Alina
Simple Past or Present perfect? Exercise my Solutions ( I am not sure if I am wrong, can someone explain why the other solution is correct?) 1. Yes, of course, I made lunch and wrote a short story for English. - completed action? simple past 2. Have you helped your Grandma yet? - signal word yet present perfect 3. Yes, I have. I have been in town... - I am still in town - present perfect ...and I took out the rubbish. - Completed action? 4. Have you taken Sam for a walk? - idk 5. Yes, I have, and I fed him too.
13 feb 2023 19:53
Risposte · 5
To be honest some of these could be either present perfect or past. All your answers sound ok. The last one could be “have fed”. Number 3 is odd. It suggests Grandma is in town but it doesn’t really seem relevant.
13 febbraio 2023
3. I was in town and I took out the rubbish. (In 4 and 5 Lesli's response "Yes, I have," suggests her mother used "Have you taken..", "Have you helped.." etc. but I think more likely a native speaker would use the simple past ie "Did you take Sam for a walk?" "Yes, I did, and I fed him too" for completed actions in the past.)
18 aprile 2023
2. Did you help grandma yet? or Have you helped grandma yet 3. I was in town and I took out the rubbish for grandma 4. Did you take Sam for a walk / 5. And I Fed him too
14 febbraio 2023
Hello Alina!
13 febbraio 2023
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