Lesson 7: Present Perfect vs Past Simple
Talk about each question for as long as you can. Start with the general picture, then give the details, and use the key word from our earlier lessons.
Blue part → Present Perfect (the general picture, up to now) · Orange part → Past Simple (the details, finished time)
Present Perfect or Past Simple?
| Present Perfect have / has + V3 | Experience and results up to now. How long, how many, so far, this year, recently, already, yet, just, for, since. I have worked here for three years. |
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| Past Simple V2 | A finished time and details. When, yesterday, last month, in 2022, ago, when I started. I joined the team in 2023. |