The document compares uses of the present perfect and simple past tenses through a series of example sentences. It provides pairs of sentences using either the present perfect or simple past tense to describe ongoing or completed actions, with the present perfect used for actions that began in the past and continue in the present, and the simple past used for actions fully contained in the past.

1. Present Perfect vs
Simple Past
Francy C. Corredor
Ing. Industrial

2. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
I have been waiting my
passport for six months
I paid lot of money foy
my passport

3. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
I have been woking for
my job
I found a job in the city

4. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
I have been in home
the whole weekend
I was in Caracas for
my birthday

5. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
I have been paiting the
walls
I was busy

6. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
I have been traveling
around the world
I was in Paris

7. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
My cat has been sick
My first pet was a dog

8. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
I have been cooking
the dinner
I was at the supermarket

9. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
I have been watching
tv the whole morning
I sold my television

10. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
I have been working in
the office
I was working

11. Present Perfect vs Simple
Past
I have noticed some
differences
I saw the mistake