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SIMPLE PAST AND PRESENT PERFECT - Coggle Diagram
SIMPLE PAST AND PRESENT PERFECT
PRESENT PREFECT
UNIFINISHED
CLUE FORMS
...AGO
YESTERDAY
LAST...
SIMPLE PAST
FINISHED
CLUE FORMS
SINCE
SO FAR
EVER/NEVER
YET
1.-
The present perfect shous a relation between past time and present time.
EXAMPLE
She has phoned four time so far
5.-
Thee past simple is used to give the details.
EXAMPLE
It landed in Florida this morning.
3.-
We use the present perfect for a state which has gone on up to the present.
EXAMPLE
She has been in the hospital for three days
2.-
To talk about something that happened in the pst, but we don't specify when it has happened (because we don't know or it is not important)
EXAMPLE
I have bought a new car
5.-
The preset perfect is used to give new information (general summary)
EXAMPLE
The US space shuttle Atlantis has returned safely to earth.
4.-
We use the present perfect with today, this morning, this week, etc.
When finished periods are not finished at the time of speaking.
EXAMPLES
-I haven't shaved today.
-She has written three prescriptions this morning
1.-
The past simple talks about actions and events in the past that are now finished.
EXAMPLE
She phoned me two hous ago.
3.-
We use the past simple for a state in the past in a period which is finished.
EXAMPLE
I was in the hospital for three days.
2.-
To indicate that something happened at a specific time in the past.
EXAMPLE
I bought a new car last week
4.-
We use the past simple with today, this morning, this week, etc.
When these periods are finished at the time of speaking.
EXAMPLES
-I didn't shave today
-She wrote three prescriptions this morning.