PRESENT PERFECT

AND SIMPLE PAST

Simple past

LET’S TALK ABOUT•PAST EVENTS

DEFINITE TIME IN THE PAST

play

REGULAR

VERB. Play + ed

YESTERDAYThey _________soccerplayed

Specific time(definite time)

see

IRREGULAR

VERB. see

They ________a moviesaw last Sunday.

a movie

saw

Specific time(definite time)

go

didn’t + go

He __________ to school last week.

To school

IRREGULAR

VERB.

Specific time(definite time)

wentdidn’t go

Negative sentences

PRESENT PERFECT

•ACTION OR EVENT

EXPERIENCES

I _______________ to the beach twice. have gone

I ______to the beach last January. went

Specific time(definite time)

go

have past

participle

No Specific time

I _____________ Titanic several times. have seen

I ______the movie Titanic in 2003 and in 2004 saw

Specific time(definite time)

see

have past

participle

No Specific time

I _____________ Tongo’s new CD. twice. have heard

I ________ Tongo’s new CD last Friday. heard

hear

Specific time(definite time)

have past

participle

No Specific time

I

You

We

they

He

She

It

Present Perfect

Pronoun

Affirmative= have / has Negative= haven’t / hasn’t

studiedstudied

playedplayed

seenseen

gonegone

havhavee

hashasstudiedstudied

CookedCooked

workedworked

Aux. Verb

Principal Verb.

Complement.

AA

BB

havenhaven’t’t

hasn’hasn’tt

English.

soccer with my friends

that movie twice.

to that concert.

Japanese.

ceviche and cabrito.

late twice this weekend.

The verb changes in past participle.

YES / NO QUESTIONS (Confirmation)

He

She

It

havhavee

hashas

I

You

We

they

studiedstudied

playedplayed

seenseen

gonegone

English?

soccer with my friends?

that movie twice?

to that concert?

studiedstudied

cookedcooked

workedworked

Japanese.

ceviche and cabrito.

late twice this weekend.

You have studied English.

Have you studied English?

Yes, I have

No, I haven’tauxiliary

The verb changes in past participle.