Did or Done?

My friend coaches a young football team.  Yesterday, said team had a match...they didn't win.

Before the match, he had written a few BlackBerry Messenger status updates of encouragement.  After the match, he had a status explaining that they didn't win, but they played against a team who were older than them.
I sent him a BBM Hug emoticon.   He replied with, "They done well."  I cringed.

Many people tend to misuse did and done.  They use did when they should use done and vice versa.

Both are forms of the verb to do.
However, we use did for the simple past tense and use done for the present perfect and past perfect.

Simple, perfect bla bla bla.  Yes, it does sound extra and quite unnecessary.  So it's not vital that one must remember all of the names.  Nevertheless, it is vital to remember the rules and how to use did and done.  So here are a few examples:

• She did her homework .  Simple Past tense
• She has already done the cooking.  Present Perfect tense.
• We have done so many things. Present Perfect tense.
• She had never done sit-ups before last week.  Past Perfect tense.

We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

• She did her homework.  You saw her doing it or you know when she did it, so you have a specific time in mind.

Use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important.

• She has already done the cooking. You can see the food that has been cooked.  However, you may not know when it was cooked.  Although, the time doesn't matter, because the cooked food is presented.

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

• She had never done sit-ups before last week.  Last week is the specific time, prior to last week, she hadn't perfomed the action.  The action being sit-ups.

I did say that simple, past, present, perfect were not that important to remember.  However, remembering them will help a lot. 
So I'll be doing a blog highlighting this topic.

Toodles.