Focus: Grammar in action

Learn when to say 'I've done' (Present Perfect) and when to say 'I did' (Past Simple) in British English.

This is a little different in American English. We'll look at that in the final lesson this week.

Step 1:

Watch the video lesson twice.

The second time, when you hear a good example sentence, stop the video and make a note of it.

Remember that writing your own notes focuses your mind on the topic.

This helps you to integrate what you're learning and increases your confidence to use it.

Step 2:

When you've finished the video lesson, download the Exercise PDF below and do the exercises.

Make sure you write complete sentences.

Step 3:

When you've finished the exercises, download the ZIP file below.

Use the Answer key PDF to check and correct your answers.

Then, use the Audio file to practise and master these two tenses through two listening activities:

Activity 1: Listen & write (or type) each correct answer.

Activity 2: Listen & repeat each correct answer out loud several times without looking at the text.

Step 4:

When you feel you've fully mastered the material in this lesson, take the quiz.

You need to get a minimum score of 80% in each quiz to receive your Certificate of Completion, so repeat the quiz until you score above 80%. You can take each quiz up to 10 times.