New textbook 1, Mr. Seezen 0

I was pretty annoyed with one of the exercises we covered on Mondee, that being the one with the present perfect versus simple past. I could not sleep. So I showed it to a few colleagues, and they were all, “what the heck is going on here?” All agreed that the exercise was totally ambiguous in some spots.
Ron suggested I push my students to use more simple past whenever it fits, because –and he is absolutely right– German folks tend to way overuse the present perfect out of habit. The little punks.
Another teacher reflected that anyone who devises a solid method for teaching presperf to foreign speakers will become a millionaire. Yes, that really was said; such are the lively conversations amongst shop-talking teachers.

So I thought I’d give it to y’all straight from the horse’s mouth, and cite Murphy’s take on present perfect. Exercises included just in case you feel extra frisky.

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