I have done (present perfect) y I did (past simple)

I have done (present perfect) y
I did (past simple)
En general el PRESENT PERFECT corresponde al pretérito perfecto compuesto del español:
• I have lost my key. He perdido ...
Have you seen Ann?
• Bill has gone home. Bill se ha ido ...
Have you ever been to Spain?
Con un período de tiempo ya terminado (yesterday / last week etc.) se usa el pasado (arrived / saw / was etc.), que
muchas veces corresponde al pretérito perfecto simple del español.
past simple + tiempo ya terminado
We arrived
íj'empo ya terminado
yesterday
last week
six months ago
yesterday.
last week.
at 3 o'clock.
¡n 1991.
six months ago.
pasado
ahora
No se usa el PRESENT PERFECT con un período de tiempo ya terminado.
I saw Paula yesterday. (no ' I have seen Paula ...')
Where were you on Sunday afternoon.'(no'Where have you been ...?')
We didn't have a holiday last year. (no'We haven't had ...')
'What did you do last night?' ' I stayed at home.'
William Shakespeare lived from 1564 to 1616. He was a writer. He wrote many plays and poems.
Se usa el PAST SIMPLE, y no el PRESENT PERFECT, en las preguntas que comienzan por When ... } o What time . . . ?;
• When did they arrive? (no 'When have they arrived?')
• What time did you get up? (no'What time have you got up?')
Observa y compara:
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST SIMPLE
• I fa%elost my key.
(no la encuentro ahora)
• Bill i i i i l b % " ; home.
(no está aquí ahora)
• tíaVié^ou'seen^ Ann?
(¿Dónde está ahora?)
pero
• I lost my key yesterday.
pero
• Bill went home ten minutes ago.
pero
• D i d you see Ann last Saturday?
tiempo ya termmado
ahora
pasado
•
:|W^Urjr¿?&^
to Spain?
.
(alguna vez en el pasado)
• M y friend is a writer. He has writtcn,,
many books.
• The letter hiun'^fnived yet.
pasado
ahora
pero
•
D i d you go to Spain last year?
pero
• Shakespeare wrote many plays and poems.
• The letter difi|A't'|^V!^, yesterday.
Observa también la siguiente diferencia de uso entre inglés y español:
• Tve lived in Singapore for six years.
Vivo en Singapur desde hace seis años.
(Y todavía vivo allí)
PAST S I M P L E :
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PRESENT PERFECT =
pero
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• I lived in Glasgow for six years but now I
live in Singapore.
Viví en Glasgovi/ durante seis años pero ahora vivo
en Singapur.