Present perfect/ past simple

Present perfecte

Structure

+ Subject + HAVE/HAS + past participle

- Subject + have not (haven't)/ has not (hasn't) + past participle

? Have/ has + subject + past participle

Uses

Unfinished actions

Finished actionsc

Been an gone

Keywords

·Today

this (month,year)

recently, lately

Before, always, so far

just

Already, yet

Once, twice

How long?

For, since

Past simpe

Structure

+ Subject + regular verbs -ed + complement

- Subject + did not o dind't + verb

? Did + subject + verb

Uses

Expressar past actions

Say what was done at particular time

Explain consecutive past actions

Explain how things were in another time

Keywords

Yesterday

Last week (month, year)

A few days ago

The other day

just now

In 2000

Once

How long ago?

When?