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Grammar Skills for Real Communication · Level B1 · Exam practice

Present Perfect Vs. Past Simple

Certification-style practice: 30 multiple-choice questions in 20 minutes, one topic at a time. Read the topic explanation first, then test yourself under exam conditions and learn from the feedback on every answer.

Level B1 · Intermediate30 questions20 minutesBank of 70Pass: 70%

Exam practice · Level B1

Exam conditions

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Each attempt uses 30 random questions from a bank of 70, so every try is different.
When the 20 minutes end, the quiz locks and your score appears. You can also finish early.
After checking you get feedback in English and Spanish for every answer.

Present Perfect Vs. Past Simple

Form

Present perfect	Past simple
have/has + past participle	verb + -ed / irregular past
I have seen the film.	I saw the film last night.

When to use each

Present perfect	Past simple
Time period not finished or not specified: today, this week, so far, ever, never, already, yet, just, lately	Finished time: yesterday, last week, in 2019, two days ago, when…?
Experience: I've been to Japan.	Specific event: I went to Japan in 2019.
Present result: I've lost my keys (I can't get in).	Past action only: I lost my keys yesterday.
Unfinished state: I've lived here for five years (still).	Finished state: I lived there for five years (not now).

Watch out

Never use a finished time expression with the present perfect: ~~I have seen him yesterday~~.
When…? uses the past simple: When did you meet him?
News: start with present perfect, give details in past simple: A man has escaped. He climbed the wall at 3 a.m.
Superlatives and It's the first time: present perfect (the best film I've ever seen).

En español

Presente perfecto: experiencias, resultados presentes, periodos no terminados (ever, never, yet, already, since, for). Pasado simple: acciones terminadas con un tiempo concreto (yesterday, ago, in 2019, last week).

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