PAST SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT

 Actions which happened in an

Actions that finished in a
definite time in the past
(Finished)
(Acciones que terminaron en un tiempo
determinado en el pasado)
AFFIRMATIVE: - ed or irregular verbs
(2nd column)
NEGATIVE: didn’t + verb (sin -ed)
INTERROGATIVE: Did + Subjet + verb
(sin -ed)
SHORT ANSWER: Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
indefinite time in the past and with
visible results in the present
(continue now)
Acciones que sucedieron en un tiempo indeterminado
en el pasado con resultados visibles en el presente
(continua ahora)
 To describe very recent actions. (just)
Para describir acciones muy recientes
(acaban de suceder)
AFFIRMATIVE: have / has (he, she, it)
+ verb (-ed) or irregular verbs
(3rd column)
NEGATIVE: haven’t / hasn’t
+ verb (-ed) or irregular verbs
(3rd column)
INTERROGATIVE: have / has + Subjet
+ verb (-ed) or irregular verbs
(3rd column)
SHORT ANSWER: Yes, I have / No, I haven’t

SPECIFIC TIME EXPRESSIONS: GENERAL TIME EXPRESSIONS:

 Ever (alguna vez)
 Ago (hace…)  se pone al final de la oración  Never (nunca)
 Last night, year… (La pasada noche, año…)  Already (ya)
 Yesterday (ayer)  Yet (ya, aún)
 In 1991 (en…)  Just (acabar de)
OTHER TIME EXPRESSIONS:
 Since (desde)  una fecha en concreto
 For (durante)  un periodo de tiempo

- Ever, never, just y already se ponen delante del

EXAMPLES:
- I went to Tafalla three days ago.
- She didn’t study English last summer.
- Did Mery play football yesterday?
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- Yet va al final de la oración
EXAMPLES:
- I have just finished my homework.
- She hasn’t gone to work yet.
- Have you ever been in England?

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