Learning English Grammar
Present perfect and past simple
Mar 12, 2024
Unusual food choices and grammar rules for present perfect and past simple tenses are discussed. Learn about 'ever' and 'never' usage, distinctions between the tenses, examples, and quizzes to test your knowledge.
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Quick takeaways
- Present perfect focuses on what happened without specifying when, past simple indicates when or where something occurred.
- 'Ever' in present perfect asks about past experiences, 'never' expresses experiences not had.
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Distinguishing Present Perfect and Past Simple
The podcast discusses the differences between the present perfect and past simple tenses. The present perfect is used to focus on what happened without specifying when, while the past simple indicates when or where something occurred. Irregular verbs in both tenses require specific conjugations like 'looked' for 'look' in the past simple. Short forms such as 'I've' are commonly used in the present perfect.
