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Present perfect or past simple?

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Do you have a question you want us to answer? You can send us your questions to [email protected] 1. We can use both present perfect and past ...
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Learning English Grammar - Present perfect and past simple - BBC Sounds

Learn key words and phrases to talk about ability in the present and the past. 6 mins Learning English Grammar Subject questions 6 mins Learning English Grammar Present tenses Find out how to use the ...
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The past simple tense

Present continuous and 'going to' Verb patterns The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’ The present perfect with 'for' and 'since' Comparatives and superlatives Present perfect with 'just', ...
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Past perfect tense: Real difference between has/have and had

To establish the difference between the use of ‘has/have’ and that of ‘had’, one needs to understand the essence of the past perfect tense. When two things occurred in the past, the past perfect tense ...
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Present perfect and past simple

'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to' Present tenses Present perfect continuous 'Like' for preference and description Adverbs of frequency 'Have to' and 'must' The past simple tense ...