Present Perfect vs Past Simple

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

Ross Scott has led the movement since early 2024. His campaign has collected over a million signatures. In the United Kingdom, a parallel parliamentary petition gathered over 35,000 signatures within weeks.

Grammar Reference · Present Perfect vs Past Simple

Present perfect — form

Use have/has + past participle for actions connected to now. The campaign has collected over a million signatures.

Past simple — form

Use the past simple for finished events at a specific time. Ubisoft shut down the servers in April 2024.

Key time words

Present perfect: since, for, already, just, ever, yet, recently. Past simple: yesterday, last year, in 2024, ago, when.

Common error

I have bought it yesterday. ✗ → I bought it yesterday. ✓ Never use present perfect with a finished time expression.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

1.Ubisoft the servers for The Crew in April 2024.

2.Ross Scott the campaign since early 2024.

3.The campaign over a million signatures so far.

4.The UK petition 35,000 signatures within weeks of its launch.

5.Several small studios patches voluntarily already.

6.Regulators discussions three weeks ago.

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.I have bought the game last year and now I can't play it.

2.The company shut down its servers since 2022.

3.Have you ever lost access to a game you paid for yesterday?

4.Ross Scott has started the movement in early 2024.

5.The petition gathered over a million signatures so far.

6.Several studios already released patches before the regulator has asked them to.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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