Simple Past vs Present Perfect
-azione precisamente collocata nel passato
yesterday/ last year, last month, last week, last January../ ….two days ago, two years ago, two months ago…/ in 2010
F. aff [regular verbs- irregular verbs]
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Verbi Reg: I played.. yesterday
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Verbi Irr: went
Il verbo (to) be, al simple past ha due forme: was ( I e III sing) were per tutte le altre.
F. AFF: You played tennis yesterday
F. INT: Did you play tennis yesterday?
F. Neg: You didn’t play tennis yesterday
Present perfect (simple)
USO 1
-Azione avvenuta ma non collocata
I have met Mark
USO 2
-azione avvenuta e collocata con:
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Recently
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Just, already, ever, never
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still
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Not…yet/ yet
I have just done my homework
USO 3
-azione iniziata nel passato che ancora dura (for/since) si usa FOR per l'arco di tempo/ SINCE per il momento di inizio
[I have had this bike for 2 weeks/ since October]
USI PARTICOLARI
It’s years since I last saw Mark
It’s months since I last heard from you