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).
- I London last summer.
- She her homework already.
- They to this city in 2015.
- We each other for ten years.
- He his leg last week.
- I this book three times.
- She
me an hour ago.
- They in this house since they got married.
- We to the cinema yesterday evening.
- He his keys, so he can't get into.