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Mwalimu Tina
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Ever Struggled with Present Perfect vs. Simple Past? Same Here!
I remember when I first started teaching EnglishāI kept noticing how tricky it is to choose between "I have done" and "I did." Even advanced learners sometimes ask: Whatās the actual difference?
It usually comes down to whether the action is connected to now (present perfect) or clearly in the past and finished (simple past).
Example 1: Iāve just eaten lunch. (Still relevantāIām full now!)⨠ā
Example 2: I ate lunch at noon. (That moment is finished and not related to now.) āØā
Iām curiousāāØš Do you find this difference easy or confusing?āØš In your native language, is there a similar difference?
Letās share thoughts and help each other out. Maybe we can collect some helpful examples together!
3 giu 2025 17:35
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In Italian, it is not at all the same. It is normal in Italian to say the equivalent of "Yesterday, I have eaten a pizza", but not in English. My way of looking at it is that in English, the meaning of "have" never ever changes, whereas in other languages it sometimes becomes something special, a "helping verb". In English, "have" always indicates possession. When you say "I have eaten a pizza" you really are saying that you now possess something, and the something that you now possess is the experience of eating a pizza.
4 giugno 2025
Mwalimu Tina
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Francese, Spagnolo, Swahili
Lingua di apprendimento
Francese, Spagnolo
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