{"id":17287,"date":"2022-04-13T04:27:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T20:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/?p=17287"},"modified":"2022-04-13T04:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T20:29:55","slug":"the-differences-between-simple-past-and-present-perfect-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/2022\/04\/the-differences-between-simple-past-and-present-perfect-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"The Differences between Simple Past and Present Perfect Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"

From my experience of teaching Advanced Grammar and Reading<\/a>, students are often confused by the use of simple past tense and present perfect tense. This table shows you the differences between the two tenses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nSimple Past Tense<\/b><\/td>\nPresent Perfect Tense<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form<\/td>\n+ve: past tense form of verb<\/td>\n+ve: has \/ have + past participle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-ve: did not + base form of verb<\/td>\n-ve: has \/ have + not + past participle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
?: Did + subject + base form of verb<\/td>\n?: Has \/ Have + subject + past participle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Function(s)<\/td>\nTo describe:<\/p>\n
    \n
  • completed or finished<\/b> actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
 <\/p>\n

To describe:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • an action which began in the past and has continued to the present<\/b><\/li>\n
  • a past action<\/b> with more interest in the present effect<\/b>.<\/li>\n
  • an action which has repeated several times<\/b><\/li>\n
  • Our experience up to now<\/b> in life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time Expressions<\/td>\n <\/p>\n

Yesterday, Once upon a time, A week \/ month \/ year ago, Last week \/ month \/ year, In the past, etc.<\/td>\n

Already, Just, Since, For, Yet, Never, Ever, Recently, So far, Up to now, This week \/ month \/ year, Before, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Examples<\/td>\n <\/p>\n

I tidied my room yesterday.<\/p>\n

I did not go to Japan last year.<\/p>\n

Did you do your homework?<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

I have already tidied my room.<\/p>\n

I have not been to Japan before.<\/p>\n

Have you done your homework?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Quiz time! Think about which tense we use in the following sentences. Can you complete them?<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Ben __________________ (see) Wendy at the park yesterday<\/b>.<\/li>\n
  2. Vicky _______ never<\/b> ___________ (be) to Japan before<\/b>.<\/li>\n
  3. Dad __________________ (not open) the window this morning<\/b>.<\/li>\n
  4. I ________ already<\/b> ____________ (finish) my homework.<\/li>\n
  5. James __________________ (not water) the flowers last week<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Let\u2019s practise the use of simple present tense and present perfect tense with more grammar exercises from i-Learner\u2019s I Love Grammar Series<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    From my experience of teaching Advanced Grammar and Reading, students are often confused by the use of simple past tense and present perfect tense. This table shows you the differences between the two tenses: Simple Past Tense Present Perfect Tense Form +ve: past tense form of verb +ve: has \/ have + past participle -ve: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[860],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17287"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17293,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17287\/revisions\/17293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www23.i-learner.com.hk\/studiowebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}