Present Perfect x Past Simple
teacher Denise Moraes
catteacher.com.br
teacher Denise Moraes
Past Simple Used with finished states, actions and habits in the past Last year we visited Berlin time is mentioned
Emma and Anna were happy state in the past
We used to play football in college habit in the past
Series of completed actions in the past He watched TV, studied English and played games
past simple now
Present Perfect Expresses experiences or a result of an action We have visited Berlin twice time is not mentioned
I have lost my keys and I can’t go out result of an action
She has worked there for 10 years how long
A completed action connected with the present He has had an accident and he is in the hospital now present
present perfect now
catteacher.com.br
teacher Denise Moraes
Past Simple Add d, ed or ied to all regular verbs in affirmatives I / you / we / they lived in Brazil. he / she / it
Use didn’t with the verbs in negatives I / you / we / they he / she / it
didn’t like basketball.
Use did with the verbs in interrogatives Did
I / you / we / they he / she / it
enjoy the beach?
Present Perfect noun + have/has + verb past participle I / you / we / they have slept all day has slept all day he / she / it
noun + have/has + not + verb past participle I / you / we / they haven’t called my mom. he / she / it hasn’t called my mom.
have/has + noun + verb past participle Have I / you / we / they visited the mall? Has he / she / it visited the mall?
catteacher.com.br
Base form
Past simple
Past participle
be
was/were
been
brake
broke
broken
climb
climbed
climbed
dance
danced
danced
eat
ate
eaten
fly
flew
flown
jump
jumped
jumped
listen
listened
listened
live
lived
lived
make
made
made
meet
met
met
ride
rode
ridden
sail
sailed
sailed
see
saw
seen
ski
skied
skied
stay
stayed
stayed
swim
swam
swum
taste
tasted
tasted
travel
travelled
travelled
visit
visited
visited
win
won
won
write
wrote
written
How identify a regular verb Regular verbs Irregular verbs
1
It is added –ed, -d or –ied to the verb
2
past past = simple participle
teacher Denise Moraes catteacher.com.br
Grammar Vocabulary Games Online classes
teacher Denise Moraes catteacher.com.br