The Past Perfect or The Past Simple: a free printable worksheet on the fifference between the Past Perfect or the Past Simple with grammar rules and exercises
The Past Perfect or The Past Simple
Table of Contents
· Grammar Rules
· Exercises
Level:
This lesson can be used on all ages of intermediate to advanced students.
What’s the difference? Present Perfect and Past Simple
| Present Perfect Simple | Past Simple |
| Unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present:I‘ve known Julie for ten years (and I still know her). | Finished actions:I knew Julie for ten years (but then she moved away and we lost touch). |
| A finished action in someone’s life (when the person is still alive: life experience):My brother has been to Mexico three times. | A finished action in someone’s life (when the person is dead):My great-grandmother went to Mexico three times. |
| A finished action with a result in the present:I‘ve lost my keys! (The result is that I can’t get into my house now). | A finished action with no result in the present:I lost my keys yesterday. It was terrible! (Now there is no result. I got new keys yesterday). |
| With an unfinished time word (this week, this month, today):I‘ve seen John this week. | With a finished time word (last week, last month, yesterday):I saw John last week. |
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