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Witty witty 764 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Past Simple and Present Perfect

I have a confusing question.

- My phone has broken down

- Really? How did that happen?

- I dropped it

- Have you shown dad ? Or Did you show?

I know that we should start by using Present Perfect and then we should switch to Past Simple. But what next?

  

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- My phone has broken . [we say "broken down" for machinery but not for phones]. - Really?

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  • - My phone has broken .
  • [we say "broken down" for machinery but not for phones].
  • - Really?
  • How did that happen?
  • - I dropped it .
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- My phone has broken. [we say "broken down" for machinery but not for phones].

- Really? How did that happen?

- I dropped it.

- Have you shown Dad ? Or Did you show?

Both tenses are possible in the final sentence. There is not a big difference in this situation.

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