Present Perfect or Past Simple – Lesson 2

so when do we use present perfect and
not pass simple or continuous well to
simplify it a lot we use present perfect
to talk about experiences until now to
say you have this experience or you
don’t have this experience I the verb is
visit or go to New York
remember we said present perfect is for
experiences so we use that grammar have
anniver ‘b 3 now when we want to say go
to a place to visit it we use the verb
being the verb 3 of B Y just because
English the sentence I have been to New
York this means I have this experience
if I want to say I don’t have this
experience I haven’t been to New York
but if I say to you I have been to New
York you just know that I have that
experience in my life I have been to New
York you don’t know when exactly why
with who you don’t know any details
nothing specific if you want to talk
about specific details of that
experience then you use past simple or
past continuous for example have you
been to New York do you have this
experience or not yes I’ve been there
yes I have this experience now specific
details about that experience that is
when we use past simple or continuous
when did you go that’s past simple we’re
asking specific details about that
experience in the past and of course the
answer I went last year that’s a past
simple answer not a present perfect
answer you would not say I’ve been last
year that’s not good
you don’t use specific times that are
finished with present perfect no you use
that with our symbol who did you go with
that’s past simple we were asking
specific details about that experience
in your life your answer I went with my
family against specific details past
simple or past continuous general
experiences until now present perfect
try your own questions or sentences in
the comments and if you’re happy with
this let’s move to a more advanced look
at the present perfect