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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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could you help me please

i have a proplem that confuses me a lot ..the proplem is the difference betweeen the past simple tense and present perfect tense because in my language when we talk about the past we use one expression ..i can imagine the difference in some cases easly but in other cases i have to think a lot to get the meaning ...for example ...he arrived or he has arrived what is the exact differince between them ..and what do u think the best way to learn the differnce between them.. thank u in advance
  

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Anonymous he arrived Anonymous he has arrived You need to consider these in context. " We use the past simple here to indicate an action that is finished and which has no importance/relevance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For example, Bob is waiting to pick up his brother, James, at the airport.

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  • Anonymous he arrived Anonymous he has arrived You need to consider these in context.
  • " We use the past simple here to indicate an action that is finished and which has no importance/relevance.
  • ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For example, Bob is waiting to pick up his brother, James, at the airport.
  • Bob sees James coming out and decides to call their mother, Jenny.
  • " Jenny: "Hello Bob.
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Anonymoushe arrived
Anonymoushe has arrived
You need to consider these in context.

For example,

A: "When did your cousin come back from Japan?"
B: "He arrived yesterday."
We use the past simple here to indicate an action that is finished and which has no importance/relevance.
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Anonymous i have a proplem that confuses me a lot ..the proplem is the difference betweeen the past simple tense and present perfect tense because in my language when we talk about the past we use one expression ..i can imagine the difference in some cases easly but in other cases i have to think a lot to get the meaning ...for example ...he arrived or he has arrived what
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