Past Simple vs. Present Perfect ESL Games, Activities and Worksheets
Believe it or not!

ESL Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Game - Grammar and Speaking: True or False, Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions - Group Work
In this amusing past simple and present perfect game, students make surprising true or false present perfect statements about themselves and their...
How well do you know your partner?

ESL Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Game - Grammar and Speaking: Guessing, Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work
In this free past simple vs. present perfect game, students see how well they know a partner by completing sentences about them and then verifying the...
I Know What You'll Say

ESL Past Simple and Present Perfect Game - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions, Guessing - Pair Work
This fun past simple vs. present perfect game helps students practice forming, asking and answering questions in the past simple and present perfect tense...
I've done that!

ESL Past Simple and Present Perfect Game - Speaking: Forming Sentences, True or False, Asking and Answering Questions, Guessing, Freer Practice - Group Work
In this engaging past simple and present perfect game, students make true or false present perfect statements and ask past simple Wh questions to find...
Molly's CV

ESL Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Worksheet - Reading and Grammar Exercises: True or False, Gap-fill, Writing Questions
In this useful past simple and present perfect worksheet, students read a CV for a person applying to be a toy tester and complete exercises using the past...
Past Simple or Present Perfect?

ESL Past Simple or Present Perfect Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Categorising, Gap-fill, Sentence Completion - Speaking Activity: Discussion - Pair Work
In this comprehensive past simple and present perfect worksheet, students practice past simple and present perfect time expressions. Students start by putting...
Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Parley

ESL Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice - Group and Pair Work
This insightful past simple vs. present perfect speaking activity helps students practice forming, asking and answering conversation questions in the past simple...
Switch It

ESL Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Game - Grammar and Speaking: Forming Sentences, Controlled Practice - Group Work
In this productive past simple vs. present perfect game, students change sentences from the past simple to the present perfect or vice-versa using adverbs or adverbial time expressions. In groups...
Two Tenses Talk

ESL Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work
In this enjoyable past simple and present perfect speaking activity, students form past simple and present perfect conversation questions and then discuss them with a partner. In two groups...
Have you just lied?

ESL Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Game - Speaking and Grammar: Forming Sentences, Impromptu Speech, True or False, Guessing, Communicative Practice - Group Work
In this fun past simple vs. present perfect board game, students practice using the past simple and present perfect to give true or false information about...
Simply Perfect Quiz

ESL Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Activity - Grammar and Vocabulary: Gap-fill, Quiz, Guessing - Group and Pair Work
In this interesting past simple vs. present perfect activity, students complete trivia questions in the past simple or present perfect and then take part in a quiz using the questions. First, in two...
What have I done?

ESL Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Game - Grammar and Speaking: True or False, Forming Sentences, Asking and Answering Questions, Guessing - Group Work
In this entertaining past simple vs. present perfect activity, students play a true or false guessing game to practice the past simple and present perfect...