Question

rewrite the following sentences using the simple past or the present perfect tense

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Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation: So, the subject, you already know this. You can use a proper noun or a pronoun. I, she, they. In the perfect tenses, the verb “have” is an auxiliary verb, it's a helping verb. It's not the main verb in the sentence and that means that it's usually unstressed and often contracted when spoken.

So “she has” becomes “she's“

“I have” becomes “I've” – but I'll talk more about that soon!

But then comes the main verb. In the present perfect tense, the main verb is in past participle form, not in past simple form. Now, this is no problem for regular past tense verbs. For regular verbs, the past participle form is the same as the simple past. So you just need to add -ed.

“watch” in the present tense becomes “watched” in past simple and it's also “watched” in past participle form.

Present Simple: laughed

Past Simple: laughed

Past Participle: laughed

Present Simple: dance

Past Simple: danced

Past Participle: danced

Present Simple: call

Past Simple: called

Past Participle: called

And even some irregular verbs use the same verb for past simple as the past participle form. “have” in the present tense becomes “had” in the simple past and it's also “had” as a past participle. Easy, right?

Present Simple: win

Past Simple: won

Past Participle: won But these really irregular verbs are the ones that cause all of the headaches because there are three different forms that you need to remember.

“go” in the present tense becomes “went” in the past simple and in the past participle form, it's “been” or “gone“

Some more examples:

Present Simple: fly

Past Simple: flew

Past Participle: flown

Present Simple: throw

Past Simple: threw

Past Participle: thrown

Present Simple: do

Past Simple: did

Past Participle: done

Present Simple: speak

Past Simple: spoke

Past Participle: spoken

I'm sure you can think of many more examples but with these verbs, there's no pattern, there's no rule to follow. You just need to memorise the past participle form – but keep an eye out for my next video next week, which will help you to practise and memorise these past participle forms of irregular verb