This document provides examples to illustrate the difference between the past simple tense and present perfect tense. It lists actions and asks the reader to find someone who performed each action, with some phrases using the past simple form to talk about completed actions at specific times in the past and other phrases using the present perfect form to describe actions that are relevant to the present.

1. Find someone who
Past simple vs. Present Perfect
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2. Find someone who
got ill during carnival.
ill during carnival.

3. Find someone who
has been to London.
to London.

4. Find someone who got
up late this morning.

5. Find someone who
has been to the beach
today.
to the beach today.

6. Find someone who
bought something
yesterday

7. Find someone who has
studied English this
week.

8. Find someone who
has travelled on a
plane this year.
on a plane this year.

9. Find someone who
went to the carnival
celebrations last week.

10. Find someone who
went to the carnival
celebrations last week.