Past p. perfect

Present perfect & Past simple
Have you ever been to Rome?
+ Yes, I have.
No I haven’t.
HAVE / HAS+Past participle
I have You have
S/he/it has + lived there
I have not (haven’t)
She has not (hasn’t) + lived there Have you … Has he + lived there ? © Dulce Rosales

Have you ever eaten snails?
I have never eaten snails (in my life )
I have eaten snails once ( in my life- we do not say when)
But > I ate snails yesterday/ last Saturday ( we specify the time when we did the action)

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

The present perfect is often used when giving recent news:
Mark has crashed his car again . ( This is new information, past and present are connected .)
The past simple is used when giving older information:
Mark crashed his car last year . (This is ‘old’ information.)

I saw that film on Thursday . (We know exactly when.) The past simple is used when the time is clear: >>>> I have seen that film already. (We don't know when .) The present perfect is used when the time is not specific: >>>>

PRESENT PERFECT + FOR /SINCE How long have you lived in this town? I’ve lived here SINCE 1992 . I’ve lived here FOR 11 years. * Use SINCE with a point in time ( last week, last year, my birthday, I was born, etc.) * Use FOR + a period of time ( three days, many years, a long time, two weeks , etc.)

Expressions with FOR and SINCE
FOR…
… two years
… a long time
… ages
… a couple of hours
… a few days
… more than three months, etc
SINCE…
… 1988
… she was a child
… we were at school
… her last birthday
… the lates 90s
… I was born
… last weekend

I lived in Michigan for five years. (I don't live in Michigan now.) The past simple is used with for and since , when the actions have already finished : >>>> I have lived in Michigan for five years. (I still live in Michigan.) The present perfect is used with for and since , when the actions have not finished yet : >>>>

Just, already, yet I have already finished. I have just finished Have you finished yet ? No, not yet . I haven’t finished yet.

Remember Use the past simple: for finished actions, when the time is clear . I saw a film last night. Use the present perfect to talk about experiences and when there is a connection between the past and the present. I have been to Madrid many times. © Dulce Rosales

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