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Past Simple vs Present Perfect Grammar Guide
1. PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
GRAMMAR:GRAMMAR:
•Past simple vs. Present perfect simple.
VOCABULARY:VOCABULARY:
•Body language
•Say and tell.
PRONUNCIATION:PRONUNCIATION:
•Sentence stress
SPEAKING:SPEAKING:
•Talking about the past, thing you have done.
•Using body language
•Using expressions like say and tell.
•Discussing about animal communication.
WRITING:WRITING:
•Composition about a person o character you have know or you what to know better.
2. PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENTPAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT
PERFECT SIMPLEPERFECT SIMPLE
What it is? and Difference
It is what happen in the past which are separate from
now and they are end it:
TO BE verb:
Affirmative:
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
They were
NOTE:
We use last week a year ago in December etc,
referring to time completely in the past.
Negative:
I was not/ wasn’t
You were not/ weren’t
He was not/ wasn’t
She was not/ wasn’t /
It was not/ wasn’t
We were not/ weren’t
They were not/ weren’t
We use the present perfect simple to connect the past
and now.
We use words like for since, just already and yet:
Example:
I have had a special friend since we were born.
GRAMMARGRAMMAR
3. BODY LANGUAGE SAY AND TELL
VOCABULARYVOCABULARY
Make eye contact
Avoid eye contact
Give someone a warm
smile
Fold your arms
Nod your head
Learn forward
Raise you eyebrows
Sit back
Gesture
Look nervous
TellTell is usually followed by a person (the
listener):
He told me about his family.
(NOTNOT: He told about his family)
SaySay is not followed by a person:
My mum said that I can go.
(NOT:NOT: My mum said me that I can go)
If we want to add a listener, we can
sometimes use say something to
someone:
Did she saysay anything to youto you about it?
4. PRONUNCIACIONPRONUNCIACION
Can you tell us another secret?
Was it really that easy?
So how can I use it?
What on earth is that?
What can I do to communicate better?
Sentence stress