past simple & present perfect

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Past simple & present perfect

Past simple

When? Action takes place in the past and has finished

Past simple

Signal words: 

Last week, yesterday, a year ago, this morning, when I was young, ....

Past simple regular

+ (positive)     infinitive + ed

I walked yesterday

- (negative)        didn't + infinitive

I didn't walk yesterday

? (question)      Did + infinitive

Did I walk yesterday?

Past simple irregular (2nd)

Examples:

Take - took - taken 

drive - drove - driven

go - went - gone

Make a positive sentence using a verb in the past simple

Make a negative sentence using a verb in the past simple

Make a question using a verb in the past simple

Present perfect

When? Action started in the past but has not finished yet or effect is still noticable

Present perfect

Signal words:

fyne jas

for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since

Present perfect

+ (positive)  Have/has + past participle

I have just seen him

- (negatief)   Haven't/hasn't + past participle

He hasn't seen him in years

? (vraag)     Have/has + past participle

Have you ever read a book?

Past participle

regular verbs:       infinitive + ed

                       (walked)

irregular verbs:  take - took - taken  (3rd )

                 see - saw - seen

Make a positive sentence using a verb in the present perfect

Make a negative sentence using a verb in the present perfect

Make a question using a verb in the present perfect

Vul in:
Yesterday, I _________ (walk) to school

1. walked
2. have walked

Vul in:
Last month, we _______(not,run) a marathon.

1. didn't ran
2. haven't ran
3. didn't run
4. haven't run

Vul in:
I ________ (live) here for 20 years. Look, that's my neighbour Sam!

1. lived
2. lifed
3. have lived
4. have lifed

Vul in:
Sam ______ (go) to school yet.

1. didn't go
2. didn't went
3. hasn't went
4. hasn't gone

Can you use the past simple and Present perfect correctly?

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Exercises past simple vs present perfect