... use of the present perfect has more to with our present perspective on the event rather than on the actual time at which it took place The simple past tense occurs with specific past- time adverbials ... commonly associated with the perfect (e.g., already, since, yet) Organise the phrases in the next slide into three columns headed used with simple past, used with present perfect and used with either ... don’t speak much Japanese Past simple is used by speakers to talk about past events which are, or which they regard as, finalised, or over and done with Present perfect is used by speakers...