1. Contrast PRESENT PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
CLUES

2. PRESENT PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
EXPERIENCES (‘until now’)
CLUES
ever
never
for
since
just
already
yet
(hasta ahora ha ocurrido esto)
ACTIONS AT SPECIFIC POINTS IN THE PAST (‘at that moment’)
yesterday
last week
on Monday
in 1997
... ago
in July
(En aquel momento ocurrió aquello)

3. PRESENT PERFECT PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE clues: draw an arrow to the correspondintg tense
PRESENT PERFECT PAST SIMPLE
The action or its effects come up to the present An action that happened and finished in the past Experiences in the past.
for / since
yesterday
already
on Monday
25 years ago
yet
(present context)
in 2001
last week, month, year, …
this week, month, year, …
until now
today
in the past
still
how long …
Just
PRESENT
PERFECT
PAST
SIMPLE

4. PRESENT PERFECT /PAST SIMPLE
- Have you ever spoken English with a foreigner?
Yes, I have / - No I haven’t
When did you speak with her / him?
I spoke 2 years ago / Last month / in August.
When did you eat it?
I ate it yesterday / Last Sunday / in 2009.
eaten raw fish?
drunk apple juice?
visited the Oceanografic?
written a poem?
read a book in English?
played badminton?
seen Big Brother?
been to Alicante?