Present perfect vs past simple
my answers xD
1.- A:did you like the movie "star wars"?
B: I have never seen that movie.
2.-Sam arrived in San Diego a week ago.
3.-My best friend and I have known each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.
4.-Stinson is a fantastic writer. He wrote ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
5.- I hadn't haven't had this much fun since I was a kid.
6.- Things has have changed a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first started working here three years ago. the company had only six employees. Since then, we have expanded to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
7.- I told him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he wandered off into the forest and was bitten by a snake.
8.- listen Donna, I don't care if you missed the bus this morning. You were have been late to work too many times. You are fired!
9.- Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he has never seen the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.
Present perfect vs past simple
1.- A:did you like the movie "star wars"?
B: I have never seen that movie. Bien
2.-sam arrived in san Diego a week ago. Bien
3.-My best friend and I have known each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week. Bien
4.-Stinson is a fantastic writer. He wrote ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
5.- I hadn't haven't had this much fun since I was a kid.
La traducción sería "no me he divertido tanto desde...", esto es, una acción que empezó en el pasado pero preserva una cierta relevancia en el presente. En español lo llamamos pretérito perfecto, los ingleses lo llaman presente perfecto, vienen a ser básicamente equivalentes.
6.- Things has have changed a great deal at coltech, Inc. When we first started working here three years ago. the company had only six employees. Since then, we have expanded to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
Things es plural, luego el verbo es have, no has. En el último verbo, present perfect queda bastante mejor pues, como dije en la frase anterior, este tiempo verbal indica una acción pasada que 'continúa' en el presente, y la empresa en principio se entiende que sigue teniendo esos más de 2000 empleados.
7.- I told him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he wandered off into the forest and was bitten by a snake. Bien
8.- listen Donna, I don't care if you missed the bus this morning. You were have been late to work too many times. You are fired!
En este caso creo que were no es incorrecto y probablemente ambos tiempor verbales indiquen algo muy parecido. Generalmente el past simple puede indicar también hábito, mientras que el present perfect puede indicar también repetición. Así que todo queda en la interpretación pragmática de si Donna habitualmente llega tarde o ha llegado tarde en repetidas ocasiones... supongo que ves al igual que yo la ambiguedad.
9.- Sam is from colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he has never seen the ocean. He should come with us to Miami. Bien
