| Present Perfect | Simple Past |
|---|---|
| Result of an action in the past is important in the present | action finished in the past |
| Recently completed actions | series of completed actions in the past |
| Actions beginning in the past and still continuing | together with the Past Progressive/Continuous - The Simple Past interrupted an action which was in progress in the past. |
| together with lately, recently, yet |
| Present Perfect | Simple Past |
|---|---|
| just, yet, never, already, ever, so far, up to now, recently, since, for | yesterday, last week, a month ago, in 2002 |
| Present Perfect | Simple Past |
|---|---|
| have/has + past participle | regular verbs: infinitive + ed irregular verbs: 2nd column of the table of the irregular verbs |
| Present Perfect | Simple Past |
|---|---|
| 4-1 Affirmative sentences | |
| I have played football. I've played football. |
I played football. |
| You have played football. You've played football. |
You played football. |
| He has played football. He's played football. |
He played football. |
| Present Perfect | Simple Past |
|---|---|
| 4-2 Negative sentences | |
| I have not played football. I've not played football. I haven't played football. |
I did not play football. I didn't play football. |
| You have not played football. You've not played football. You haven't played football. |
You did not play football. You didn't play football. |
| He has not played football. He's not played football. He hasn't played football. |
He did not play football. He didn't play football. |
| Present Perfect | Simple Past |
|---|---|
| 4-3 Questions | |
| Have I played football? | Did I play football? |
| Have you played football? | Did you play football? |
| Has he played football? | Did he play football? |
| stopped (Double the consonant after a short vowel.) |
| loved (one -e at the end of the word -> Leave out the -e and add -d.) |
| worried (consonant before -y ->Change to -ie.) |
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