Simple Past and Present Perfect

SIMPLE PAST OR PRESENT PERFECT

* for new or recent actions:

I‘ve lost my phone. Have you seen it? = I lost my phone. Have you seen it?

I‘ve just arrived home. = I just arrived home.

* for something that is now

I‘ve forgotten your name. What is it again? = I forgot your name.

* for new information

Have you heard the news? Sarah has won the lottery! = Sarah won the lottery!

There has been an accident. = There was an accident.

PRESENT PERFECT NOT SIMPLE PAST

* for a period of time that continues up to present

It hasn’t rained all summer. (if it is still summer time)

SIMPLE PAST NOT PRESENT PERFECT

* for finished time

It didn’t rain all summer. (if summer is finished already)

Did you dream about being famous when you were a child?

* for information that’s not new or recent

Picasso was a genius. He painted many classic works of art.

* for when the situation is different now

He stopped traveling for a while, but now he’s traveling again.

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