- Perfect tense > It happened in the past but still has effect today > He has never forgiven me (he is still mad at me!)
- Past tense >�It happened in the past�| end of story > He never forgave me�(he never will!)
The past tense often has 'time' attached e.g. 'yesterday', '5 years ago', 'last summer'.
Decide whether to use the Past Tense or the Perfect Tense:
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1. Before we started to study grammar we �(made/have made) many mistakes.
2. When we first started reading about grammar we often �(cried/have cried).
3. Since then, we �(became/have become) much better at reading texts.
4. Since we bought a dictionary, our spelling �(got/has got) really good.
5. During the past couple of months, we �(understood/have understood) still more words.
6. When we started two years ago we �(talked/have talked) a lot in class.
7. Our teacher �(helped/has helped) us to the good results we have got today.
8. We �(had/have had) six lessons of English a day for the past two weeks.
9. Last week everyone �(brought/has brought) their own coffee.
10. Until yesterday I �(believed/have believed) every word our teacher said.
11. As soon as we �(heard/have heard) the news, we called our friends.
12. At the time we moved from our farm to the city, we �(started/have started) to grow our own vegetables.
