Simple past vs present perfect tense (Chapter 6 part 2)

Haii everyone👋🏻‼️ how are you guys? Today I will explain some things about simple past vs present perfect tense and will also do some questions that my teacher gave. so let's see 👇🏻

Simple Past Tense is used to express an event that happened and ended / finished in the past at a certain time. Simple Past is oriented towards the event/situation. 

Subject + Past Form (Verb 2) + Complement 

Common time markers for Simple Past Tense: last night, last year, yesterday, today, ago, first, then, later, when 

Present Perfect Tense is used to express already/have. Occurred in the past, the difference, the present perfect emphasizes the result / effect of something that has happened in the past.

We use Simple Past Tense to talk:

a) An action that began and ended at a particular time in the past.

—> She cooked fried rice yesterday evening.

b) An action that occurred over a peiod of time but was completed in the past.

—> She taught English for ten years. ( She doesn’t teach English at present )

c) An activity that took place regularly in the past.

—> When I was ten years old, I took an English course there.

The sentence patterns are:

A. Using auxiliary “did”

a) Positive

Subject + Verb-2 + Complement

—> The teacher began the meeting an hour ago

 She wanted to go the beach last week

b) Negative

Subject + Didn’t + Verb-1 + Complement

—> She didn’t join the class this morning

 He didn’t want to study match yesterday.

c) Interrogative

—> Did all the students do the assignment yesterday?

Did you go to Jakarta yesterday?

B. Using to be “was and were”

a) Positive

Subject + was / were + non verb

—> She was angry yesterday

 My parents were able to come here?

b) Negative

Subject + was / were + not + non-Verb

—> He was not happy because you were late

 The bed was not confortable for me.

c) Interrogative

was / were + not + Subject + non-Verb

—> Was the girl lazy so she went to bed early?

 Was your mother at home when your father called?

There are 2 types of verb-2, Regular and Irregular verbs

Adverb of time that is usually used in the Past Tense are :

a) Just now

b) Yesterday

c) Last … ( ex. Last week, last month, last year, etc

d) … ago ( ex. A week ago, a month ago, a year ago, etc)

We use Present Perfect Tense to talk about:

a) An action that happened at an unspecified time

—> Mother has never met her beloved father.

 I have bought a new motorcycle.

b) An action that has recently occurred

—> She has just been to Bali

 My sister has started to do her homework.

c) An action that began in the past and continues up to the present

—> I have live in Bandung for fifteen years.

 She has been to Singapore

d) An action that happened repeatedly before now

—> She has always phoned me at 8 pm.

 I have read that book for several times.

The sentence patterns are:

a) Positive

Subject + has / have + Verb-3 + Complement

—> She has finished her test before.

 The students have finished their examination

b) Negative

Subject + hasn’t / haven’t + Verb-3 + Complement

e.g. They haven’t come here yet

 I have’nt visited my parents to see their condition

c) Interrogative

Has / Have + Subject + Verb-3 + Complement

—> Has the plane taken off when you come?

 Have you cleaned your room?

Verb-3 past participle

a) Regular Verbs

Play

Played

Played

Walk

Walked

Walked

Book

Booked

Booked

Open

Opened

Opened

b) Irregular Verbs

Eat

Ate

Eaten

Go

Went

Gone

Write

Wrote

Written

Sleep

Slept

Slept

Be

Was / Were

Been

Adverbial words used for Present Perfect Tense are:

a) Already

b) Just

c) Yet

d) Ever

e) Never

f) For

g) Since

TASK IN PAGE 18-19

1. What are they talking about? 

= Vacation

2. Has Tom gone to London? 

= Yes, he has

3. How was it traffic? 

= It was just crowded and full

4. Has Jim tried the hamburger near the station in London? 

= Yes, he has

5. How much was the hamburger? 

= It was £1

6. Have they finished their task from their teacher? 

= No, they haven't

7. "I don't get it" What does the word it in the sentence refer to? 

= The answer

8. "The public places were of people". What is the antonym of the word "public"? 

= Private

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