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With afinished time (yesterday / last week etc.), we use the past (arrived/saw/was etc.):

past + fi nished time

yesterday.
yesterday
last week.
last week
We arrived I at 3 o'clock.
six months ago
in 2002.
finished time
six months ago.

past now

Do not use the present perfect (have arrived / have done / have been etc.) with a finished time:

0 I saw Paula yesterday.

(not I have seen)

0 Where were you on Sunday afternoon?

(not Where have you been)

0 We didn't have a holiday last year.

(not We haven't had)

0 'What did you do last night?' 'I stayed at home.'

0 William Shakespeare lived from 1564 to 1616. 日 e was a writer. 日e wrote many plays

and poems.

Use the past to ask When ... ? or What time ... ?:

0 When did you buy your computer? (not When have you bought)

0 What time did And y go out? (not What time has Andy gone out)

Compare:

present perfect past

0 I have lost my key. 0 I lost my key last week.

(= I can't find it now)

0 Ben has gone home. 0 Ben went home ten minutes ago.

(= he isn't here now)

0 Have you seen Kate? 0 Did you see Kate on Saturday?

(= where is she now?)

time until now nished time |………………………·I

past now past now

。 Have you ever been to Spain? 0 Did you go to Spain last year?

(= i in your life, until now)
=

0 M y friend is a writer. He has written 0 Shakespeare wrote many plays and

many books. poems.

0 Sam hasn't phoned me yet. 0 Sam didn't phone me yesterday.

0 We've lived in Singapore for six years. 0 We lived in Glasgow for six years, but

(= we live there now) now we live in Singapore.

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so ( past simple ➔ Units 11-12 present perfect ➔ Units 15-18