PAST SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT? (The Easy Way To Know!)

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @EnglishWithGreg
    @EnglishWithGreg  Год назад +16

    📘 Download the free PDF worksheet (including a test) from this lesson here: free.englishwithgreg.com

    • @AnatoliiKravchenko
      @AnatoliiKravchenko Год назад +1

      Hi Greg! Awesome videos! I have a question regarding the test, could you elaborate please on sentence 5, why the correct answer is `since I moved` but not `since I have moved`? Thank you in advance :)

    • @tanyadoctorova5469
      @tanyadoctorova5469 Год назад

      Hi, Greg. I've tried numerous times to get the PDF but it is not sent to my email. Do you have any idea what the reason might be? It is neither in the spam folder, nor in the promotions.

    • @lmaolol8892
      @lmaolol8892 Год назад

      congratulations with 300k subscribers

    • @EnglishWithGreg
      @EnglishWithGreg  Год назад

      @@lmaolol8892 Thanks!! 😀

    • @khalidmajeed9134
      @khalidmajeed9134 Год назад

      Thanks for the fantastic lesson

  • @irmahohenlohe3919
    @irmahohenlohe3919 Год назад +17

    Dear Greg, you are the best teacher! Thank you for this very helpful lesson.

  • @Vetgong
    @Vetgong Год назад +3

    Hi Greg! Thanks a lot for the very clear explaining the difference between 'Simple' and 'Perfect' tenses in English! That would be of great help for learners and, of course, your lessons are pretty much understandable too! Have a good time and take care!

  • @miodragpopovic3301
    @miodragpopovic3301 Год назад +3

    Hi Greg,
    many tks for your informative and precise explanation of the grammar issues.
    I look fwd to hearing from you soon, hopefully.

  • @flymehome31
    @flymehome31 Год назад +1

    I really like the way you explain !!!! Besides some exemples are funny! Thank you Greg!

  • @jesusdiaz4089
    @jesusdiaz4089 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much. Could you make a video about what the difference is between these two sounds /ɒ/ and /ʌ/, they get me confused

  • @tadeuszbloki2971
    @tadeuszbloki2971 Год назад +1

    Hello Greg, I've been watching your channel for some time and I must say you're the best English teacher I've ever had. Just wanted to say thank you. Hope I didn't make any mistake writing this comment ;)

  • @robsonoliveira5556
    @robsonoliveira5556 Год назад +1

    Good class (or lessons) Greg, I've learned a lot. Congratulations by canal!
    I'm from Brazil, and recently I returned my English's studies.

  • @bahamansour3178
    @bahamansour3178 Год назад +1

    Through all these years of speaking and reading English language it became a kind of spontaneous way of either writing or speaking using the different tenses .
    However here , Greg has simplified it on how to use them ,though there will be some mistakes specially while speaking .
    Languages are out of control .
    Thank you so much ,Greg for this outstanding lesson .
    You are a great teacher ( N.b / you,ve gotten 3 letters Of your name from the adjective ( GREAT ) 🎋👍😇

  • @mosheivry7090
    @mosheivry7090 Год назад +2

    Thanks, Grerg. Your Video lessons are awsome and very helpful.

  • @roman_mathew
    @roman_mathew Год назад +1

    What an insightful lesson Greg! Thanks!

  • @rikzapriyudha3822
    @rikzapriyudha3822 Год назад +1

    Great for your lesson, I still following you till now 🎉

  • @biblestory85
    @biblestory85 Год назад +1

    thanks, for your explanation...................

  • @Vine698
    @Vine698 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for making our english learning more easier.. 💫💥

  • @georgestuardo
    @georgestuardo Год назад +1

    Gracias! Que buena clase!

  • @sarathr1338
    @sarathr1338 Год назад +1

    Hello Greg! The way of training is really good. It would be great if you can do a catalogue video for grammar in an order just like a course so that people could learn tense, preposition etc .. its a simple suggestion. Thanks!

  • @asaadchourak6060
    @asaadchourak6060 Год назад +1

    Thanks a lot for the very interesting content 🙏 I've learned a lot from you and still learning every time...

  • @manjulaallu7943
    @manjulaallu7943 Год назад +1

    Hi sir ,excellent explanation.very useful.
    Thank you so much

  • @toshibajoey
    @toshibajoey Год назад +1

    FOR, also goes with present perfect. I haven’t been there for ages, I haven’t seen John for months etc.

  • @lydiager4053
    @lydiager4053 Год назад +2

    Dear Greg, thanks a bunch for all your lessons! They are great 👍 So easy, so natural and yet so brief and helpful. And enormous thanks for the series of lessons about conditionals! Those are awesome. I came across one of them last year. And since then I have been your big fan.

  • @minisivankutty4796
    @minisivankutty4796 Год назад +1

    Thanks for being the best English tr..

  • @enricriera8163
    @enricriera8163 Год назад +2

    Absolutely brilliant class

  • @bennysebastian5316
    @bennysebastian5316 11 месяцев назад

    Everything you express is sufficient to reach the mind of the listener. Thank you❤️ a lot❤️

  • @andydemmig1828
    @andydemmig1828 Год назад +1

    Thank you for your introduction of the use of these expressions.
    On thing that puzzles me, is the use of ".. of late". Is it correct, that is a more formal form of "recently" ?

  • @roza_maussari777
    @roza_maussari777 Год назад +7

    Thank you teacher, you know how to explain everything clearly, briefly and not boring! Bravo!🙌🏻🎓☘️

  • @mokaboudj1657
    @mokaboudj1657 Год назад +2

    thanks mr greg

  • @edouardguigne-gj8cz
    @edouardguigne-gj8cz Год назад +1

    Hi Greg
    I reallly appreciate your courses.
    For me, Who sent 1 year in Kingston upon thames university, 20 years ago... it helps me to improve. I can understand native english speaker, but speak fluently is another story. I should have spend more time in england for that.
    One thing i have never understood... is how to use "this that these those"... in which context. Maybe you may make a video about it... and differences between "here, other there, etc"
    Best regards

    • @EnglishWithGreg
      @EnglishWithGreg  Год назад +1

      My brother studied at Kingston! I visited a lot, as a teenager! Love that place 😀

    • @edouardguigne-gj8cz
      @edouardguigne-gj8cz Год назад +1

      What a coincidence !
      For me, it is beginning to be a long time ago... in 1997 1998... I was 20, and i was a student in applied physics and chemistry (Bachelor). I have never regretted this experience. I came from France, with a very poor english level...
      But now i feel rusty. I am 45.. Your videos are really great. I would like to have watch your courses younger...

  • @carlasanchez596
    @carlasanchez596 Год назад +1

    I just haved discoreved your Channel, Greg. I LOVE your pronuntation, so British. I would like improve in order to reach level C1 (in Spain). Could you recommend me the appropiate videos? Thank you so. much.

  • @midnight_cat_Eliana
    @midnight_cat_Eliana Год назад +1

    Enjoyed your videos! Could you make a video about the word Beautiful in the same way as you did about Cold.( Discerning order of intense) thank you!

  • @senseieueev960
    @senseieueev960 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @AV-TV
    @AV-TV Год назад +1

    Thanks so much! Grammar is what I need)

  • @jessanglais3347
    @jessanglais3347 Год назад +1

    about the quiz:
    I've had tons of amazing experiences since I moved to NY
    you said in your lesson that 'since' implies to use present perfect
    so I wrote : since I have moved but it is wrong (I guess that it is because I moved in the past but it doesn't work with what you said)
    so I am lost !!

  • @paschalisantoniou974
    @paschalisantoniou974 Год назад +1

    Thnx for the lesson!

  • @VisionDaysOfficial
    @VisionDaysOfficial Год назад +1

    Hello Greg, let me ask you a question. I would like to know if it´s possible to use in some causes "interested about" or never. Thank you

  • @sozinhoemcasa-receitas9362
    @sozinhoemcasa-receitas9362 Год назад +1

    Thanks for this video!

  • @edcine5521
    @edcine5521 Год назад +1

    I would like you to make a video about learning in context .

  • @lynxrufus2007
    @lynxrufus2007 Год назад +16

    Theoretically English has 12 tenses, but... you can group them into 3 'narrations' (since tense is taken), and those narrations are just like tenses in every other civilised language ;) So, there's a past narration, a present narration and a future narration. Let's take the present narration: we talk about the present, so we use all four (if necessary) tenses with present in name: simple, continuous, perfect and perfect cont. Let's say we talk about moving to London: well, we're thinking about it, we want to see it again, we've already been there once. It's all related to present, it's all part of the 'present narration'. But then someone asks us about this previous visit to London. And then we change the narration - we talk about what happened when we visited the city. A normal person would use past tense, the English use 'past narration'. ;)

    • @sebastianb9460
      @sebastianb9460 Год назад +3

      Each language has its own specifics, I don't want to complain - but I don't know why the English like to make things difficult. After all, we have 3 possibilities of tenses - past, future, present and of course finished and not-finished. There are about 6 possibilities of tenses to describe most things. There are other languages that simplify it more. English would then be a very easy language for foreigners to learn.
      For example -
      I was going to London (this could be for not finished, i didn't arrive to London)
      I went to London - (finished, simple for finished cases... )
      It could be more simple.

  • @alejandroromani3185
    @alejandroromani3185 Год назад +1

    A chunk we can use with this lesson is the title of a song by Van Morrison: Have I told you lately that I love you? Wonderful song, indeed!

  • @pradeepranga5283
    @pradeepranga5283 Год назад +1

    Very helpful

  • @hhh9802
    @hhh9802 Год назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @noorallah6149
    @noorallah6149 10 месяцев назад

    I always confuse people to speak British English with .due to your lessons .you are my favourite teacher in my life❤❤❤❤.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤my dear sir

  • @kochetkovski5530
    @kochetkovski5530 Год назад +1

    To tell the truth the most clear example I have seen was in Greg's video about preposition to and for. Here's " I called to make for afternoon tea. I've reserved for 3 pm. Or something like this it doesn't matter. The both things were made in the past, but the reserving is still the truth.

  • @dmlcl
    @dmlcl 10 месяцев назад

    Very helpful tips. Thanks

  • @hermanmgonja
    @hermanmgonja Год назад +1

    Thanks Greg🙏

  • @zehraahmed8018
    @zehraahmed8018 Год назад +1

    excellent teacher

  • @martpon6814
    @martpon6814 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much, teacher. Pourriez vous faire une vidéo sur les différentes façons de prononcer la lettre "i". Par exemple, le "i" de video ne se prononce pas comme le "i" de life. Thanks, i see you from Belgium.

  • @avnernahum6926
    @avnernahum6926 Год назад +1

    thank you so much you are wonderful

  • @britishelocution
    @britishelocution Год назад +1

    Hello, nice video. I am an English pronunciation tutor from the south-east of England, I know you generally teach grammar, so it shouldn’t be a problem, I just wondered whether you had a problem with English learners understanding your strong northern accent. I’m just curious as a pronunciation tutor

    • @alexgrishin8294
      @alexgrishin8294 Год назад

      Hello, yes Greg’s accent is quite noticeable but no problem in [u]nderstanding him at all. Just needed to adapt my “ears” a bit

    • @lydiager4053
      @lydiager4053 Год назад +2

      No problems at all 😊 Actually, as a foreigner I haven't even noticed the "strong northern accent". And if it's really so, I adore it!!! At least it's easier for me to understand Greg than arrogant Sherlock.

    • @mariegreen8763
      @mariegreen8763 Год назад +1

      It’s easier to understand northern than southern pronunciation..

  • @МихаилКукоцкий
    @МихаилКукоцкий Год назад +1

    Simply the best!

  • @souravhalder6022
    @souravhalder6022 Год назад +1

    Dear Greg , Did I hear Present Simple? At 7:18 Is it an unintended mistake or right one ...? Please tell me.
    From 🇮🇳 🙏

  • @SimpleDiaries-h7t
    @SimpleDiaries-h7t Год назад +1

    Very clear❤

  • @YungMonki2K
    @YungMonki2K Год назад +1

    Hi, Greg. I personally struggle pronouncing words ending with "tevily", like "relatively" or "cally" like "theorically" and such. Can you please give us some tips on how to pronounce it well? Btw you have the best channel when it comes to english and I'd ike to thank you for all the effort you put on your videos!

    • @bahamansour3178
      @bahamansour3178 Год назад +1

      Some of my colleagues some years ago and perhaps now pronounce these words wrong .
      I think when you want to say " relatively " you should say it like this : relat. Tvly
      Don,t say rela. Tvly
      Another word is theoretically
      To pronounce it correctly
      Say :
      Theo.rtkly🎋
      Don,t say : theo.retikely🎗

  • @MariaCeliaZamorano-ne6bl
    @MariaCeliaZamorano-ne6bl 21 день назад

    Hi GREG !!! Your ara really CRYSTAL CLEAR,!!!, YOU'RE BRIGHT AS A SUNNY DAY !!!!
    THANKS FOR BEING ALIVE TEACHER !!!!!
    LOTS OF LOVE !!!❤❤❤❤❤(CELIA FROM ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 !)

  • @yassmine712
    @yassmine712 Год назад +1

    You are the best 😊😊

  • @andratannenbaum4484
    @andratannenbaum4484 Год назад +1

    Could you tell why the tenses are used in the way they are used in this example?
    The actress speaking:
    - I’ve always wanted to be an actress. (Present perfect because she wanted it for a long time in the past before becoming an actress?)
    The speaker:
    - She is talking about wanting to be an actress and how she had wanted to do that for ages. She had wanted to get into acting for a very long time before working in the movie. (Why does the speaker use past perfect and not present perfect)?

  • @mira987
    @mira987 Год назад +1

    Dear Greg! Can you please explain me why the question " Who did move to London " is wrong and the question "Did you move to London?" is correct? 🤯
    Maybe you have already a video on this topic? Please help me to find it...😭

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Год назад +1

    That's just what I need.

  • @lovelysongs199
    @lovelysongs199 Год назад +1

    Hai sir how to express words in software office manners and client's please one video easy simple manner

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Год назад +1

    That's great.

  • @strangeengine16
    @strangeengine16 Год назад +3

    The past simple represents a time period that has finished, does that also include a finished football match from today, for example? A football match that happened in the morning, but it's night now. Do we use past simple or present perfect?

    • @EnglishWithGreg
      @EnglishWithGreg  Год назад +2

      Hi Joao. Put it in a sentence and I'll tell you what it should be :-)

    • @Gavkitten
      @Gavkitten Год назад +1

      I would say "The football match finished this morning" or "The football match has just finished" But I'm not 100% sure 😌

    • @strangeengine16
      @strangeengine16 Год назад

      @@EnglishWithGreg "Cristiano Ronaldo scored 3 goals vs Barcelona"

  • @MENNA-sb7iq
    @MENNA-sb7iq Год назад +1

    so amazing

  • @barboneretico
    @barboneretico Год назад +2

    Hi Greg!
    Toward the end of the video you say: "That's a nice tidy worksheet I'VE DONE for you."
    The reason why you are using the Present Perfect here is because the time frame of the action (somewhere in the past) is not specified? Or is it because the action of doing the worksheet (in the past) still affects the present (e.g. now we can download the worksheet)?
    If I assume that the action of doing the worksheet started & ended in the past, I would have expected a PAST SIMPLE to be used: "a nice tidy worksheet that I DID for you".
    Hope my question makes sense!
    Beside this little doubt of mine, thanks for your precise, clear and helpful lesson!

  • @tinog100
    @tinog100 Год назад +3

    Amazing ! Thank you so much. Nobody does it more easy than you. Thank you, thank you

  • @roserpuig3394
    @roserpuig3394 Год назад +3

    Thank you to explain us the grammar really well and some tricks to remind it better.

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Год назад +1

    Good evening.

  • @q19w
    @q19w Год назад +1

    I'm curious about third rule when to use present perfect. It was mentioned but it wasn't exposed.

  • @nordlead
    @nordlead Год назад +1

    Hello Greg, I'm actually learning English and your lessons help me a lot. I know many English youtube channels, but you are the best one. Thank you so much.

  • @romanstark4377
    @romanstark4377 Год назад +1

    Hey, Greg, thx a lot for your vids! You got a really nice way of explaining tricky things so I could understand them. However I still can't wrap my head around some grammatical stuff. Can you break something down for me please? The general rule states Present Simple is used when we talk about natural phenomenon and common sense facts like "The sun rises in the East and sets in the West", "Our planet spins around its axis" Just when I thought I finally got some common ground here the reality gave me a dry slap called nuances 😂🤣 So I've recently come across these examples: "The Earth is always rotating.", "The sun is always setting and always rising" I guess to say I'm confused would be an understatement here.🤣 So what's the difference bw Present Simple and Present Progressive in situations like that then??? How can I tell the difference bw one and another? Thx in advance anyway.

  • @NS-neversaynever
    @NS-neversaynever Год назад +1

    I have another problem. I can't choose where should I use Present Perfect Simple and where - Present Perfect Continuous. I hate Perfect Continuous to be honest. Can you please make a video about those tenses?

  • @ibrahimnaji9424
    @ibrahimnaji9424 Год назад

    I have been watching your videos for 2 hours

  • @РазныеиИнтересные-е6р

    Thanks 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Год назад +1

    Congratulations.

  • @yaminaaitben1995
    @yaminaaitben1995 Год назад

    Thanks for your help
    I have loosed you when you've bigin with so far 😂😂😂😂

  • @cavesalamander6308
    @cavesalamander6308 Год назад +1

    13:00 "Not true. but a good example." The same here. 🙂
    "When I went to university...". it's a past that can't be fixed: the university has hurt me a lot!

  • @jayatibatabyal9148
    @jayatibatabyal9148 Год назад +1

    Thank you, Sir, for this Video. It's a great help for me.🙏

  • @pixelbg519
    @pixelbg519 Год назад +1

    Hello greg, i've downloaded the pdf file at least 10 times, but the site doesnt send me the book. Could you help? I have sended a message

  • @TheDekazer
    @TheDekazer Год назад

    I was yesterday at cinema.
    I have been this week at cinema( and yes, it was yesterday).
    And, just to make it a bit more complicated:
    I was at cinema today morning.

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Год назад +1

    I am studying English right now.

  • @ButterFly-gc4vw
    @ButterFly-gc4vw Год назад +2

    So many thanks Greg, you're a really great teacher!!! 👍❤

  • @SuperTank121212
    @SuperTank121212 Год назад +1

    Why is it “I don’t want a cup of tea, I HAD one ten minutes ago” but “I don’t want a cup of tea, I’VE just HAD one” seems to me they convey the same thing. In both cases it was in the past but the satie-tea persists. Surely the tense doesn’t bow to the signal word just cause it’s there?

  • @britishelocution
    @britishelocution Год назад +1

    you have quite a strong northern accent there.
    Your pronunciation is colloquial.

  • @xavisky
    @xavisky Год назад

    were are you from greg??

  • @monarou3084
    @monarou3084 Год назад +2

    At last, an excellent lesson about this topic !
    Thank you so much!
    230217

  • @LucDan
    @LucDan Год назад

    @English with Greg - !!! ❤🍾🍾🍾❤!!!

  • @msn2847
    @msn2847 Год назад +2

    Many thanks for the video, Greg! It's brilliant! :)

  • @vicentedelatorre9717
    @vicentedelatorre9717 Год назад +1

    What a wonderful class Greg. Thank you very much.

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Год назад

    You are welcome.

  • @danielle12126
    @danielle12126 Год назад +1

    Hello Greg
    I'm sorry but the PDF is not sent to my email!

  • @josianefidencionamura9681
    @josianefidencionamura9681 8 месяцев назад

    So Far - até aqui in Portuguese😊😅🎉

  • @ДмитроБілик-в8л
    @ДмитроБілик-в8л Год назад

    Cool hat)), and intresting video

  • @jacekprystaj569
    @jacekprystaj569 21 день назад

    A jakiego czasu użyć mówiąc: Jestem tutaj, poniewaz mój szef kazal mi przyjść? "I am here because my boss told me to come here" czy "my boss has told me"?

  • @HiteshKumar-nx5wc
    @HiteshKumar-nx5wc Год назад

    Awesome video Sir.
    Sir please tell me what is the difference in the meanings of these three sentences.? 👇👇👇
    - I am bored.
    - I am getting bored.
    - I have got bored.
    When to speak which sentence???

  • @langer2773
    @langer2773 9 месяцев назад

    From Brazil
    Just I get to say for now 😅.
    "That is it" 😂

  • @shannenvun5756
    @shannenvun5756 Год назад +2

    👏👏👏

  • @AtaravelGanteng
    @AtaravelGanteng Год назад

    Well I got all u said but sometimes when I saw the lyric of songs like I wish u were here I think its past is used in present., How could ???

  • @ingrid-6367
    @ingrid-6367 6 месяцев назад

    1. I have done it recently. Not right? I use such version.
    I have been doing recently? 😮

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Год назад +1

    Let's go.

  • @chimak8332
    @chimak8332 Год назад

    I don't know how to download it?

  • @guilhermebrito8326
    @guilhermebrito8326 Год назад

    Why did Nicky French use the past simple in her song "Did you ever really love me"? I didn't get it.

  • @MsKudrya
    @MsKudrya 8 месяцев назад

    The PDF doesn't come to the email😢