. 1. 'Works' is +s because of the SHIT-rule.

Present simple

Present perfect

I don't talk about football often.

She has worked here since 2015

Tim and Dave have talked for hours now.

Alice knows a lot about plants.

Does he always walk to school?

She ................ her project yet.

1. finishes
2. doesn't finish
3. has finished
4. hasn't finished

She hasn't finished her project yet.
What is the signal word?

1. hasn't
2. her
3. project
4. yet

She hasn't finished her project yet.
What does 'yet' signal?

1. It just happened.
2. It still has to happen.

I ............... (work) in London since 2018 and I still ......... (love) this city.

James ............. (finish) his work just now. So we can do something fun.

Jennifer ......... ever ............ (go) to the cinema, she .......... (hates) watching movies.

Present simple

Present perfect

yet

always

sometimes

lately

since

in weeks

hardly ever

regularly

You use this when something has just happened. Example:
Jeffry has won a lot prizes lately.

You use this when somtehing happens regularly. Like:
I brush my teeth twice a day.

Make a sentence and use:
1. the present perfect
2. since

Make a sentence and use:
1. the present simple
2. usually