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Simple Past
Uses
Themes
Grammar
Focus
Simple Past
Affirmative Sentence
[SUBJECT] + [VERB IN PAST] + [COMPLEMENT]
Example: I worked In The Factory, I watched The Tv
Negative Sentence
Present Perfect
Present Perfect
Affirmative Sentence
[SUBJECT] + AUXILIARY VERB [Have / Has] + Past
Participle + [COMPLEMENT]
Example: I've talked to Peter. She's gone to work.
Negative Sentence
[SUBJECT] + DID + NOT + [VERB] + [COMPLEMENT]
Example: You Didnt Work, He Didnt Play Soccer
Interrogative Sentences
DID + [SUBJECT] + [VERB] + [COMPLEMENT] + [?]
Example: Did He Eat Yesterday? , Did You Call Me?
WH Question
WH + DID + [SUBJECT] + [VERB] + [COMPLEMENT] + [?]
Example: What Did You Sing?
Yes / No Question
Yes / No+ Subject + Did / Didnt
Themes
Simple Past
Present Perfect
Time
Expressio
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Adverbs
Themes
Yesterday
Just now
Early - temprano
late - tarde
earlier - antes, ms temprano
later - luego, ms tarde
then - luego, entonces
before - antes
after - despus
afterwards luego
For
Since
Ever
Already
Recently
Just
Yet
Still
Differences were already completed in the past and the other is used for actions in the past which
have importance in the present. Grammar is practically nearly the same only varies in
the use of the auxiliary since one uses two and the other only one.
Bibliography
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html
http://lgenglish2.blogspot.mx/2010/02/negativo-yesno-questions-wh-questions.html
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect.html