THE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE by Veronika Chlumská https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl Some clarification! (hopefully) :) en-us 2022-04-06 07:57:57 UTC 2025-04-14 08:15:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1ec-1f1e7.png We use it to talk about many different things. See the picture! vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132203560 ...don't worry, it'll become clearer...]]> 2022-04-06 08:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132203560 EXPLANATION vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132205981 2022-04-06 08:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132205981 IT'S SIMPLE! :) vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132210146 FIRST: We need a SUBJECT (podmět)

I/You/We...
Tom/Sarah/My cousins...]]> 2022-04-06 08:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132210146 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132212705 SECOND: Comes the AUXILIARY VERB (pomocné sloveso)

HAVE / HAS (for 3rd person singular)
HAVEN'T / HASN'T for negative sentences]]> 2022-04-06 08:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132212705 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132215719 THIRD: Comes the MAIN VERB (the action you are talking about)
-eat/sleep/go/be...

REMEMBER!! the main verb MUST be in the PAST PARTICIPLE
-eaten/slept/gone/been...]]> 2022-04-06 08:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132215719 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132216757 ...and last comes the rest of your sentence :)]]> 2022-04-06 08:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132216757 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132228384 Some verbs form the past participle simply by adding -ED
...those are the regular verbs and they are super duper easy:)

listen -> LISTENED
play -> PLAYED

]]> 2022-04-06 08:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132228384 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132233340 On the other hand, IRREGULAR verbs have their very own, special past participle form!   (I know... Booh!)

Check out the link for the most common ones.
...also, there's an exercise at the bottom:)]]> 2022-04-06 08:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132233340 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132235655 These two words are used to talk about experiences you have or haven't had...]]> 2022-04-06 08:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132235655 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132246633 QUESTIONS aren't fun, but they aren't that hard either!:)

All you have to do is move the auxiliary verb (have/has) aaaaall the way to the front. Then leave the rest of the sentence as it was.

LIKE THIS: Tom has played hockey. -> Has Tom played hockey?]]> 2022-04-06 08:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132246633 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132249688 REMEMBER!

We CAN'T use the present perfect with a finished time expression like "yesterday" or "last week/month/year".]]> 2022-04-06 08:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132249688 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132251531 2022-04-06 08:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132251531 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132255001 2022-04-06 08:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132255001 Here's an exercise to practice... vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132262513 2022-04-06 08:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132262513 ...AAAAAAAAND here's one for questions!:) vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132263749 2022-04-06 08:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132263749 Here's an exercise to practice. vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132265770 2022-04-06 08:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132265770 Here's a short exercise to practice. vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132269794 2022-04-06 09:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132269794 Here's one more, just in case ;) vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132272121 2022-04-06 09:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132272121 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132276306 We use since with a fixed time in the past (2004, April 23rd, last year). 

The fixed time can be another action, which is in the past simple (since I was at school, since I arrived).]]> 2022-04-06 09:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132276306 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132277283 We use for with a period of time (2 hours, three years, six months).]]> 2022-04-06 09:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132277283 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132280267 2022-04-06 09:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132280267 Here are some additional exercises you may want to try...(just click on "practice") vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132286645 2022-04-06 09:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132286645 Here are some more coolio online exercises for you to practice! vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132292852 Just try to AVOID the exercises for the present perfect CONTINUOUS, if you don't want to get super duper confused...]]> 2022-04-06 09:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132292852 And some more practice of course... vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132305593 Again, just click on "practice" and choose an exercise.]]> 2022-04-06 09:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132305593 Answer Key vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132318972 2022-04-06 09:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132318972 Here's an interactive worksheet to practice. vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132321903 2022-04-06 09:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132321903 Mooooore practice... vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132327577 2022-04-06 09:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132327577 Here's the answer key for the exercise above. vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132330946 2022-04-06 09:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132330946 The present perfect tense connects the PAST and the PRESENT vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132337190 2022-04-06 09:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132337190 "WE LOVE PRACTICE!! WE LOVE PRACTICE!!" vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132338902 2022-04-06 09:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132338902 Because it can be confusing... vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132346059 We use BEEN to say that we went somewhere and are now back!

Ex: Claire has been to Italy.
(maybe she went last summer, what's important is that she is now back home)

We use GONE to say that went somewhere and are still there (or somewhere else, the point is we haven't returned yet).

Ex: Claire has gone to Italy.
(perhaps she left a few days ago, maybe she's there on holiday, the point is she left and she is still in Italy)]]> 2022-04-06 10:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2132346059 What's that about? vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484718392 The difference between using the presen perfect and the past simple tense is simple: it's a question of finished and unfinished actions.

As I'm sure you know by now, the present perfect is used to express something that started in the past and continues to the present, something that happened very recently, or we use it to talk about experiences.

On the other hand, we use the past simple to talk about things that happened in the past, started and ended there.]]> 2023-02-16 09:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484718392 Time expressions vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484732462 To make things easier, the past simple is commonly used with finished time expressions such as yesterday, last week/month/year, six months ago, in 2020 etc.

Ex: I went to the store yesterday.
(Yesterday is done, it's a new day today.)]]> 2023-02-16 09:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484732462 vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484734750 The present perfect is then used with unfishied time expressions, such as today, this week/month/year, recently, and all the clever words you've just learned:)

Ex: I've been to the store twice this week.
(The week hasn't ended yet.)]]> 2023-02-16 09:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484734750 Here's an expercise (from my favourite page of course). Let's see how you do... vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484736644 https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-1.html]]> 2023-02-16 09:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484736644 ...you see? vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484739824 2023-02-16 09:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484739824 Unfortunately yes, practice... vchlumska https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484761297 There's an explanation, and then there's a section with expercises, so just click on "Practice".]]> 2023-02-16 10:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vchlumska/nke4rwbc4fatuysl/wish/2484761297