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Porównanie Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple

Time Expressions (Określenia czasu):

Simple Past:

the other day -I read something about it the other day.
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yesterday
ago
in 1990
last
the day before yesterday


Present Perfect Simple:
just
already
up to now
until now / till now
ever
(not) yet
so far
lately / recently

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper


the other day- a few days ago

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/the-other-day

I saw the price of one of your books in Smith's the other day.


ale również:

Past Continuous

The other day I was waiting for a bus when …

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/past-tense/past-continuous


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