Quiz 53 A WAY TO ENGLISH TENSES Present Perfect / Past Simple - 6 ENGLISH CONVERSATION ( अंग्रजी में वार्तालाप करना ) EXPLANATORY NOTE on Quiz 53 Both the Present Perfect and the Past Simple are used most in English conversation. The PRESENT PERFECT is often used to begin a conversation about a past action or event with a question and answer and when the action gets fixed in the minds of the speakers, the conversation goes on in the PAST SIMPLE TENSE. Example: RATAN: Have you been here before? VIVEK : Yes, I attended my uncle's marriage here last year. RATAN: Did you have a good time? VIVEK : No, it never stopped raining.