Past Simple or Present Perfect
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English
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7th - 9th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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11 Slides • 29 Questions
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Have you ever tried parkour?
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A: Have you ever tried parkour?
B: Yes, I have. I tried it last week. We went to a parkour club in the park - it was amazing!
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Multiple Select
Which part is present perfect?
Have you ever tried parkour?
Yes, I have.
I tried it last week. We went to a parkour club in the park. It was amazing!
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Multiple Select
Which part is past simple?
Have you ever tried parkour?
Yes, I have.
I tried it last week. We went to a parkour club in the park. It was amazing!
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Have you ever tried parkour?
-The question uses the present perfect because the speaker wants to know if the person has had this experience any time up to now.
Yes, I have.
- The person answers using the present perfect to show that she has had this experience.
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I tried it last week. We went to a parkour club in the park . It was amazing!
- When she goes on to talk about something that happened at a specific time in the past.
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Use the past simple for an action that happened at a specific time or date in the past.
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A girl from my tennis class texted me a few minutes ago.
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A girl from my tennis class texted me a few minutes ago.
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Use the present perfect simple when something happened in the past and it might happen again, it's important for something you are talking about now. It is formed with “have” and a past participle (voltooid deelwoord).
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Three thousand people have watched it.
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Multiple Choice
Last night I _______ (lose) my keys and I had to call my roommate to let me in.
lost
have lost
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Multiple Choice
I _______ (visit) Paris three times, but I want to go again next year.
visited
have visited
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Multiple Choice
I __________ (know) Julie for three years and we still meet once a month.
known
've know
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Multiple Choice
I ___________ (play) hockey since I was a child, so I'm pretty good now.
played
've played
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Multiple Choice
'Yesterday' is a signal word for the ..
past simple
present perfect
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Multiple Choice
She __________ (play) hockey at school but she didn't like it, so she quit.
played
've played
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Multiple Choice
'Last week' is a signal word for the ..
past simple
present perfect
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Multiple Choice
Last month I __________ (go) to Scotland.
went
've gone
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Multiple Choice
'Since 1965' is a signal word ("signaalwoord") for the ..
past simple
present perfect
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Multiple Choice
I ________ (see) Julie three times this week so far.
saw
've seen
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Multiple Choice
'For 20 years' is a signal word for the ..
past simple
present perfect
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Multiple Choice
'Last Tuesday' is a signal word for the ..
past simple
present perfect
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Multiple Choice
'Never' is a signal word for the ..
past simple
present perfect
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Multiple Choice
'Already' is a signal word for the ..
past simple
present perfect
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Multiple Choice
'5 days ago' is a signal word for the ..
past simple
present perfect
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Multiple Choice
Peter ...... (play) football yesterday.
had played
played
have played
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Multiple Choice
They ...... (clean) the car. It looks new again.
cleaned
has cleaned
have cleaned
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Multiple Choice
Last year we ...... (go) to Spain.
gone
has gone
have gone
went
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Multiple Choice
Emily and Molly ...... (know) each other for 10 years now.
have known
knew
has known
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Multiple Choice
What's that lovely smell in here? - Jasmin ...... (bake) a yummy cake.
baked
has baked
have baked
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Multiple Choice
They ...... (visit) a farm two weeks ago.
visited
have visited
has visited
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Multiple Choice
We ...... (move) to a new house last year.
has moved
have moved
moved
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Multiple Choice
He ...... (live) in Scotland for 3 years now.
has lived
lived
have lived
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Multiple Choice
I ...... (trip) over my shoelaces and now my knee is hurt.
tripped
have tripped
has tripped
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Multiple Choice
They ...... (already / pack) their backpacks.
already packed
already have packed
has already packed
have already packed
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Multiple Choice
We really ...... (enjoy) the game last Sunday.
enjoyed
have enjoyed
has enjoyed
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Multiple Choice
I ...... (phone) Mary two minutes ago.
have phoned
phoned
has phoned
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