Simple past vs Simple present vs Present perfect

Simple past vs Simple present vs Present perfect Regular & irregular / s - es/ have - has + P. p verb

Simple present Used to talk about routines & facts: On mondays, everyday, usually, always.

I/you/we/they ● Verbs in infinitive. ● We use “do” for questions. ● We use “don't” for negative. He/she/it ● Verbs ending in “s-es” ● We use “does” for questions. ● We use “doesn't” for negative. Simple present

Examples (+ sentences) ● ● She goes to the park everyday. He cooks lasagna on mondays. I work overtime on weekends. We need to practice more.

Examples (- sentences) ● She doesn't go to the park everyday. ● He doesn't cook lasagna on mondays ● I don't overtime on weekends. ● We don't need to practice more.

Play Cook watch Work Study Arrive It's your turn! What does your family do om weekends? Go eat drive take buy

Simple past Used to talk about finished activities in the past: Yesterday, last week/month, in 1995, 2 days ago.

Regular verbs end in -ed ● ● ● Played Cooked Watched Worked Studied Arrived Irregular verbs change differently ● ● ● Go → went Eat -> ate Take -> took Buy -> bought Drive -> drove Simple past

Examples (+ sentences) Verb in the past ● ● She went to the park yesterday. He cooked lasagna last night. I worked overtime 2 weeks ago. We needed to practice more.

● She didn't go to the park yesterday. ● He didn't cook lasagna last night. (- sentences) ● I didn't work overtime 2 weeks ago. Verb in infinitive ● We didn't need to practice more. Examples

Questions Verb in infinitive ● ● Did She go to the park yesterday. Did he cooklasagna last night. Did I work overtime 2 weeks ago. Did we need to practice more.

Played Cooked watched Worked Studied Arrived It's your turn! What did you do last week? Go/Went eat/ate drive/drove take/took buy/bought

Present perfect Used to talk about past connected to the present, life experiences and things that happened in the past and continue.

I/you/we/they ● Verbs in Past participle. ● We ALWAYS use “have” for affirmative, negative and questions. He/she/it ● Verbs in past participle as well. ● We ALWAYS use “Has”. Present perfect

Used with time phrases like: -Since/for (To talk about how long something has happened). -Today, this week/month/year, so far, until now (to talk about unfinished time) -Already, yet (To talk about something that happened before expected or not) -Just/recently (to talk about things that happened a moment ago)

Examples: ● I have drunk 2 cups of coffee today. ● I have worked here since 2018. ● She has already gone to Europe. ● They haven’t finished yet.

It’s your turn! Have you ever…? Ask each other questions about your life experiences

Simple present Simple Past Present Perfect Auxiliary Do / Does Did Have / Has Verb Infinitive or “s-es” for he/she/it (ALWAYS infinitive in questions and in negative) Verb in the past Regular or irregular. (ALWAYS infinitive in questions and in negative) Verb ALWAYS in past participle. Context Routines and facts Past events -Life experiences. -Past connected to present. Phrases On mondays, always, usually, everyday. Last week/year, two weeks ago. In 1995 Since/for, already/yet, just, so far, today, this week/month

Complete the following with the correct tense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. I _______ (go) to the park last week. She _______(drive) her car 3 times this week. _____ you _____ (live) in Argentina? I _____(read) the article yet. He ______(take) a shower every morning. Argentina ___(be) a beautiful country! Joseph _____ already ______ (visit) his mother today