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UNIT 14 · Intermediate · B1–B2

Present Perfect vs Past Simple 2“I have done / I did” — 44 interactive questions

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📖 Grammar Reference — Present Perfect vs Past Simple 2

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What you’ll learnfinished time → did · unfinished time / result now → have done

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~15 minNotes + 6 exercises

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44 questionsInstant feedback

A A finished time always takes the past

Past simple finished

A time that is over and gone: I lost my keys yesterday. · Paul left ten minutes ago. · They moved in 2018.

⚠️ Never use the present perfect with ago, yesterday, last…, in 2018, or when…? — even if it happened only a minute ago, the time is finished, so use the past simple.

B An unfinished period can take the present perfect

Finished period → did yesterday · last week · last year · in 2015

Unfinished period → have done today · this week · this year · so far · recently

💡 Have you seen Anna this morning? — asked while it is still morning. Later in the day you would say: Did you see Anna this morning? (the morning is over).

C The result is happening now

Tom has gone out. (present perfect — he is away now)

Tom went out at 8 and came back at 9. (past simple — finished story)

When you care about the result you can see now, use the present perfect. When you tell a finished story with times, use the past.

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Remember — have done = unfinished time / result now (no finished time word) · did = a finished time you can name (yesterday, ago, last…, in 2018, when…?). If you can add yesterday or ago, use the past simple.

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