ADOL4 PAST SIMPLE VS PRESENT PERFECT for since | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCES, WE USE....GIVE AN EXAMPLE

PRESENT PERFECT- I HAVE CLIMBED MOUNT NEGRITO AND I HAVE SWAM WITH SHARKS

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS IN THE PAST WE USE...

SIMPLE PAST

COMPLETE:THE PRESIDENT...(ANNOUNCE) A REFORM PROGRAMME

HAS ANNOUNCED

.....(EVER eat/they) raw fish?DID THEY EVER EAT/HAVE THEY EVER EATEN

HAVE THEY EVER EATEN

THE SPECIFIC TIME IN THE PAST IS USED WITH SIMPLE PAST/PRESENT PERFECT

SIMPLE PAST- I BOUGHT A CAR IN 2003

I ________________(not see) Saul since June.

HAVENT SEEN

in the present perfect the time reference is FINISHED/ UNFINISHED - I HAVE WORKED IN THIS COMPANY FOR YEARS

UNFINISHED I STILL WORK IN THE COMPANY

Zendaya has acted FOR/SINCE she was a child.

since

I have known her FOR/SINCE four years.

for

I .....(visit) him in hospital three times this month.

HAVE VISITED - NUMBER IS IMPORTANT

IN TH SIMPLE PAST THE TIME IS FINISHED/ UNFINISHED- I TRAVELLED TO PARIS WHE I WAS 10 YEARS OLD

FINISHED NOW I AM NOT 10 YEARS OLD

I _________________(not go) to the party because I was ill.

DIDN'T GO

We have lived in Tucumán FOR/SINCE 2012

since

WE DON'T USUALLY MENTION THE TIME WITH PAST SIMPLE/PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT - A CAR HAS CRASHED NEAR THE CORNER(RECENT NEWS)

We don't know where he ..... (go). No-one can find him.

HAS GONE

COMPLETE: I ......(PLANT) A TREE NEAR THE HOUSE SOME MONTHS AGO AND NOW IT'S REALLY TALL.

PLANTED

She _______________ (live) in London FOR/SINCE eight years.

HAS LIVED/for

He _________________ (visit) his hometown FOR/SINCE he started university.

hasn't visited/since

They...... (visit) their friends in New Zealand two years ago.

VISITED SPECIFIC TIME

I _________________ (see) three police cars this morning (it’s still morning).

HAVE SEEN

THE NUMBER OF TIMES IS IMPORTANT IN THE PAST SIMPLE/PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT I HAVE VISITED CORDOBA THREE TIMES/ I HAVE BEEN TO ITALY TWICE

Fred ......(not/to give) the money back so far.

HASN'T GIVEN - THE TIME IS NOT CLEAR