PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

present perfect and past simple

present perfect simple: have/has + past participle (worked, seen...)

PAST EXPERIENCES "Sally has been to the USA three times"" "Have you ever lost your credit card?"

WITH YET AND ALREADY "I've already seen this film twice." "Anna hasn't found a job yet, she's still looking" "-Have you finished the report yet? - No, not yet"

RECENT PAST ACTIONS "I've cut my finger" "Too late! Our train has just left!"

you use it... - for past experiences, when we don't say exactly when they happened. - we often use ever and never when we talk or ask about them. (they go before the main verb) - for recent past actions when we focus on the present result: "He's broken the window" - we use already in + sentences. It goes before the main verb. - we use yet with - sentences and ?. It goes at the end of the phrase. Be careful with irregular verbs!!

past simple (worked, stopped, had, etc...)

FINISHED PAST ACTIONS "They got married last year" "I didn't have time to do the homework" "What time did you have breakfast this morning?"

present perfect or past simple?

we often use expressions like : recently., just, already, yet, ever, never

we use the PRESENT PERFECT to talk about past experiences and recent past actions when we don't specify a time.

we use the PAST SIMPLE to talk or ask about finished actions in the past, when the time is mentioned or understood

we often use past time expressions: yesterday, last week, two hours ago

WE SAY: "They have moved to a bigger house" "They moved last month to a bigger house"