Present Perfect vs. Past Simple

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

What did you do last weekend?

How do you form the:
PAST SIMPLE with regular verbs?

How do you form the:
Present Perfect with regular verbs?

When do you use present perfect? 

Happened in the past and still happens now

When do you use past simple?

Happened in the past and finished now

Happened in the past,

can see the result now

experiences until now

Further situations to use present perfect 

My mum ___ a delicious cake last weekend.

1. baked
2. has baked

Pete says he ___ such a beautiful bird before.

1. has never seen
2. never saw

I ___ a new headphones, so I can listen to my music now.

1. bought
2. have bought

____ Jenny lately? I need her advice.

1. Have you seen
2. Did you see

When I was 4 I ___ into the garden pool.

1. have fallen
2. fell

Aranka ___ here since she was seven years old.

1. has lived
2. lived

I still ___ what I'm looking for.

1. haven't found
2. didn't find

Max ___ only a few minutes ago.

1. left
2. has left

Past participle of: forget

Past participle of: teach

Past participle of: grow

Past participle of: fly

Past partiple of: write