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Present Perfect | Simple Past verb tenses – and when to use them.
Present Perfect | Simple Past verb tenses – and when to use them.
This week we’re going to talk about something a lot of people have problems with,
the simple past and the present perfect verb tense.
When do we use the simple past,
and when do we use the present perfect?
Watch this conversation I had
with some French guy at the bus station
and see if you can find the mistakes.
How are you?
How’s it going buddy?
Where do you come from my friend?
I’m from Hawaii.
Tres bien, I have go to Hawaii in the last year.
You went to Hawaii last year?
Cool, where did you go?
First I was to Honolulu and then
I was to Maui, which I think
is the best island in the world, no?
How long have you been in Portugal?
Well I am here since 4 month
but now I go for Morocco,
did you went there?
You have been here for four months? Cool.
No I haven’t been there but I would love
to go.
Oh there’s my bus, I have to go.
Nice to meet you.
Did you find the mistakes?
For example, “I went to Hawaii last year.”
“I arrived in Portugal last week.”
It would sound very unnatural
to use the simple past and not say when.
For example,
With the present perfect, you cannot say when something happened.
For example, you cannot say,
We don’t care when it happened,
the focus is on the experience.
For example,
“I have been to California.” So remember,
when you want to say when something happened
use the simple past.
“I went to Hawaii last year.”
If you only want to say you’ve had an experience
use the present perfect.
“I have been to Hawaii.”
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