What time did you get up this morning
What time did you get up this morning
what time did you get up this morning vs what time have you got up this.
improvingMYenglish
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what time did you get up this morning vs what time have you got up this morning?
is the sensence with Present Perfect incorrect? I found that when we have those 2 sentences to choose from we should pick the first one. but the problem is the phrase ‘this morning’, as AI was tought that it’s used with Perfect tenses and not with Simple Past.
could you tell me which sentence is correct in terms of grammar, and which one do you in fact use?
moo mouse
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Old Novice
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Old Novice
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Orange Blossom
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Old Novice is right: What time did you wake up this morning? and What time did you get up this morning? are two different questions. The second one is asking what time you actually cranked yourself out of bed and started doing things. The first one asks when you got out of the sleeping state. Perhaps you just lay in bed and listened to the birds, or read a book, or daydreamed, etc. while still in bed.
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What time have you got up this morning? ten up» Secondly, we would never use this structure in this kind of question. Here is a question in which we would use that verb phrase:
Have you gotten up yet?
kios_01
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In the English language, the present perfect is used when referring to an action done in the past but still has an effect on the present.
«Have you gotten up yet?»
— If you think about it, it does relates to the time when you asked the question, i.e., the present.
The simple past is used when referring to actions done and completed in the past.
«What time did you get up this morning?»
— action done in the past and completed in the past
To answer improvingMYenglish’s question, the first one (the one which uses the simple past) is preferred. At least, that’s how the American Standard goes. It’s not the the second one is ungrammatical (well, in your example it is because you used «got» instead of «gotten») but again the first one is more common and better-sounding.
I know it gets confusing because in some languages (Spanish, for instance), a time marker such as «this morning» would require the speaker to use the «present perfect.» Not in English though.