present perfect versus past simple

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• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

Present Perfect
Give your own example!

Past Simple. What do you remember? Example? Rule?

I lived in Stein

I have lived in Stein

Present Perfect

Past Simple

Difference between present perfect and past simple

• With the past simple the action ocurred in the past and is complete.
  
• With the present perfect  the action is still happening or there is a link to the past.

Difference present perfect and past simple

Signal words/Keywords:

Present perfect: already, for, since, how long.
Past simple: last year, yesterday, in 2010, an hour ago.

Give me some examples!

I have known him all my life.

1. past simple
2. present simple
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

My cat died last week.

1. past perfect
2. past simple
3. present simple
4. present perfect

Somebody painted a picture on the wall.

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past simple
4. Present perfect

I built a helicopter

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past simple
4. Present perfect

Lucy lives in London.

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past simple
4. Present perfect

Rebecca has gone to bed

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past simple
4. Present perfect

By which tense does this signal word/ keyword belong to :
since

1. present simple
2. past simple
3. present continuous
4. present perfect

I've lost my passport

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past simple
4. Present perfect

Present perfect:
I ...... (read)

1. I read
2. I have read

We sang that song yesterday.

1. Past Simple
2. Present Perfect

Present perfect:
She .... (be)

1. She was
2. She has been

Make it present perfect:
I ..... eaten an apple.

1. have
2. has

We worked 5 hours yesterday.

1. past simple
2. present perfect

Make it present perfect:
Peter ......... told a joke.

1. have
2. has

Happened in the past, but still important.

1. past simple
2. present perfect
3. past perfect
4. past continuous

Which tense is this?
I have known him all my life.

1. past simple
2. present simple
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

have / has + past participle is:

1. past perfect
2. present continuous
3. present perfect
4. past continuous

This quiz has ended.

1. past simple
2. present perfect
3. past perfect
4. past continuous