Tuesday 30 September 2014

Present Perfect or Simple Past?


Introduction

There are some differences between the Present Perfect Tense and the Simple Past Tense.

Has the time period finished?

RuleExampleExplanation
The present perfect is used when the time period has NOT finished.have seen three movies this week.(This week has not finished yet.)
The simple past is used when the time period HAS finished.saw three movies last week.(Last week has finished.)