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SIMPLE PAST X PRESENT PERFECT
Dialog: "When we took The Hot Tamale public six years ago...."

We use the past simple to talk about an activity that happened at a specific point in the past. Both the action and the time are finished. Common words used with the past simple are: yesterday/ ten days ago/ in 2008/ last week. We use the present perfect to talk about something that happened in the past, but is still relevant in the present. There is no specific time given when using the present perfect.

1) PAST SIMPLE

FORM: SUBJECT + VERB (past)

• They worked a lot last Saturday. (Eles trabalharam muito no sábado passado.)
• She didn't sell her shares yesterday. (Ela não vendeu as suas ações ontem.)
• Did you eat lunch at the office today? (Você almoçou no escritório hoje?)

Dialog: "But now, our share price has fallen by over 80%!"

2) PRESENT PERFECT

FORM: SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + VERB (past participle)

• My boss has traveled to Japan to close a deal. (O meu chefe viajou para o Japão para fechar um negócio.)
• I haven't answered any e-mails yet. (Eu não respondi nenhum e-mail ainda.)
• Have you spoken to our new associate about the recent company losses? (Você já falou com o nosso novo sócio sobre as recentes perdas da empresa?)