past simple Vs present perfect?

Hi Tomora,
Welcome to the Forum.
Here's the basic idea.

Id like to know the difference in meaning between past simple and present perfect:

I have eaten I'm telling you about an event in the past because it has importance right now. eg I'm not hungry.

I ate I'm just telling you about an event in the past.

Best wishes, Clive.

thanks Clive

I see
now it becomes clear but with some verbs
what about verbs other than action verbs (eat, sleep, walk)
I mean verbs like: think, imagine, remember..etc

Hi,

Let's look at 'remember' as an example.
Simple Past - Last Wednesday, I couldn't find my car keys. But the next day, I remembered where I put them.

Present Perfect - I have remembered where I put my car keys. Now we can go for a drive!

In my earlier post, I just tried to give you the general idea of these two tenses. There is much more detail about

Generally in any sentence, with the present perfect you are talking about something as if it were somewhere in a clearly visible field; with the past you are talking about something as if it were on the other side of a thick wall you cannot see through.