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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE VS PAST SIMPLE - Coggle Diagram
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE VS PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
FORM
NEGATIVE ANSWERS: Subject+ Auxiliary verbs(negative have/has)+ past participle+complement.
QUESTIONS: Auxiliary verbs (Have/has)+ Subject+ past participle+complement?
POSITIVE ANSWERS: Subject+ Auxiliary verbs+ past participle+complement.
USE
It allows to connect the past with the present: a past action already completed gives rise to a state or situation that continues to be valid in the present and perhaps in the future.
MEANING
EXAMPLES
He has finished his homework.
They have written three letters already.
What have you made for dinner?
PAST SIMPLE
FORM
NEGATIVE ANSWERS: Subject+ did not+infinitive verbs +complement.
POSITIVE ANSWERS: Subject+ verbs in past+ +complement.
QUESTIONS: Did + Subject+ infinitive verb+complement?
USE
The past simple is used to talk about a specific action that started and ended in the past
MEANING
EXAMPLES
he was confident
When did you break your finger?
I had a meeting five minutes ago
