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Omar Ahmed Posted 10 years ago
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present perfect or past simple
Choose the correct answer:
Your parcel........ The postman brought it this morning.
a) arrived b) has arrived
My answer is (a) because we know when the action happened, but my friend says if I find "this+ a period of time in a sentence I must use the present perfect tense. In fact I am at loss, could you tell me the correct answer?
Your parcel........ The postman brought it this morning.
a) arrived b) has arrived
My answer is (a) because we know when the action happened, but my friend says if I find "this+ a period of time in a sentence I must use the present perfect tense. In fact I am at loss, could you tell me the correct answer?
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Both are correct, but I believe that b) has arrived is the expected answer because of the following sentence, which suggests an event with current relevance. CJ
- Both are correct, but I believe that b) has arrived is the expected answer because of the following sentence, which suggests an event with current relevance.
- CJ
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Both are correct, but I believe that b) has arrived is the expected answer because of the following sentence, which suggests an event with current relevance.
CJ
CJ
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