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Message board > simple past and/or present perfect
simple past and/or present perfect
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apayala
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simple past and/or present perfect
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can we say: I have read a book this morning?
or we have to say: I read a book this morning?
I know unspecified time is with present perfect. I know specific time is with simple past. And I know present perfect connects past with the present moment. So... is "this morning" a specific time or should I consider it as a past action connected with the present?.
I feel I know nothing right now... please help and thanks
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19 Jan 2011
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silvanadelval
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Hi Apayala!
To the best of my knowledge, if it �s before noon and you say "this morning", then you use Present Perfect and if it �s after noon you use Simple Past, as the morning is over and it now belongs to the past.
All the best from Argentina!
Silvana |
19 Jan 2011
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yanogator
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Silvana is correct about this. You can also use the simple past if it is still before noon. At 11:00 you can say "I read a book this morning" or "I have read a book this morning".
Bruce |
19 Jan 2011
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apayala
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Thanks but please, can I use simple past or not with "this morning"?
I still don�t know.... |
19 Jan 2011
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Zora
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Technically, yes, but it would depend when the speaker is saying this.
if it �s 10am, then it should be the present perfect. if it �s 6pm, then I �d use the past.
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19 Jan 2011
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