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?