Present Perfect vs Past Simple
Focused present perfect vs past simple practice with clear instructions, writing space and a complete answer key.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Focused sentence-completion practice
- Clear model and instructions
- Generous answer spaces
- Answer key on page 2
Choose present perfect or past simple across twenty sentences contrasting present relevance and finished past times.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Keep the page-2 completed sentences for checking; use the Anna since last week/at a party last week pair to establish meaning.
- Mark finished times such as 2023 and yesterday, and continuing or experience contexts such as since, ever and how long.
- Complete the forms, noticing that some questions already supply have or did and only need the appropriate participle or base verb.
- Check the paired food, travel, keys and email examples. Explain the present result in lost keys and broken glasses rather than choosing solely by a keyword.
Support and extension
Support with a finished-past / up-to-now timeline. Extend by turning an experience question into a past-simple follow-up; accept full forms and contractions where appropriate.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
