The Present Perfect Tense | English Grammar Lesson

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @sebastiencrepel5032
    @sebastiencrepel5032 11 месяцев назад +102

    Dear Emma. You made this lesson 6 years ago but I'm sure that today it still has helped a lot of people, myself included 🙂.
    It's another milestone on the road. Thanks for that !

  • @mohammedal-haddad2652
    @mohammedal-haddad2652 5 лет назад +51

    The choice between simple past and present perfect has been always subtle to me, now it is crystal clear. Thank you Emma.

  • @Olololapsha
    @Olololapsha 3 года назад +373

    Who are those people who disliked the video? She´s literally the best RUclips teacher! I´m an English teacher and I share her videos with my students all the time as she provides the clearest and fullest explanations.

    • @mustaphasol3069
      @mustaphasol3069 3 года назад +9

      People who disliked this lesson are still in the past simple and the worst part of that is, they couldn't show thier passports to be in the present tense so they have gone

    • @haniboutlat3711
      @haniboutlat3711 3 года назад +2

      Your YT name don't look proff I don't think you're a teacher ma man

    • @Olololapsha
      @Olololapsha 3 года назад +10

      @@haniboutlat3711 please, oh please, allow me to have a RUclips name that I want 😂😂😂 or according to you should I always use a professional name on social media? Well, you know, I’m a teacher, a Russian living in Latin America, single mom, macramé maker and a trickster. What’s the best name in your opinion for me?? 😅

    • @mikeyforrester6887
      @mikeyforrester6887 3 года назад +4

      It's because she's just going on about 3 verb types and grammar rules, but she doesn't explain when you use it and what it actually means. She talks about "Unfinished time" But that's not a good way to describe it. You don't need a time word at all. "I have seen too many youtube videos" is a perfectly good sentence.

    • @junanina8990
      @junanina8990 3 года назад

      @@mustaphasol3069 lol

  • @wuwubean
    @wuwubean Год назад +26

    Native English speaker here! I've been trying to wrap my head around what the present perfect tense was for my Spanish class, and hearing the explanation in terms of English really helped! It's hard to understand a grammar rule when you don't even know what it is in your native language. I know I'm not the target audience for this channel, but still, thanks! You're a great teacher!

    • @shahdkullab5588
      @shahdkullab5588 Год назад +1

      I thought native English speakers don't have to study grammar

    • @SnackMuay
      @SnackMuay Год назад +2

      @@shahdkullab5588 he is saying that he knew these rules in English without consciously thinking about them every time he spoke. They were just natural to him. So when he was studying Spanish, these rules were confusing to him because he hadn’t ever thought about them in his own language. In English, he follows these grammar rules intuitively.

    • @davidrobinson7420
      @davidrobinson7420 8 месяцев назад

      Yea same for me, I’m here because of understanding Spanish

  • @EasyENGLISHwithJames
    @EasyENGLISHwithJames 4 года назад +25

    Hey! This is a great way to learn the Present Perfect!
    One thing for students to remember is this; We use the PRESENT PERFECT when we want to talk about an action that has happened ANYTIME before (and up to) the present. For the SIMPLE PAST we talk about an action that happened at a SPECIFIC point in time (NOT ANYTIME).
    E.g PRESENT PERFECT - I have never been to England (ANYTIME in my life) vs PAST SIMPLE - I went to England last year (Last year = specific time).
    We can also use the present perfect to talk about actions that have happened many times in the past. E.g I have been to England 3 times. (In my life).

    • @madhumargo
      @madhumargo 3 года назад +2

      Very helpful 😊

    • @madhumargo
      @madhumargo 3 года назад +1

      Your comment only cleared my doubts

  • @philbrenman2507
    @philbrenman2507 5 лет назад +130

    I've been teaching English for 10 years and I learned something new about the present perfect. Excellent video. When my students need clarification something new, I'll just give them your link. Makes my work one heck of a lot easier.

    • @youssefjoe2029
      @youssefjoe2029 5 лет назад +1

      I am Egyptian I am 13 years old I speaks English will

    • @hmeh6489
      @hmeh6489 5 лет назад

      Youssef قطب مش will بال e well

    • @SmallBeardDante
      @SmallBeardDante 5 лет назад +4

      bohomeid meh what the hell are u speaking

    • @m0st4fabideer14
      @m0st4fabideer14 5 лет назад +2

      @@SmallBeardDante
      He mixed English with Arabic to clarify the difference between will an well in spelling

    • @evekalisiti4638
      @evekalisiti4638 4 года назад

      Phil Brenman
      Why do you teach the present perfect tense?
      Please, be kind to think about the aspect of the verb which can be continuous, perfective, or unmarked. I am talking about expressing the past, the presence, and the future. In my opinion "tense" is useless to how to express oneself. There are 16 tenses if I am not wrong but only two forms of the verb - present and past. There is no form which expresses the future, instead there is a construction.

  • @pablo_bachi
    @pablo_bachi 2 года назад +23

    When she said "Finished and unfinished time" to make a difference between Present Simple and Present Perfect just blew my mind. So clear. Thanks!

  • @dariovitiello1840
    @dariovitiello1840 5 месяцев назад +1

    Dear Emma, you're the best teacher on line I've ever heard. Thanks for your lessons. I apreciate all of them a lot.

  • @TheTarajiste
    @TheTarajiste 5 лет назад +114

    It's the best explanation of the Present Perfect I have met on youtube..

  • @batuhankucuk061
    @batuhankucuk061 3 года назад +17

    You're the best English teacher I've ever seen...Love from Turkey 💝

  • @amirshayanmoghtaderi5840
    @amirshayanmoghtaderi5840 5 лет назад +118

    you explain everything clearly and also I don't need subtitles anymore because your accent is perfect too

  • @veyseltatar1136
    @veyseltatar1136 2 года назад +12

    I can clearly say that, this channel is the most satisfying and educational one. Dear teacher teaches a lot and also gives noun phrases like "jog your memory". Please keep continue because I'll suggest this channel all of my friends who wants to learn English from experts. Good luck my friends, well done.

  • @dimpigoswami7046
    @dimpigoswami7046 2 года назад +6

    I struck gold when I found this video. I spent several moments of doubts when I struggled to decide which of these tenses to use in the cases you have mentioned.
    But now, you have clarified the my doubts and I thank you for this.
    Big fan!

  • @yeshichoden3409
    @yeshichoden3409 4 года назад +39

    Hello Emma 👋🏻
    I started watching your videos last year for fun and to expand my knowledge and looking back, it has. I wasn’t terrible at first either. I was quite good actually, but I think I’ve improved :)
    While learning Present Perfect tense, I had a few doubts but they’ve all been cleared after I re-watched this video!
    Thank you.
    Take care💕

    • @markkus4789
      @markkus4789 2 года назад

      why did you you use here present perfect tell me please

  • @عمارعمار-ج1ذ3س
    @عمارعمار-ج1ذ3س Год назад +20

    you're an amazing teacher!
    wish you all luck, good health, and happiness to you and to your family

  • @baba-adam
    @baba-adam 2 года назад +2

    I understood while I have been watching her channel for 6 months, that she understands us non-native speaker very well. I hadn't understood this little but important difference between these temps. But few minutes ago I've understood it finally. Thank you! Well, leaving some comments regarding the video-topic is a good opportunity to improve your English. Isn't it?

  • @771risasankar8
    @771risasankar8 4 года назад +30

    Love from Tamil Nadu.
    And Today, I have learned what present perfect is.
    Thank you 😊

  • @etheldazo9771
    @etheldazo9771 4 года назад +9

    I had a difficult time understanding the difference between past simple and present perfect until I’ve watched your video thank you for sharing your thoughts

  • @TurtleDuck7060
    @TurtleDuck7060 4 года назад +56

    This thirteen-minute video helped me a lot more than the THREE teachers that explained it to me

    • @dorisvalle2094
      @dorisvalle2094 3 года назад +2

      Agree. Emma Is a very, very distinguished English professor.

  • @kaniyaishakalafur
    @kaniyaishakalafur 10 месяцев назад +2

    Dear Emma,
    I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for your invaluable support in your videos. Your content, posted six years ago, has been a tremendous help not only to me but also to many students. I still find myself watching your videos, and they continue to be a source of guidance and assistance in my studies. Your dedication to providing educational content has made a lasting impact, and I am truly thankful for your commitment to helping learners like myself. 😍😍

  • @Hani_x_.
    @Hani_x_. 2 года назад +13

    Her style of delivering a lecture is wonderful, she gives wonderful examples during her lecture that make the learners more attractive to watch videos related to mmm English, i am very thankful to you dear Emma

  • @matv4474
    @matv4474 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for explaining and helping me understand. I have struggled all these years, but now I finally understand. Even when my English tutor explained this topic, I couldn’t understand. Thank you. Subscribed

  • @anissas9076
    @anissas9076 2 года назад +3

    this video is so helpful and clear, it's great the way you introduce this tense. It's not easy to use it but your explanations help us to understand the present perfect and the difference between the preterit and the present perfect so thank you for all your work you are an amazing english teacher

  • @Lizzy09764
    @Lizzy09764 9 дней назад

    De lejos el video mas sencillo y claro para aprender present perfect. Gracias a Dios por poner este video en mi camino y gracias a ti!!

  • @rlpolotube
    @rlpolotube 5 лет назад +33

    👋 Emma!
    I'm a Japanese. I always enjoy watching your videos.
    Would you do me a favor?
    I always want to study the deference between "present perfect simple" and "present perfect continuous" with your video.🤗

    • @evaristoherrera5635
      @evaristoherrera5635 4 года назад +4

      The present perfect continuous is subject+have/has+verb 𝒊𝒏𝒈 but I’m not really sure about the the present perfect simple I’ve never heard that one. The present perfect is different than the perfect simple

    • @romeo2050bd
      @romeo2050bd 4 года назад

      You know, your eyes also talk, they shine line stars! These are the bonus while leaning your lessons. Greetings from Bangladesh!

    • @pikasup1696
      @pikasup1696 4 года назад

      The present perfect simple tense focuses on the process of the action, while the present perfect tense tends to focus on the result.

    • @r.k.v1570
      @r.k.v1570 4 года назад

      Not deference it's difference
      Deference = respect...😀😀

  • @mohammadrezakarimi2400
    @mohammadrezakarimi2400 3 года назад +9

    I haven't seen a Grammer teacher as good as you so far. 🔥🔥 (Also I used present prefect to express my opinion 😊)

    • @quoranmylife8828
      @quoranmylife8828 2 года назад +1

      That's great. It was also possible for you to use the present perfect tense instead of the past in the second sentence. Because your action has recently finished . ( Also I have used present perfect to express my opinion).

  • @mohamaddos7473
    @mohamaddos7473 5 лет назад +7

    I've been looking for good instructor and finally I found yu. you've been great. it was useful and easy to understand. thanks

  • @lemlemgetahun8198
    @lemlemgetahun8198 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love this video I have been struggling with present perfect tense but after I found this video it is crystal clear.keep up the good work!!

  • @Rayyanpro1101
    @Rayyanpro1101 4 года назад +4

    Thanks a lot Emma! Really helped me with my English test!! ☺️

  • @adrianonogueira3944
    @adrianonogueira3944 3 года назад +9

    Many thanks from Brazil! 🇧🇷
    Here in Brazil we don't have a direct translation for this tense. But, now I can improve my english vocabulary to talk to our north american brothers.

  • @karthikvarma3030
    @karthikvarma3030 6 лет назад +20

    The best teacher i nave ever met and keep posting vids

  • @Skoyan2
    @Skoyan2 Год назад

    I'm a turkish and i am learning english now.I have never seen clear accent in youtube.And i am so lucky discovered to you.

  • @mohamedsiyadhassan374
    @mohamedsiyadhassan374 5 лет назад +6

    You are the best teacher I ever seen .
    I really appreciate that lesson

    • @orimaoutschoorn1467
      @orimaoutschoorn1467 4 года назад

      Dayan,- you are the best to best
      very cute ,english techer.I like you. thankyou , pls give tex

  • @celiagbb
    @celiagbb 7 лет назад +94

    Hi Emma. I have learned pretty much with your videos! Thank you ! From Brasil :)

    • @paulasurelem5419
      @paulasurelem5419 7 лет назад +2

      Hi, I am from Brasil too. And i need your help. Can you tell me if there is some difference between the present perfect and simple past when us,brazilians, translate it for portuguese?
      Sorry about my poor english. I hope that you can understand my doubt.

    • @thiagocondor
      @thiagocondor 7 лет назад +1

      Paula, esse tempo present perfect não existe no português, mas equivale ao passado sim.

    • @paulasurelem5419
      @paulasurelem5419 7 лет назад

      thiagocondor Obgda!

    • @miriasampaio3572
      @miriasampaio3572 6 лет назад +4

      Paula Surelem, Desculpe-me, mas o Present Perfect Tense corresponde ao nosso Pretérito Perfeito Composto que também expressa um fato que teve início no passado e que pode se prolongar até o momento atual.
      Ex: Tenho assistido aos vídeos da Emma regularmente.
      - Você tem acordado cedo ultimamente.
      - Ele tem viajado muito nos últimos anos.
      - Nós temos nos concentrado nos estudos para concursos.

    • @НарАман
      @НарАман 6 лет назад

      celia Bianchini Me too, thanks from Qazaqstan

  • @animeshmaji12376
    @animeshmaji12376 3 года назад +3

    Mmm English is the best RUclips channel to learn English.♥️♥️

  • @ioxres
    @ioxres Год назад +1

    Hi, Emma!
    I'm your Turkish student. And your videos are so helpful. Thanks a lot ;)
    I have learned a English for your help!! Again thank you. Good byeee!!!

  • @elwinhayat92
    @elwinhayat92 5 лет назад +4

    I love your video so much. I've learned so much from you. I am going to review your video using my native language if you don't mind. I am sure that my students need to learn from you too and I will be bridge of you and my students. Thankyou so much for making this very helpful video. My name is Elwin, from Indonesia.

  • @robertomediato4408
    @robertomediato4408 4 года назад +10

    I've been studying English in the last years, and in 2020 I needed to check this video more one time.

  • @georgeantonios2599
    @georgeantonios2599 6 месяцев назад +16

    People who are watching this in 2024

  • @hilal.s
    @hilal.s 3 года назад +2

    OMG! I understand this tense first time. You're amazing!!

  • @muhammadrafique420
    @muhammadrafique420 6 лет назад +9

    I wish that i have a teacher like you miss emma 😚😚

  • @SumiInWonderland
    @SumiInWonderland 7 лет назад +5

    You're the best English teacher I've ever met. Looking forward to the next video😊

  • @SpiritualistJourney
    @SpiritualistJourney 4 года назад +232

    Her: If you are not confident using present perfect...
    Me: me I don't even know what it is.

  • @iverjaldin3074
    @iverjaldin3074 3 месяца назад +1

    La más bella y la mejor profesora en RUclips.

  • @lindale3408
    @lindale3408 7 лет назад +11

    Thanks so much for your video, Emma! It's really helpful. Now i know how to use them! Wish you great success!!!😀

  • @mohammadi4079
    @mohammadi4079 7 лет назад +13

    Oh my god thanks a million for your attention to tenses grammar. Thank you Emma ❤

  • @fabihaandabihavlog
    @fabihaandabihavlog 5 лет назад +4

    Please make a video on past perfect tense I am confused when to use past perfect...your videos are really helpful thank you for helping me :)

  • @Adrominik
    @Adrominik 2 года назад

    Thank you! I needed this because I've been learning Japanese for the past few years. I came across "shite atte" and I asked what it is and he said "it's present perfect" and I said "WHAT IS THAT!" It's hard as a native English speaker to remember concepts like these, when it's already hardwired into your brain!

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    @reddie4586 4 года назад +844

    Online class brought me here.

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    @madhubhashinikumarasiri5911 6 лет назад +4

    My favorite teacher on utube ❤

  • @legaladvisor4512
    @legaladvisor4512 7 лет назад +11

    Thank you so much emma.
    I would love to know and learn more so please keep doing more.

  • @amarsalem5671
    @amarsalem5671 2 года назад +1

    I have appreciated the way you explained the lesson. I hope I will receive more videos. Thank you.

  • @9458567
    @9458567 7 лет назад +66

    Good morning Emma, Thanks for sharing new video. It's really helpful :)

  • @saadamin31
    @saadamin31 4 года назад +10

    Thank you, mam. It really helped me to understand the difference between the present perfect tense and the past simple tense. 🙏🏻😃

  • @nabaddacatherine53
    @nabaddacatherine53 3 года назад +5

    You're really doing such a great work to lecture us. Thanks Emma

  • @Edukid_13
    @Edukid_13 3 года назад +2

    Thankyou Emma. Can understand clearly. Very Intresting video. THANKYOU, THANKYOU so much........

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    @Legendarywolf677 9 месяцев назад +69

    Who else is here for quiz😅

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    @vinnareblixt-3257 6 лет назад +4

    You are an amazing teacher!

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    @shreyasharma9549 3 года назад +5

    I can't thank you enough for this lesson! 😍

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    @eitaeita6287 Год назад +2

    Thanks teacher , You helped me a nice lot. I'm from Malaysia and discovered your channel today ❤❤

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    @suryalakshmi694 3 года назад +3

    This is the place where i learn English without frustration 💜

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    @rebeccaharding5526 5 лет назад +7

    Loved the vid.Time traveling from 2019😅😂😇

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    @maximum9861 4 года назад +4

    Thank you without this lesson i can't learned English writing

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    @moonlitv3385 3 года назад +1

    I am a great fan of your teaching pattern. God bless you.

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    @AsimAli-hk6qg 5 лет назад +5

    I really like ur all lessons .I am crazy for it .

  • @johnnytran7440
    @johnnytran7440 7 лет назад +6

    Thank so much for your useful video ! Emma

  • @alekseilemazhikhin9922
    @alekseilemazhikhin9922 4 года назад +4

    When teachers here in Russia explain Present Perfect they usually focus on the result of an action as a key feature while you base your explanation, it seems to me, more likely on the time the action started or the period during which it lasted.

  • @mayakizell4769
    @mayakizell4769 Год назад +1

    I never have seen before a teacher like you! Awesome!

  • @islamhany6986
    @islamhany6986 4 года назад +4

    This helped me a lot! Thank you so much!

  • @muriloramospereira8470
    @muriloramospereira8470 7 лет назад +15

    Hi, I love you Emma! You are a good teacher!

  • @mohamedloukhnati6431
    @mohamedloukhnati6431 7 лет назад +17

    Good work as always

  • @ianchung5848
    @ianchung5848 3 года назад +2

    So appropriate video for me who is bad at grammar! Thank you so much!

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  3 года назад

      Haha I'm sure your grammar isn't bad!

    • @ianchung5848
      @ianchung5848 3 года назад

      Thanks, but you know I was doomed because my grammar test score was so bad!😥

  • @junior44029
    @junior44029 7 лет назад +7

    Good lesson Emma.

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  7 лет назад +1

      Thank you Junior, I hope you found it helpful 😊

  • @salavuddin3352
    @salavuddin3352 5 лет назад +6

    This is very helpful mam. Thank you.

  • @ZeeshanAli-iz1ec
    @ZeeshanAli-iz1ec 4 года назад +4

    Amazing lesson.

  • @sashabogash6878
    @sashabogash6878 2 года назад

    This explanation is clearest I have ever seen anywhere

  • @chillwavegeneral6522
    @chillwavegeneral6522 3 года назад +8

    I’m after 10 years of language learning: I study English 10 years.
    I’m after 15 min. of this video: I’ve been studying English since I’ve opened this video ))

  • @dothuyhuong1509
    @dothuyhuong1509 7 лет назад +4

    Many thanks for your video. It's very helpful. I'm still watching when I comment here :))))

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  7 лет назад +1

      You're welcome, Cathy!

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    @sozanlady9311 7 лет назад +8

    Great video

  • @syedmazharali3893
    @syedmazharali3893 3 года назад

    Good evening
    Imma,
    My name is ali I’m from Pakistan but live in Dubai since 2006 you’re doing a superb explanation about all my confusion thank you so much, I would like to give you some compliments You're a beauty with a brain.

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    @janechrystal9399 5 лет назад +50

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    @tongulvemspakademi3219 6 лет назад +30

    From Turkey

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      @saitsari 5 лет назад

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      @saitsari 5 лет назад

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    @alehandro8357 6 лет назад +13

    Thanks for this video!
    And by the way, you have a very nice and positive face what is good for you and of course for the other people:=)

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    @adam_vea11 4 года назад +1

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    @marj2278 4 года назад +9

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  • @aadilmiller3899
    @aadilmiller3899 7 лет назад +6

    hey emma just 15 min late isn't it impressive teacher

  • @miriammarrufforodriguez4457
    @miriammarrufforodriguez4457 3 года назад +2

    Great video!!!Thank you very much. I love the way you explain. I will use it with my students. You know...your FAN "Número Uno", from Mexico city!!!

  • @tetialyjuniorkipre8548
    @tetialyjuniorkipre8548 5 лет назад +6

    Madam! I've a matter, how to use correctly the different tenses in the speaking?

  • @ebi-chan9540
    @ebi-chan9540 2 года назад +3

    Su pronunciación es tan exelente, que con mi bajo nivel de inglés le entiendo
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  • @eriniraya1244
    @eriniraya1244 6 лет назад +4

    goooood

    • @gurpiyarsingh1247
      @gurpiyarsingh1247 5 лет назад

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  • @silvialombardi1925
    @silvialombardi1925 2 года назад +2

    Your teaching skills have been perfect for my English improvement, thank you

  • @Nefarion90
    @Nefarion90 2 года назад +3

    I'm a non-native English speaker. Back when I studied English at school, the Present Perfect was probably the most difficult and confusing English tense to understand. As I realized after a while though, that was not because the tense itself was difficult, but because the explanation provided to us schoolkids was extremely confusing in my opinion.
    We were told that the Present Perfect is used to describe the actions that happened in the past but somehow have consequences and/or observable result now, in the present, whatever that means (e.g.: "I've lost my passport" - we were told that we need to use the Present Perfect here because it's implied that the speaker can't find his passport right now, so his loss, although happened in the past, has a visible result in the present).
    I found and still do find such explanation extremely confusing and badly designed. In my opinion it's much better to explain the Present Perfect through its relation to time expressions. The Present Perfect is all about past actions that either happened in an unidentified time or when we want to stress that the exact time when they happened is not important. The Present Perfect is incompatible with specific time expressions, like "yesterday" or "last week" or "on the 12th of September". We need to use it with obscure time expressions like "recently" or "once" or "already". Or we use it when we don't mention any time at all, if we want to stress that the exact time is not important. When I heard this explanation, the Present Perfect became much more clear to me.
    So we say "I've lost my passport" not because the speaker still can't find it (although it can be true as well) but because we don't know when exactly he has lost it. It's probably not even important. That's what the Present Perfect is about.

  • @omegalul3496
    @omegalul3496 5 лет назад +148

    Aquí el comentario en español que buscas xD

  • @hasankumek3306
    @hasankumek3306 4 года назад +4

    before watching: I haven't understood.
    after watching: This's better

  • @evalily1459
    @evalily1459 2 года назад +2

    I've been studying English for years . I haven't understand the difference between past simple and the present perfect until I watched this video
    Thanks Emma

    • @Mario-zl9du
      @Mario-zl9du 2 года назад +1

      I haven't UNDERSTOOD The difference......

    • @2elle14
      @2elle14 Год назад +1

      Until I HAVE watched ......

  • @miglmp5369
    @miglmp5369 5 лет назад +4

    Hello teacher I would like to know if, The sentence. 👉🏼 I’ve been here before. 👈🏼 is correct ?

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  5 лет назад +1

      Yes, that is correct. Well done, Elvis!

    • @miglmp5369
      @miglmp5369 5 лет назад

      mmmEnglish Thank you very much, so grateful for the way you have answered my question. So fast !

  • @sudani4028
    @sudani4028 4 года назад +4

    You've taught me how to skip the vicious cycle

  • @canakgun6341
    @canakgun6341 6 лет назад +9

    Thank i gonna live in America i have exam

  • @mortezadabiri7200
    @mortezadabiri7200 2 года назад

    This video is one of the best in its field that I’ve watched in RUclips.