Demo Lesson – B1 – Present Perfect or Past Simple?

Look at the picture and answer the questions below

1. Which of the sentences are the examples of 

  • the present perfect?
  • the past simple?

2. Which of the tenses show

  • completed actions from the past?
  • experiences?
  • recent events?
  • actions that started in the past and continue to the present?
Let’s study the table
Read the sentences and do the task below
Choose the sentence that show:
  • an action at a certain time in the past.
  • experience.
  • recent past event.
  • an action that started in the past and continued to the present.
Do the exercise – put the verbs in correct tense forms
Categorise time expressions – write PP (for Present Perfect) and PS (for Past Simple) against each of them.
Make 5 – 6 sentences using the above expressions of time, answering the questions below:

1. What destination have you visited?

2. Have you ever stayed in a different country for more than a month?

3. When did you go there?

4. Who did you go there with?

5. Where did you stay during your trip?