9C - Scream Queens
This lesson is mostly a reinforcement on previous topics, the main focus being understanding the difference between Present Perfect, and Past Simple.
What’s the difference?
| Present Perfect | Past Simple |
|---|---|
| Unfinished actions that started in the past and continue in the present: I’ve known julie for ten years (and I still know her). | Finished actions: I knew julie for ten years (but then she moved away and we lost touch). |
| A finished action in someone’s life (when the person is still alive; A life experience.): My brother has been to mexico three times. | A finished action in someone’s life (when the person is dead): My great grandmother went to Mexico three times. |
| A finished action with a result in the present: I’ve lost my keys! (Now I can’t get into my house). | A finished action with no result in the present: I lost my keys yesterday. It was terrible! (I also got a new pair of keys yesterday, there’s no result). |
| _With an unfinished time word (this week, this month, today): I’ve seen John this week. | With a finished time word (yesterday, last week, last month): I saw John last month. |