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    The document provides information about the present perfect and past simple tenses in English. It explains that the present perfect describes an action that began in the past and continues in the present, while the past simple refers to actions completed entirely in the past. Examples are given for both tenses. The use of adverbs like "since", "for", "ever", and "already" with the present perfect is discussed.

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    University of halabja

    Department of English language/ evening class


    Second Stage

    PAST SIMPLE & PRESENT PERFECT


    Prepared by: Supervised by:
    Daniar Ata – Gashbin omar Banaz. S. Ali
    Shahen Dlshad – Taban Awat
    Rayan Abdulrahman
    Present perfect tense describes an action which done at past and continues
    until now.
    The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that either occurred at
    an indefinite time in the past (e.g., we have talked before) or began in the
    past and continued to the present time (e.g., he has grown impatient over
    the last hour).
    Example:
    1- I have broken the window.
    2- The cat has eaten the chess.
    3- They have sold the car.
    The present perfect is often used with since and
    for to talk about situations that began in the past
    and continue up to now

    SINCE - Since; a specific point in time, (2020, last may, nine o’clock).
    - For; a length of time, (two months, three years).

    & Examples for since;


    - We have been here since nine o’clock.

    FOR - I have known rob since I was in high school.


    - Aras has been a teacher since 2002.

    Examples to for;
    - I have had this book for two weeks.
    - My friends have been an english student for two years.
    - She has known me for three years.
     The present perfect can talk about events that have (or haven't) happened before
    now. The exact time of the event is unspecified.
     The adverbs; ever, never, yet, still, already, and lately are often used with the
    present perfect.
    Example;
    - I have never seen snow.
    - I still haven't finished mine.
     Use of the present perfect with just or recently emphasizes
    that an action was recently completed.
     Example;
     Sara has recently finished her work.
     Sara has just finished her work.
     The present perfect can also express an event that has
    occurred repeatedly from a point in the past up to the
    present time. The event may happen again.
     Example:
     We have had three tests so far this term.
     The Past Simple Tense is used to refer to actions that were completed in a time period
    before the present time. In the Simple Past the process of performing the action is not
    important. What matters is that the action was completed in the past. The action may
    have been in the recent past or a long time ago.

     Examples:

    1- I spoke english with him.

    2- You worked with zhyar.

    3- He Came here last night.


     For negation past simple we will put the (didn’t) before the verbs in
    the sentence. As in this examples:-
    - I didn’t see him last night.
    - She didn’t wash the dishes.
    - I didn’t go to the cinema.
     For this purpose we will use (did or did not for negative) in
    the begin of the sentence.
     As in this examples;
    - didn’t you help your father?
    - did he divorce his wife?
     Use the simple past when the action started in the past, finished in the
    past, and is not continuing now. Use the present perfect when the action
    started in the past and is continuing now.

     The simple past tells us that an action happened at a certain time in the
    past, and is not continuing anymore. It doesn't tell us anything about
    when an action happened, so more information needs to be given with
    this verb form, such as when the action took place.
     The present perfect tells us that an action started in the past and it is still happening now,

    or it is something that happens regularly. We may need more information to tell us how
    long it has been going on. It may also tell us that the time period it started in is still going
    on.

    The following example sentences show the different


    meanings when using the two verb tenses.
     The sun rose at 6:00 am. (Simple Past: We know that the sun came up at a time in the past

    and it is not rising now. The sun may or may not be in the sky when this statement is made.
    The time is important to add.)

     The sun has risen. (Present perfect: We know that the sun already rose, and it is still in the

    sky now.)

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