Use the Past Simple for actions that:
– Started and finished in the past.
– Happened at a specific time in the past (e.g. yesterday, last week, in 2010).
– Ara finished actions with no connection to the present.
Use the Present Perfect for actions that:
– Started in the past and continue to the present.
– Happened at an unspecified time in the past. The exact time is not important.
– Have a result or relevance to the present moment.
– Descrive experiences (without saying when they happened).
- The children a window in the school last week.
- Laura her leg, so she can't come skiing.
- I three cups of coffee today.
- I three cups of coffee yesterday.
- He in Paris since 1984.
- She in Paris when she was a child.
- Yesterday, I all of my friends. It was great.
- I Julie three times this week.
- Last month I to Catalonia.
- I'm sorry, John isn't here now. He to the shops.