Present Perfect and Past Simple
Present Perfect and Past Simple By Rob Lane, English Teacher at Horner School of English Present Perfect and Past Simple are tenses which cause a lot of confusion for learners. In many languages the structure of subject + have + past participle has the function of Past Simple in English. For this reason, direct translation is problematic. Although the tenses are similar in many ways, they have important differences in function. One of the most important considerations is the time reference used [...]