present perfect vs past simple

Present Perfect Tense

Uses:

Unfinished periods of time.

Events, states, actions.Today, this year…

‘I’ve had two exams this week,’

Recent past...

“They have (just) arrived in Argentina.”“He has eaten lots of things!”

Events with present relevance or connection

‘Look! I’ve bought a new bag!’

Completed events, states or actions with no specific time.

“Adam Sandler has starred

many movies.”

Personal biographies, news report…

Past Simple tense.

Finished periods of time1) Did you go to the party?...(on Saturday)2) Shakespeare wrote over 30 plays. (during his life)IMPLICIT MEANING OR EXPLICIT LAST WEEK, ONE WEEK AGO, IN 2004, ETC

MEANING

PRECISE DETAIL

“I saw Jane this morning.”

Telling stories...Sequence of events.

Phrases of Thumb.

★Present Perfect: just, already, yet, ever, before, never.

★Past Simple: Yesterday, ago, last month, in 1810, etc.

To sum up

Marisol Aliendro

What do you think, Gladys?

YORK INGLES

great, Marisol!!!!

YORK INGLES

Congrats!!!!!!!Do you want to have it on the group´s blog?

YORK INGLES

I can upload it if you want

YORK INGLES

or teach you how to do it :-)

Marisol Aliendro

Thanks! Yes, I'd like to have it on the blog. You can upload it if youdon't mind. And I was just going to ask you, if you don't mind, if u couldteach me how to do it my self and ohter things as well. I can go to theinstitute tomorrow after 15. Or I can go earlier on Monday. :)MarisolEl abr 2, 2014 7:10 PM, "YORK INGLES (Google Docs)" <

YORK INGLES

Yes!!! of course I can teach you!!! What about getting together next Wednesday before your class? If you come at 4.30 / 4.45 we´ll have enough time to work on this. I´ll upload this to the group´s blog.

http://youtube.com/v/3hBQmgvvicg

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