steven white
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what,s the differnce between these two sentences?
I have studied my lessons.
I studied my lessons.
I have studied my lessons.
I studied my lessons.
what,s the differnce between these two sentences?
I have studied my lessons.
I studied my lessons.
Both do imply the same thing.
But, here is the point: You cannot add a time indicator in your first sentence; you may or may not put a time indicator in your second sentence.
Says who? ;-)
i. I have studied my lessons.
Time Indicator:
I have recently studied my lessons.
ii. I studied my lessons.
Time Indicator:
Last night, I studied my lessons.
--> Simple Past refers normally to an action that started & finished in the past.
Present Perfect refers to a recently finished action that started in the past.
What I mean is this:
I have studied my lesson yesterday.
:shock: No honney!!!
"Yesterday" is a precise definite signal word referring to an action that occured in the past. -As in the case of "ago"
-->One may NOT say: I have studied my lesson yesterday.
Use present perfect tense when you don't mention the time the action happened.what's the difference between these two sentences?
I have studied my lessons.
I studied my lessons.
That sums it up.Simple Past refers normally to an action that started & finished in the past.
Present Perfect refers to a recently finished action that started in the past.
Well, not quite. The action doesn't have to have finished in the recent past - just to mention one complication. But since the poster is a native English-speaking English teacher, he'll want to go into this in a lot more depth.That sums it up.
:up:
It most definitely does.I am willing to talk more about the present perfect. (I think this qualifies as a frequently asked question.)
Well, whenever I run across one that qualifies I move it to the FAQ folder. Of course, I have to check first to see if that question has been asked and answered there already.It most definitely does.
It's only a pity that all the good answers from the past aren't in a FAQ somewhere, because you'll be answering the same question again next week, and the week after that.
My calculations reveal that roughly 29.76% of posts this year have been on the difference between simple past and present perfect.