What's the difference? Present Perfect and Past Simple

We will use perfect action from now. It is still happening starting from the past, or for completed activities related to the present

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In British English, the use of Simple Past and Present Perfect is very strict. Given past time expressions, you must use simple past. If you do not have a word to draw attention, you need to decide whether you are talking about past actions or whether the result is important.

When a verb wants to manage a phrase, when the desire to express includes the current state, the past completeness (or the integrity of the past), when it contains a past (usually different from the fact) past tense Simple past or past progressive) conditions or events and simple conditions as it becomes desirable current behavior or country change. For example, the form of a verb that is not included in any of the above rules (which the verb passed perfectly or formed a level or other style with no equivalent meaning) will not be changed. Note that the application of the above rules is not mandatory; sometimes the original verb tense is retained, especially when the statement (including the original tenses) is equally valid at the time of reporting.

Tension, aspects, and emotions - English has a relatively large tension. - Emotion - The shape is different from a very subtle difference, such as the simple past "I eat" and now "I have eaten" the perfect shape. Progressive form and perfect progressive form increase complexity. Adjunctive function - English learners are often difficult to manipulate various ways that English uses auxiliary verbs. This includes a negative answer (eg, he did not drink), a problem with the theme reversal (eg, whether he had drunk or not), a simple answer (eg, it is)) more The complication is to add virtual auxiliary verbs to simple current and simple past to achieve these functions, but it does not replace the verbs (we are drinking too much. Are you addicted? What?