3M - present simple vs present perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Present simple vs present perfect

When do you use the present simple?

You use the present simple for:

Habits

Facts

Timetables

signal words for the present simple are:

Signal words present simple:

Always

Never

Often

Usually

Regularly

Sometimes

Hardly ever

Everyday

How do you make a present simple?

present simple

* affirmative: he/she/it + verb + (e)s

* questions + negative sentences:

1) there is a modal verb - He can walk. / He can't walk.

2) there isn't a modal verb - He sings. / He doesn't sing.

Modal verbs:

Modal verbs

The modal verbs are:

can

may

must

shall

will

to be

to do (only in combination with another verb)

to have (only in combination with another verb)

Present perfect

How do you make a present perfect?

present perfect

have/has + past participle

signal words present perfect

signal words present perfect

You use the present perfect:

when one of these signalwords is in the sentence:

FYNE JAS BAS RUS

(For, Yet, Never, Ever)(Just, Already, Since)(Before, Always, So far) (Recently, Until, Still)

When do you use the present perfect?

You use the present perfect when something started in the past and it is still going on / you can still see the result.