Past Simple vs Present Perfect

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Page 1: Past Simple vs Present Perfect

Use Actions that started in the past and still influence the present

Present Perfect/ Past Simple

Actions that started and finished in the past

Recent Actions

Key WordsEver (alguma vez)

Never (nunca)

Since (desde)

For (há)

Just (agora mesmo)

Yet ( .ainda não - neg .já - int)Already ( .já- aff .já - int)Recently/ Lately

This ( week, month, year, etc)

Yesterday

Last ( Saturday, week, month, year, etc)… ago

When I was…

In 1998 ( past date)

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Present Perfect

Verb To See

AFFIRMATIVEI have seenYou have seenHe/ she/ it has seenWe have seenYou have seen They have seen

I sawYou sawHe/ she/ it sawWe sawYou sawThey saw

Past Simple

subject Have/ has Past participle Subject Past Simple - list

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Present Perfect

Verb To See

NEGATIVEI haven’t seenYou haven’t seenHe/ she/ it hasn’t seenWe haven’t seenYou haven’t seen They haven’t seen

I didn’t seeYou didn’t seeHe/ she/ it didn’t seeWe didn’t seeYou didn’t seeThey didn’t see

Past Simple

subject Have/ has +not Past participle Subject Neg. Infinitive

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Present Perfect

Verb To See

INTERROGATIVEhave I seenhave you seenhas He/ she/ it seenhave We seenhave you seen have they seen

Did I seeDid You seeDid He/ she/ it seeDid We seeDid You seeDid They see

Past Simple

Have/ has subject Past participle Did Subject Infinitive

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REMEMBER!!!PAST SIMPLE- VERB TO BE

PAST SIMPLE- IRREGULAR VERBS (THINK)

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVEI was I wasn’t Was I ?You were You weren’t Were you ?He was He wasn’t Was he ?She was She wasn’t Was she ?It was It wasn’t Was it ?We were We weren’t Were we ?You were You weren’t Were you ?They were They weren’t Were they ?

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVEI thought I didn’t think Did I think ?You thought You didn’t think Did you think ?He thought He didn’t think Did he think ?She thought She didn’t think Did she think ?It thought It didn’t think Did it think ?We thought We didn’t think Did we think ?You thought You didn’t think Did you think ?They thought They didn’t think Did they think ?

Did + subject + infinitiveSubject + didn’t + infinitive

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REMEMBER!!!PAST SIMPLE- VERB TO BE

PAST SIMPLE- IRREGULAR VERBS (THINK)

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I was I wasn’t Was I ?You were You weren’t Were you ?He was He wasn’t Was he ?She was She wasn’t Was she ?It was It wasn’t Was it ?We were We weren’t Were we ?You were You weren’t Were you ?They were They weren’t Were they ?

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AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I thought I didn’t think Did I think ?

You thought You didn’t think Did you think ?

He thought He didn’t think Did he think ?

She thought She didn’t think Did she think ?

It thought It didn’t think Did it think ?

We thought We didn’t think Did we think ?

You thought You didn’t think Did you think ?

They thought They didn’t think Did they think ?

PAST SIMPLE- IRREGULAR VERBS

Subject + didn’t + infinitive Did + subject + infinitive