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Present Perfect vs Simple Past

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Mind Map on Present Perfect vs Simple Past, created by Nancy Rodriguez Parra on 20/11/2015.

Mind Map by Nancy Rodriguez Parra, updated more than 1 year ago

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Present Perfect vs Simple Past

Present Perfect
1. The present perfect is formed by combining the auxiliary verb "has" or "have" with the past participle.
2. Structure
  1. Positive
    1. Subject + Auxiliary have + past participle+ Complement
  2. Negative
    1. Subject + Auxiliary have + not + verb participle + Complement
  3. Interrogative
    1. Have + Subject + Verb participle + Complement
3. Time Expressions
  1. Since
  2. For
  3. Already
  4. Just
4. Examples
  1. I've been reading
  2. It hasn't been snowing
  3. Have you seen that movie many times?
Simple Past
1. Structure
  1. Negative
    1. subject + didn't + verb infinitive + complement
  2. Interrogative
    1. Did + subject + verb infinitive + complement?
  3. Positive
    1. subject + verb ending -ed + complement
2. Time Expressions
  1. Yesterday
  2. Last day
  3. Ago
3. Examples
  1. Did he go to the cinema last night?
  2. We did'nt work yesterday
  3. I went to school
4. Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

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