| 8.4 Simple past vs. present perfect |
La tabla abajo muestra el uso de los tiempos en inglés
| Resumen | |
| simple past | present perfect |
| Acciones acabadas en el pasado que no influyen en el presente | Acciones que
comenzaron en el pasado, pero cuyos efectos
son todavía perceptibles en el presente |
| I went to school. He bought a house. We were on holidays. |
I have gone to school, now
I know a lot. He has bought a house, now he lives in it. We have been on holidays, now we are relaxed. |
| Acciones regularmente repetidas en el pasado | |
| Every summer we went to York
(now we go to Ireland). Every morning he drank coffee (now he drinks tea) Every evening she read a book (now she's too tired to do so). |
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| Descripción de características, acciones paralelas / de fondo | |
| He was tall. The night was dark and cold. School was boring. There were no mobile phones. She was blond. |
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| complementos adverbiales | |
| last year, summer, month, week in 1930, 1999, 2001 when he was young on Sunday yesterday the day before yesterday |
this summer, year, month, morning already ever, never for, since so far recently, lately, just |
Preste atención al hecho de que el simple past inglés realiza las funciones del pasado indefinido y del pasado imperfecto español. Describe tanto acciones acabadas en un pasado acabado, en este caso se usa el indefinido en español, como acciones que se repetían en el pasado, características generales etc. que se describe con el imperfecto en español.
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