(COPY 1) Present perfect v.s. past simple recap

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

GRAMMAR

What is the difference between the present perfect and the past simple?

Difference in use

Present perfect: Link between past & present ór life experience

Past simple: event in the past

Present Perfect

What is the rule for
the present perfect?

Rule for the present perfect

Have / has + past participle 

                     (verb + ed)

:-( Haven't / hasn't + past participle

Past simple

What is the rule for
the past simple?

Rule for the past simple

Verb + ed

? did + infinitive

:-(  didn't + infinitive

                    

Present Perfect or Past Simple?
Peter ____ (play) football yesterday

Present perfect or past simple?
School ... (not/start) yet.

Past Simple or Present perfect:
Last year we ____ (go) to Italy.

Past Simple or Present perfect:
They ____ (wash) the car. It looks new again.

Past Simple or Present perfect:
She ___ (see) that film three times already.

Present Perfect or Past Simple?
"I ... never ... (to visit) Africa before."

Present Perfect or Past Simple?
"I ... (to call) her two days ago."

Present perfect or past simple?
He ....... (never, take) anything without asking.

Present Perfect or Past Simple?
"I ... (not / to work) here for more than a year."

Fill in past simple or present perfect.
Jack .........(finish) work an hour ago.

Choose: Present perfect or past simple

Can you help us? Our car ____________(break) down.

Present Perfect or Past Simple?
"... she ... (to eat) hamburgers yesterday?"

Questions

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