![]() ![]() NOT: I've been to the museum yesterday. ![]() We CAN'T use the present perfect with a finished time word:.If we are talking about some period of time that began and. We use the present perfect for actions which started in the past and are still happening now OR for finished actions which have a connection to the present. As we can see, then, present perfect and past perfect are similar but with a key difference: present perfect is used for situations leading to the present. Remember that the present perfect is the present tense and the past simple is the past tense.We use the past simple for past events or actions which have no connection to the present.With a finished time word (last week, last month, yesterday):Ĭlick here to download this explanation as a pdf Click here for more information about the present perfect tense Click here for more information about the past simple tense With an unfinished time word (this week, this month, today): It was terrible! (Now there is no result. I 've lost my keys! (The result is that I can't get into my house now).Ī finished action with no result in the present:. ![]()
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