This document provides information about the present perfect simple tense and past simple tense in English. It discusses the form and uses of the present perfect tense, including life experiences, already/just/yet, superlatives, connection of past and present, duration, and quantity. It then discusses the form, uses, and time expressions of the past simple tense, including finished past actions, actions that follow in a story, past situations/habits, regular and irregular verb forms. It concludes with exercises practicing these tenses in affirmative and negative sentences.

1. Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher

2. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
• FORM: have / has + past participle
• USES:
• 1. LIFE EXPERIENCES
• I’ve been to China
• She’s ridden a horse
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3. • 2. ALREADY, JUST & YET
• They’ve just left
• She’s already called her friend
• They haven’t finished yet
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4. • SUPERLATIVES & “THE FIRST, SECOND,
LAST TIME”, ETC
• It’s the best meal I’ve ever had
• It’s the first time he’s given a speech
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5. • 3. CONNECTION PAST & PRESENT
• I’ve sprained my ankle, as you can see
• He’s lost his keys
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6. • 4. HOW LONG / FOR/ SINCE (NON-
ACTION VERBS:be, have, know, like, etc)
• I’ve known Maria for 10 years
• They’ve had that car since 2007
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7. • 5. HOW MUCH / HOW MANY
• How many books have you written?
• I’ve spent too much money
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8. PAST SIMPLE
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9. FORM
• THE FORM IS THE SAME FOR ALL
PERSONS
–HE LEFT AT THREE O’CLOCK.
–THEY ARRIVED THREE WEEKS AGO.
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10. USE
• A FINISHED ACTION IN THE PAST
–WE MET IN 2007.
• ACTION THAT FOLLOW EACH OTHER
IN A STORY
–MARY WALKED INTO THE ROOM AND
STOPPED.
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11. • A PAST SITUATION OR HABIT
–WHEN I WAS A CHILD, WE LIVED IN A
SMALL HOUSE BY THE SEA.
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12. • MOST REGULAR VERBS ADD –ED TO
THE BASE FORM OF THE VERB
( WORKED, WANTED, HELPED .....)
• THERE ARE MANY COMMON
IRREGULAR VERBS ( GO-WENT,
MEET-MET, SEE-SAW,.....)
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13. TIME EXPRESSIONS
• LAST NIGHT, TWO DAYS AGO,
YESTERDAY,
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14. ExercisesExercises
a. He / lose / his passport. He’s lost
his passport.
b. We / finish / our work.
c. They / buy / a new house.
d. I / visit / New York / five
times.
1. Write sentences in affirmative and1. Write sentences in affirmative and
negative form:negative form:

15. i. We / study / French.
e. They / go / to the cinema.
f. You / eat / four bananas
g. She / travel / far.
h. I / do / any homework / this week.