present perfect versus past simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

Today's goal:

Present Perfect

Past Simple

Difference present perfect and past simple:

• With the past simple the action begins and ends in the past.
  
• With the present perfect the action is either still going on or is a result of an action from the past.

Difference present perfect 

and past simple

Signal words:

Present perfect: FYNE JAS
Past simple: last year, yesterday, in 2020, an hour ago.

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

I built a helicopter

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

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

1. I read
2. I have read
3. I had read

Present perfect:
She .... (be)

1. She was
2. She have been
3. She has been

have / has + past participle is:

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

Which words are signal words for the Present Perfect?

1. never / ever / for / since
2. last week, Saturday
3. forever, since, this morning
4. yet, yesterday, tonight

You didn't think it would 

be this easy, did you?

I ___(never/go) to Vienna.

My great great grandfather ___ (have) five sisters.

She ___ (live) in Manila for a year when she was a student.

___ (you/see) Julie today?

I ___ (read) two books this week.

She ___ (live) in seven different countries, so she knows a lot about different cultures.

He walks with crutches with because he ___ (break) his leg.

She ___ (break) her leg the day before her exam.

Translate: Ik woon al mijn hele leven in Voorburg.

Translate: Wij zijn gister naar de bioscoop geweest.

Translate: Heb je iets leuks gedaan dit weekend?

Difference
Present Perfect
Past Simple

Good luck 

on your test!