Listening: Present Perfect or Past Simple? - Part 4

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Rule: Present Perfect and Past Simple ShowHide

Past Simple

A finished action at a finished time – we say or know when.

I went to the new gym yesterday.
Last week Fred fell off a ladder and broke his arm.

yesterday · last week · two years ago · in July · when I was six · When …?

Present Perfect

have / has + 3rd form. The time is not finished, or we don't say it.

Life experience: Have you ever been to Tokyo?
From the past up to now: I haven't seen Sam for a long time.
In a time that isn't over yet: Ted has called you twice this morning.

ever · never · just · already · yet · for · since · today · this week · so far

Start with the Present Perfect, give the details in the Past Simple: Have you ever been to Paris? – Yes, I went there last summer. A finished time never goes with the Present Perfect: We moved here two years ago, not ~~have moved~~.

Thirty-one recorded sentences, five at a time. Nothing is written on the screen: the only clue is what you hear, so the recording is worth playing twice.