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Learning activity 3.3
Comparative Chart
Simple Past
Present Perfect
(Pictures)
Used to talk about:
Finished actions in the past,
by a defined time.
Situations that started in
the past and continue in
the present.
Structure and Forms:
Affirmative
Subject + simple past +
complement
Subject + aux. verb to
have + past
participle + complement
Example:
We took a tour to Egypt
yesterday
We have spent hours at
Cairo´s museums
Negative
Subject + aux. to do in simple
past and in
negative form + infinitive
verb + complement
Subject + aux. verb
negative form + past
participle + complement
Example:
We didn´t take a tour to
Egypt yesterday
We haven´t spent hours
at Cairo´s museums
Interrogative
Question word + aux to do in
simple past+
subject + infinitive verb +
complement
Question word + aux verb
+ subject + past participle
+ complement
Example:
Where did you go
yesterday?
Where have you spent
hours?
For
We have been at the museum for 3 hours.
Since
We have spent hours at the museum since we arrived to
Egypt.
Already
We have already arrived to the museum.
Yet
We haven´t spent time at the museums yet.
Answer Key
Write present perfect sentences using
the following time expressions: