Past Simple vs Present Perfect (English version) Present Perfect is used : 1. for actions which happened at an unstated time in the past. She has sold her bike. 2. to express actions which have finished recently and there’s evidence in the present. I have just painted my room. 3. for actions which started in the past and continue to the present. We have lived in our house for ten years. 4. for a past action where time is not mentioned but which is not connected with the present. I’ve met Al Pacino. Past Simple is used: 1. for a completed action at a stated time in the past She finished her homework at 8 p.m. 2. for actions which happened one after another She slipped, fell over and broke his ankle. 3. for past actions which won’t happen again Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays
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