I saw this in a Cambridge conversation book:
A: Have you gone to school today?
B: Yes, I went to school today.
Can you please tell me why B answered in the Past Simple instead of the Present Perfect?
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I saw this in a Cambridge conversation book:
A: Have you gone to school today?
B: Yes, I went to school today.
Can you please tell me why B answered in the Past Simple instead of the Present Perfect?
Best Answer
A might have asked the question in the Present Perfect because of today. When the period of time we are talking about is not over, we use the Present Perfect:
But if we consider some period finished and any change is unlikely, we may use the Past Simple talking about that period: