Past Simple / Present Perfect Flashcards
Present simple(Basic Rules)
Facts, habits, series of happenings, feeling and states that do not change (stateverbs)
Present progressive (Basic Rules)
Happenings that are going on at the moment, gradual developments
Present simple (Advanced rules)
neutral statements
Present progressive (Advanced rules)
feelings, usually annoyance
Simple past (basic Rules)
completed activities, events or states series of actions or happenings in the past
Past Progressive (Basic Rules)
Background to past events, or the accompanying circumstances Serval activities or happenings same time, gradual development
Simple/Progressive Past (Advanced Rules)
Simple: new activity Progressive: an activity in progress
S. present perfect (Basic Rules)
Result of a past activity on the present and act. only just completed Questions with has ever, yet, so far + frequency states that began in the past continued into the present
Present perfect progressive (Basic Rules)
activities that began in the past and continued into the present activities that have been going on at intervals
S. Present perfect (Advanced Rules)
the simple form stresses the result of past activity
Present progressive (Advanced Rules)
The progressive form stresses that something has been in progress for a certain time, usually until only a short time ago