Hay dos grandes criterios para decidir si se utiliza el Present Perfect o el Past Simple: El tipo de perodo de tiempo: Cuando

el perodo de tiempo incluye el momento presente, se utiliza el Present Perfect. Con un periodo de tiempo indefinido: I have lived in Barcelona for 5 years / since 2004. Por eso, se utiliza el Present Perfect en preguntas con How long? que hacen referencia a un periodo de tiempo que empieza en el pasado y contina hasta el momento presente. How long have you had your car?. Con un periodo de tiempo indefinido: I have seen this film before / recently. I have already done my homework. Un periodo de tiempo no expresado: Have you been to New York? Si contestamos que s, entonces los detalles se tienen que poner en el Past Simple: Yes, I have. I went there when I was a student. Cuando no hay vnculo alguno con el momento presente, se utiliza el Past Simple. Esto puede indicarse con: Expresiones que hacen referencia a momentos de tiempo claramente desconectados del presente: I went to New York last year / two years ago / in 2006 / yesterday. Por eso, se utiliza el Past Simple en preguntas con When? que hacen referencia a un momento especfico del pasado: When did you buy your car? Expresiones que hacen referencia a un periodo de tiempo que no incluye el momento presente: I lived in Paris for 5 years and then I moved to Barcelona. El vnculo que una situacin tiene con el presente: Cuando una situacin tiene un vnculo con el presente, se utiliza el Present Perfect. Normalmente, este vnculo lo constituyen los resultados presentes de una accin que se realiz en el pasado: I have lost my keys I dont have them now. Cuando una situacin no tiene vnculo alguno con el presente, se utiliza el Past Simple. My parents got married in France. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.

Hay dos grandes criterios para decidir si se utiliza el Present Perfect o el Past Simple: El tipo de perodo de tiempo: Cuando el perodo de tiempo incluye el momento presente, se utiliza el Present Perfect. Con un periodo de tiempo indefinido: I have lived in Barcelona for 5 years / since 2004. Por eso, se utiliza el Present Perfect en preguntas con How long? que hacen referencia a un periodo de tiempo que empieza en el pasado y contina hasta el momento presente. How long have you had your car?. Con un periodo de tiempo indefinido: I have seen this film before / recently. I have already done my homework. Un periodo de tiempo no expresado: Have you been to New York? Si contestamos que s, entonces los detalles se tienen que poner en el Past Simple: Yes, I have. I went there when I was a student. Cuando no hay vnculo alguno con el momento presente, se utiliza el Past Simple. Esto puede indicarse con: Expresiones que hacen referencia a momentos de tiempo claramente desconectados del presente: I went to New York last year / two years ago / in 2006 / yesterday. Por eso, se utiliza el Past Simple en preguntas con When? que hacen referencia a un momento especfico del pasado: When did you buy your car? Expresiones que hacen referencia a un periodo de tiempo que no incluye el momento presente: I lived in Paris for 5 years and then I moved to Barcelona. El vnculo que una situacin tiene con el presente: Cuando una situacin tiene un vnculo con el presente, se utiliza el Present Perfect. Normalmente, este vnculo lo constituyen los resultados presentes de una accin que se realiz en el pasado: I have lost my keys I dont have them now. Cuando una situacin no tiene vnculo alguno con el presente, se utiliza el Past Simple. My parents got married in France. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.

Hay dos grandes criterios para decidir si se utiliza el Present Perfect o el Past Simple: El tipo de perodo de tiempo: Cuando el perodo de tiempo incluye el momento presente, se utiliza el Present Perfect. Con un periodo de tiempo indefinido: I have lived in Barcelona for 5 years / since 2004. Por eso, se utiliza el Present Perfect en preguntas con How long? que hacen referencia a un periodo de tiempo que empieza en el pasado y contina hasta el momento presente. How long have you had your car?. Con un periodo de tiempo indefinido: I have seen this film before / recently. I have already done my homework. Un periodo de tiempo no expresado: Have you been to New York? Si contestamos que s, entonces los detalles se tienen que poner en el Past Simple: Yes, I have. I went there when I was a student. Cuando no hay vnculo alguno con el momento presente, se utiliza el Past Simple. Esto puede indicarse con: Expresiones que hacen referencia a momentos de tiempo claramente desconectados del presente: I went to New York last year / two years ago / in 2006 / yesterday. Por eso, se utiliza el Past Simple en preguntas con When? que hacen referencia a un momento especfico del pasado: When did you buy your car? Expresiones que hacen referencia a un periodo de tiempo que no incluye el momento presente: I lived in Paris for 5 years and then I moved to Barcelona. El vnculo que una situacin tiene con el presente: Cuando una situacin tiene un vnculo con el presente, se utiliza el Present Perfect. Normalmente, este vnculo lo constituyen los resultados presentes de una accin que se realiz en el pasado: I have lost my keys I dont have them now. Cuando una situacin no tiene vnculo alguno con el presente, se utiliza el Past Simple. My parents got married in France. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.

Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, or Past Simple: 1.____you ever____(have) a pet? Yes, I ___. I____ (have) a dog when I lived with my parents. 2. They_____ (live) in Hamburg for five years. Theyre still living there now. 3. When____you____(give up) smoking? Oh, a long time ago. I think I_____(not smoke) since 2000. 4. My great-grandfather_____(die) forty years ago. I______( never meet) him. 5. I don't know Jane's fianc. I______( never meet) him. 6. When we were on holiday, the weather____(be) awful. The weather____(be) great since we came back. 7. How long____you (study)______English? For five years. I ____ (start) when I finished university. 8. My bicycle is not here anymore. Someone _____ (take) it. 9. He looks exhausted. He___________(wash) the car all morning. Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, or Past Simple: 1.____you ever____(have) a pet? Yes, I ___. I____ (have) a dog when I lived with my parents. 2. They_____ (live) in Hamburg for five years. Theyre still living there now. 3. When____you____(give up) smoking? Oh, a long time ago. I think I_____(not smoke) since 2000. 4. My great-grandfather_____(die) forty years ago. I______( never meet) him. 5. I don't know Jane's fianc. I______( never meet) him. 6. When we were on holiday, the weather____(be) awful. The weather____(be) great since we came back. 7. How long____you (study)______English? For five years. I ____ (start) when I finished university. 8. My bicycle is not here anymore. Someone _____ (take) it. 9. He looks exhausted. He___________(wash) the car all morning. Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, or Past Simple: 1.____you ever____(have) a pet? Yes, I ___. I____ (have) a dog when I lived with my parents. 2. They_____ (live) in Hamburg for five years. Theyre still living there now. 3. When____you____(give up) smoking? Oh, a long time ago. I think I_____(not smoke) since 2000. 4. My great-grandfather_____(die) forty years ago. I______( never meet) him. 5. I don't know Jane's fianc. I______( never meet) him. 6. When we were on holiday, the weather____(be) awful. The weather____(be) great since we came back. 7. How long____you (study)______English? For five years. I ____ (start) when I finished university. 8. My bicycle is not here anymore. Someone _____ (take) it. 9. He looks exhausted. He___________(wash) the car all morning.

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Peter__________(play) football yesterday. They__________(wash) the car last week. I____________(already read) that book. We___________(never be) to a foreign country. Im not hungry. I______________(just have) lunch. She_____________(buy) a new car in 2005. __________( you already do) your homework? ____________(not finish yet). 8. I_________(sing) all morning. I have a sore throat. 9. Gosh, I_________(lose) my wallet! 10. I ___________(buy) a new computer. 11. I ___________(buy) a new computer yesterday. 12. I___________(just see) an alien! 13. When_________(you buy) your computer? 14. A: ______________(ever travel) abroad? B: Yes, I_______. A: When___________(you travel)? B: Last week. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Peter__________(play) football yesterday. They__________(wash) the car last week. I____________(already read) that book. We___________(never be) to a foreign country. Im not hungry. I______________(just have) lunch. She_____________(buy) a new car in 2005. __________( you already do) your homework? ____________(not finish yet). 8. I_________(sing) all morning. I have a sore throat. 9. Gosh, I_________(lose) my wallet! 10. I ___________(buy) a new computer. 11. I ___________(buy) a new computer yesterday. 12. I___________(just see) an alien! 13. When_________(you buy) your computer? 14. A: ______________(ever travel) abroad? B: Yes, I_______. A: When___________(you travel)? B: Last week.

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Peter__________(play) football yesterday. They__________(wash) the car last week. I____________(already read) that book. We___________(never be) to a foreign country. Im not hungry. I______________(just have) lunch. She_____________(buy) a new car in 2005. __________( you already do) your homework? ____________(not finish yet). 8. I_________(sing) all morning. I have a sore throat. 9. Gosh, I_________(lose) my wallet! 10. I ___________(buy) a new computer. 11. I ___________(buy) a new computer yesterday. 12. I___________(just see) an alien! 13. When_________(you buy) your computer? 14. A: ______________(ever travel) abroad? B: Yes, I_______. A: When___________(you travel)? B: Last week.

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