I have a question regarding the correct use of the present perfect\u00a0and the simple past tense. Which of the following two sentences is correct?<\/p>\n
I have gone to Mumbai last week.
\nI went to Mumbai last week.<\/p>\n
Many thanks!<\/p>\n
Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n Watch this Youtube video<\/a> to learn the difference between simple past and present perfect. You can also find a Malayalam version of the same video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I went to Mumbai last week is the correct sentence.<\/p>\n Last week is a past time expression. You cannot use the present perfect tense with past time expressions. Study the examples given below.<\/p>\n Incorrect: I have met him yesterday. Incorrect: She has graduated in 2006. Incorrect: I have received your letter in the morning. I have a question regarding the correct use of the present perfect\u00a0and the simple past tense. Which of the following two sentences is correct? I have gone to Mumbai last week. I went to...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[716,715,714],"class_list":["post-71610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-present-perfect","tag-simple-past","tag-simple-past-and-present-perfect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71610"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74794,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71610\/revisions\/74794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCorrect: I met him yesterday.<\/p>\n
\nCorrect: She graduated in 2006.<\/p>\n
\nCorrect: I received your letter in the morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"