Past Event - Salin
Past Event - Salin
Past Event - Salin
Past vs.
Present
Perfect
When do we use
each tense in
English?
Remembe
r:
• Grammar has meaning!
For example . .
.
Use the Use the
past
simple present
action
for that perfect for
happened action that
in the past started in
the past,
and is: but . . .
is still
over, true
done, today.
finished!
The simple past always refers
to an action or situation that is
finished.
❖ Meaning
The Past Simple describes actions
which happened in the past and are
finished often with dates, time, and
words like yesterday, last, ago.
•Form/Pattern
Subject + Verb(2)
•Time Signal
Yesterday
Last …
… ago
The examples of Simple Past Tense
a. Positive Sentences
a.We stayed overnight at my uncle’s
house in Kuala Lumpur
b.My brother and I spent most of our time
entertaining ourselves at the recreation
center
b. Negative Sentences
We did not stay overnight at my
uncle house in Kuala Lumpur
My brother and I did not spend most
of our time entertaining ourselves
at the recreation center
c. Interrogative Sentences
Did you stay overnight at your uncle’s
house last holiday?
Where did you and your brother spend
most of your time during your holiday in
Genting?
Verbs change in Simple Past Tense
Have Has
I He
We She
You It
They
USING VERB III
perfect:
Use the Use the
simple past present
words like:
with time time
perfectwords
with
• yesterday like:
• last Saturday, • recently/
week,
month, year,
etc.
lately
• ag • since …
• when I o • so far this
was… week, month, year, etc.
• in 1990 (past
date)
Additional notes about
present perfect:
• We often use present perfect to
say that something happened
sooner than expected.
Example:
Jan: Don’t forget to mail that
letter. Tom: I’ve already mailed
it.
• We often use present perfect to
say that we have never done
something at any time in the
past.
Example:
I have never visited London.
But someday, I hope to travel
there.
• We often use present perfect with
the expression: “This is the first
time.”
Example:
Leonard is nervous. This is the
first time he has flown on an
airplane!
• We often use present perfect
with “ever” and “never.”
Example:
Patricia: Have you ever played
tennis?
Linda: No, I’ve never played before,
but I would like to learn!
Remembe
r!
If you are talking about a
specific time in the past
(yesterday, last month, etc.),
you cannot use the present
perfect.