English tenses in conversation | Past Simple & Present Perfect | 'did' or 'have done' today?

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Should we say: ‘I’ve done it today.’ or ‘I did it today?’ Actually, you can use both the Present Perfect tense and the Past Simple tense with expressions like ‘today’, ‘this morning’, ‘this afternoon’, etc. Let’s make sure you know when to use which one!

00:00 Introduction
01:30 Meaning of ‘today’
02:15 ‘have done’ vs ‘did’
02:47 Is ‘today’ a past time reference?
03:13 ‘today’ scenarios
05:19 ‘this morning’ scenarios
06:35 ‘all afternoon’ scenarios
08:11 ‘this evening’ scenarios
09:27 ‘this week, month, year’

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