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Simple Present Perfect: . Used to stress the result of a past activity on the present o I have been to your house. Now I'm back again. . For activities just completed o I think he's just arrived . In questions and statements about whether sth. has ever / yet / so far taken place, especially with expressions of frequency (five times / often / always / never) o Have you drunk any coffee yet? . To describe states that began in the past and have continued into the present (for / since / all week / .) and together with clauses of time introduced by since. o I have never been to America Present perfect progressive . Used for activities that began in the past and have continued into the present (for / since / .) o He's been living for the length of his life . For activities that have been going on at intervals (for / since / .) but never with expressions of frequency. o I've been there for years.
Past tense . States in the past, that are finished o When we were on holiday in France we went to the Eiffel Tower . Not seen as related to the present o Once I saw you at the shop . To stress a time / period o This morning at six o' clock I woke up . Together with adverbials such as yesterday / last week / one year ago / . o Yesterday he went to a restaurant Past progressive . To stress an event progressing at a certain time in the past o Today between one and two p.m. I was driving to Berlin.
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