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B1 Gramática

B1Tiempos verbales15 min

¿Presente perfecto o pasado simple?

Present perfect or past simple?

Aprende cuándo hablar de un tiempo terminado en el pasado y cuándo conectar el pasado con el presente.

Los dos tiempos hablan del pasado, pero lo miran de forma distinta. El past simple describe una acción en un tiempo terminado: yesterday, last week, in 2019, when I was a child. El present perfect (have/has + participio pasado) conecta el pasado con el presente. Lo usamos cuando el tiempo no ha terminado, cuando el momento exacto no importa o cuando el resultado importa ahora.

PuntoPasado simplePresente perfecto
Formworked, went, sawhave / has + worked, gone, seen
Timea finished time: yesterday, last year, agoan unfinished or unstated time: today, this week, ever, never
ExperienceRavi visited Lisbon in 2022.Ravi has visited Lisbon twice.
DurationLena lived in Oslo for five years. (She doesn't now.)Lena has lived in Oslo for five years. (She still does.)

Palabras de tiempo que ayudan

Palabras como yesterday, last month, two days ago e in 2020 indican un tiempo terminado, así que van con el pasado simple. Palabras como ever, never, already, yet, just, so far, since y for suelen ir con el presente perfecto. Una conversación a menudo empieza con el presente perfecto y después pasa al pasado simple para dar los detalles.

  • A: Have you ever tried Ethiopian food? B: Yes, I have. I ate it at a street festival last summer.
  • Aiko has just finished her report, so she can help us now.
  • Tomás started his new job three weeks ago.
  • This is the first time I've visited this museum.
  • We haven't seen the new science centre yet.

Ejercicio 1 de 2

Elige el tiempo correcto

Elige la mejor opción para completar cada frase.

  1. Mina _____ her grandparents last weekend.

  2. _____ you ever been to a jazz concert?

  3. When _____ to this city?

  4. Jamal _____ for this company since 2018.

  5. My parents _____ married for thirty years, and they are still very happy together.

  6. Kofi _____ to Accra in 2015 and stayed there for a year.

  7. Lena _____ three short stories so far this year.

  8. I _____ Aiko at the station two hours ago.

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Ejercicio 2 de 2

Escribe el verbo

Escribe la forma de pasado simple o de presente perfecto del verbo entre paréntesis.

  1. This is the first time I (try) skiing.

  2. We (go) to the beach yesterday afternoon.

  3. Ravi (live) here since he was a child.

  4. When (you / arrive) in London?

  5. Tomás (not / see) his cousins since the summer.

  6. Our team (win) the final in 2021.

  7. Sofia (be) to Japan twice, and she wants to go again.

  8. Kofi (lose) his phone last week, but he found it the next day.

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