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Present Perfect Tense
Past Indefinite Tense
Present Perfect Tense shows to discuss about the action which finished a few moment before.Past Indefinite Tense shows to discuss about the action which finished a long moment before.
In Present Perfect Tense, the action finished in the past but the existence of the action is present.In Past Indefinite Tense, the action finished in the past but the existence of the action is not present.
Have/Has and past participle form of the main verb use in Present Perfect Tense.Past form of verb uses in Past Indefinite Tense.
Common word uses in Present Perfect Tense.
Example: Already, Yet, Ever, Recently etc.
Common word uses in Past Indefinite Tense.
Example: Yesterday, Last year, Last week, Ago, Era etc.
Example:

a) He has recently gone to the
station.
b) I have already finished this
work.
Example:

a) Yesterday I came to your house.
b) He finished the project last week.

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