folder 5: present perfect simple and past perfect simple

Question 1

form present perfect simple

Answer 1

have/has + past participle

Question 2

when do we use present perfect simple?

Answer 2

• talk about an action in the past
• the action/ its result lasts up till now
• stress the action as a fact, not the duration of it

Question 3

form past perfect simple

Answer 3

had + past participle

Question 4

when do we use past perfect simple

Answer 4

• action that happened before another action in the past

- stress the action as a fact, not the duration of it