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Differences Between, It is formed with the verb have/has and the past…
Differences Between
Present Perfect Simple
It is a verb tense that we use to talk about something that happened in the past but has relevance in the present, either because it happened very recently or because it is an action that has not yet finished.
Uses:
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Finished actions
To talk about experiences or things that have happened in the past, but without saying when it happened.
I have lived in three different countries.
A completed action with a result in the present.
I need to call my father, but I have lost my phone.
When we refer to the time when the action happened but not specifically using expressions like this month / this month, the last year / last year, this week / this week.
I haven't talked with her this week.
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Simple Past.
The "simple past" is used to talk about an action that ended earlier than the current one. The duration is not relevant. The time in which the action is situated can be the recent past or the distant past.
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Uses
The "simple past" is always used to refer to when something happened, so it is associated with certain time expressions that indicate:
Frequency: often, sometimes, always.
A specified time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago
An indeterminate time: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago People lived in caves a long time ago.
It is formed with the verb have/has and the past participle of the main verb of the sentence, like this:
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