English Grammar: Past Simple Time Markers

“Just now, I have seen a movie“ or “Just now, I saw a movie“ -- which sentence is correct? In this grammar lesson, I will teach you about past simple time markers. Time markers like yesterday, just now, last week, and ago can help you to know if you should use the past simple tense or present perfect. Teachers love to test students on this, so watch this video, do the quiz, and be prepared for your next test or writing assignment. TRANSCRIPT Hello. My name is Emma, and in today’s lesson, we are going to talk about something many students have difficulty with. We are going to talk about the past simple -- or simple past -- tense and time markers, which can help students to figure out what tense to use. So I’ll explain this in a second. First, my question: What is the past simple? What is the simple past? Well, “I ate two cookies.“ The present tense: “I eat two cookies. Every day, I eat two cookies.“ So in the past, we wo