Inclusivity Essentials_ Creating Accessible Websites for Nonprofits .pdf
Willy juanggo-Past Simple vs Perfect Tenses
1. Past Simple vs. Present
Perfect Tense
Willy Juanggo
Pribadi Bilingual Boarding School
Bandung
2. Time
Finished Unfinished
Past Simple Present Perfect
I worked hard I have worked hard
- yesterday
- last week
- last month
- this week
- this year
- since 6 a.m.
3. Johnanswered all our questions.
Today John has answered all our questions today.
Last week John answered all our questions last week.
4. for and since
Hamzah owns this house. He bought it in January.
Hamzah has owned this house since January.
Hilham belongs to the club. He joined it two weeks ago
Hilham has belonged to the club for two weeks
12. 2.I wasverytiredlastnight.
1. I played badminton all afternoon yesterday.
3. I was very tired last night because I had played badminton
all afternoon yesterday.
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Note:
1. Past Perfect Tense Pattern
(+) Subject + had + Verb in past participle form (V3)
(-) Subject + had not + Verb in past participle form (V3)
2. We used Past Perfect Tense to describe an action that happened
before another one in the past.