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PAST SIMPLE, PRESENT PERFECT - Coggle Diagram
PAST SIMPLE
USE
information about only the past
ex: the bus left five minutes ago.
ask question about details of past
ex: Did you go out last night?
FORM
affermative form:
S.+ Vb. + ed (or irregular verb) + ob.
ex: I went to the cinema lasy week.
negative form:
S. + did + not + vb. + ob.
ex: Yesterday she didn't play tennis.
interrogative form:
Did + S. + vb. + ob. ?
ex: When did you go on holiday?
ADVERBS
last year
two hours ago
in 2016
ago
at 3 o'clock
PRESENT PERFECT
USE
connect the past with the present
ex:I've lost my mobile phone.
news
ex: have you heard? tom's broken his arm.
FORM
negative form:
S. + to have/has + not + past participle
ex: He hasn't called me yet.
affermative form:
S. + to have/has + past participle + ob.
ex: I have just met him.
interrogative form:
to have/has + S. + past participle + ob. ?
ex: Have you called him?
ADVERBS
recently
still: ancora
for/since: da quando
already: gia
not...yet: non ancora
just: appena
how long
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