What is the difference between the PAST SIMPLE and the PRESENT PERFECT?

In this lesson, learn the difference between the PAST SIMPLE and the PRESENT PERFECT in English. You will learn when to use them and why. With plenty of example sentences to help you. Keep watching until the end as there is a quiz to see how much you have learned.

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I select b. "Who ate all my biscuits?" because your biscuits such as my favourite biscuits! 🤣

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[tapasyak]

Awesome. Thank you. But there's one thing "I haven't understood" or "I did not understand", which one is correct?

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[purplestringsmariamichelac]

I would say: "Who has eaten all my biscuits?", because it's in the past, but what I want to stress is how the action affects my present situation: I have no biscuits now. Please, I have a question, if you would like to answer: I worked for years in customer service in London and I noticed some customers reacted with an hint of annoyance when I used the present perfect in certain situation, for example to double check if they had tried something. For example, situation: their account is not working. If I asked: "Have you tried to retrieve the password?" some might react with annoyance, as if I was "acting out the pedantic teacher", while it felt softer to say "Did you maybe try this and that?". I remember I read in a book that in that kind of context present perfect can sound rude, but now I cannot find that book anymore and I started thinking I might have made it up... :-( Thank you! And than you so much for the very helpfull video!

[mariaj]

Hi,
I have seen many English native speakers using " I have learned driving since moving to India ".
But It is said that after "since" use present perfect or past simple.
Which one is correct?
Since I moved to India or since moving to India.
Please reply

[vqdclst]

When do I use past simple and present perfect together ??