People don't get why we say "present perfect" when it happened in the past. When Mum asked the boy , "How was your date?" and he answered, "We broke up," they both used the past simple. This is because they mean a specific action at a specific point in the past. If Mum had asked, "When are you getting married?" he would have answered, "We've broken up," using the present perfect because they mean the present effect of a past action. "We broke up" means "IN THE PAST she walked out in the middle of the date." "We've broken up" means "We NOW aren't in a relationship anymore." "You ate a meal" means "IN THE PAST you did this act of eating." "You have eaten a meal" means "NOW you are not hungry." The past simple means the act. The present perfect means the result, the effect or the new state.
Wow you have explained that in the best way! Do you want to speak? If it will be OK. I learn English and looking for someone to have an easy conversation hah
Love this video, really helpful. I'm not native english speaker, for me the easiest way to remember these tense is focus on the adverbs: - Present perfect: never, ever, for, since, already, yet - Simple past: when, yesterday, last, ago
Very good. I knew it a little, but now I think I understand it much better. I would like to see examples where both forms would be okay. Maybe with comments of native speakers saying which they prefer and why. 🙂
Thanks for this video.. it’s change my thinking from hard to easy about how to I will learn what is the different between this two tenses ... Sorry if I made some grammatically mistake in my comment, but I have been learning english since 3 months💡 All the best ❤️
There are 2 acronymes to make difference between present perfect and past simple JEANY for present perfect Oil way for past Just , ever , already , never , yet On , in , last , whene , ago , yesterday
It seems contradictory, ‘We just broke up’, because in the same time you teach that we use present perfect with recently happened events. It’s confusing. ‘We broke up at the time of the date’, not just.
I've been to France one day I went to France in 2020 I haven't done it yet I didn't do it last night Have you JUST swept the floor? It looks so nice Did you sweep the floor 20 min ago?
Good night teacher I think the video is very educational and also funny because it presents us how to use the present simple and the past simple with examples of everyday life with a story of Tom I really liked this vídeo
Thank you for explaining this with such clarity. If only more people knew how to utilize this tense correctly. One minor criticism: prepositions do not belong at the end of sentences. Instead of asking "How long have we known each other for?", it should instead be phrased "For how long have we known each other?".
Nice video, I think the lessons in my school is inadequate, so I have to watch some videos like that and buy some books may help me on learning English.
Hi . I have a question for the native speakers . For the present is correct to say : She has been working as a doctor for 3 years . (she will continue ) For the past which one is more correct : She has worked as a doctor for 3 years Or She worked as a doctor for 3 years . ( she doesn't work it now )
For the past tense you say: She worked as a doctor for 3 years. The sentence: 'She has worked as a doctor for 3 years.' has the same meaning as: She has been working as a doctor for 3 years. In other words, she still works there. Good question! See link for a more detailed explanation! www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-simple-or-present-perfect-continuous.html
The clue is in the name of the tenses. Present perfect is, wait for it,.......a PRESENT tense! So guess what it's talking about? It's talking about NOW. It's talking about the present state of the verb expressed, whether it's a past action or experience presently possessed or action that has continued to the present moment. The past tense only tells us about, wait for it........ the PAST! It's not rocket science. So 'I opened a window' tells us nothing about present state of the window. "I have opened a window' tells us (as far as the speaker is concerned) that the window is open NOW, or that sometime in the past the speaker has experienced opening a window and possess that experience NOW (say in answer to the question 'Have you ever opened a window?'). A simple way to see whether you have grasped the use of these tenses is to answer two simple questions. 1. If a dear friend whom you haven't seen for a year comes to your house and says 'I came to see you', what would be the obvious reply? 2. What do we know about the people in this sentence - 'They never lived in a big city'. Best regards, Adam
Hi, thanks for the video. One question, min 1.10 you say "we don't know when it HAPPENED". That seems to be the rule itself, shouldn't we say "...it has happened" since we do not know when? Thanks
I love this video. But I have one point of confusion: I thought'since' and 'ago' cannot be used together as since is used with Present Perfect and ago is used with the Past Simple. Reference video: 3 minutes and 45 seconds 'Since three months ago'
My problem with the "it still continues in the present" is that the act of meeting itself has been indeed finished. Yes, we've met two weeks ago. Our act of "meeting" is done. Yeah we know each other now still, but we are no longer "meeting" for the first time and will never do that again. "Have you started your project?" "Yes I have", this person may not have finished their project yet. But they finished the act of starting it. That is where the "perfectus" or finishing part of the tense comes into play. This is what I've noticed anyway.
Poor boy, the girl broke his heart ❤ i came here from school :) Anyways, thanks for making this video, it helped me to understand better English Bc I am a Mexican and i dont understand English well So thanks 😊 for doing this, keep working :) Now i can be bilingual at all! I just need to practice more
People don't get why we say "present perfect" when it happened in the past. When Mum asked the boy , "How was your date?" and he answered, "We broke up," they both used the past simple. This is because they mean a specific action at a specific point in the past. If Mum had asked, "When are you getting married?" he would have answered, "We've broken up," using the present perfect because they mean the present effect of a past action. "We broke up" means "IN THE PAST she walked out in the middle of the date." "We've broken up" means "We NOW aren't in a relationship anymore." "You ate a meal" means "IN THE PAST you did this act of eating." "You have eaten a meal" means "NOW you are not hungry." The past simple means the act. The present perfect means the result, the effect or the new state.
Good job. better then this RUclipsr
you are better than the man up in the video
Cool! I don't understand this subject but you made it clear.
Wow you have explained that in the best way! Do you want to speak? If it will be OK. I learn English and looking for someone to have an easy conversation hah
Your comment makes the example clearer. Thanks so much.
Love this video, really helpful.
I'm not native english speaker, for me the easiest way to remember these tense is focus on the adverbs:
- Present perfect: never, ever, for, since, already, yet
- Simple past: when, yesterday, last, ago
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please make more videos about this... this is the best explanation about the difference between past tense and present perfect
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Very good. I knew it a little, but now I think I understand it much better.
I would like to see examples where both forms would be okay. Maybe with comments of native speakers saying which they prefer and why. 🙂
Excellent & very helpful video. Congratulations!!
very useful for me. Thanks so much
Thanks for this video.. it’s change my thinking from hard to easy about how to I will learn what is the different between this two tenses ...
Sorry if I made some grammatically mistake in my comment, but I have been learning english since 3 months💡
All the best ❤️
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There are 2 acronymes to make difference between present perfect and past simple
JEANY for present perfect
Oil way for past
Just , ever , already , never , yet
On , in , last , whene , ago , yesterday
+bianco cuore 😄 Nice. The JEANY one great 👍🏻
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This is the first time I feel that I completely understand the difference between them. Thanks a lot!
It seems contradictory, ‘We just broke up’, because in the same time you teach that we use present perfect with recently happened events. It’s confusing. ‘We broke up at the time of the date’, not just.
I'm confusing too
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great video, good explanations, great visuals, structured, clear. Couldn't be better. Thank you for the great video!
Thanks a lot. Your video is really helpful.
Clear voice, good job
Good job! Clear. Interesting. Not too wordy. Appropriate subtitles. Good summary at the end. Look forward to using more of these.
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Great explain ,advanced tense make complicate for many people ,i try to make clear by watching .Thanks
Good job , thanks 👍
but the music in the background is noisy
+Fuad Mousa Thanks! There's a no music version for all our videos. You can find the link in the description :)
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Really clear explanation. I will add it to the playlist on my channel to help my students with this topic. Thanks!
Good video
Simple and very clear.
Congrats! With this videos we can learn about how, why and when to use the “perfect tense” not just to use it automatically even misunderstanding it.
I was confused about these times before, but you helped me a lot! Thx
Great piece! I will suggest you to reduce the valume of the background music.
Best explanation for me so far! Super!
amazing.
thank you for your help
ı am turkish ı think this video is so helpful thank you
Sir Great,do you like music while studying.
Like si estan aqui por el classrom xd!
Edit : OMG nunca tuve tantos likes MAMÁ SOI FAMOSAAA!!!!
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Como lo supo lo peor es que no entiendo ni madres al vídeo
Si pero yo no entiendo nadaaa
@@iko2885 jejeje soy BRUJA Y VEO K ESTAS BIEN PERDIDO Y NO ENTIENDES NI MADREZ
Lo peor es que dura media vida para una cosa que si te la explican bien ya está.
Será con mala baba pero es que esto no lo aguanto.
@@hyo-ri1816 es que no hay subtítulos
You help me with a test, you won a suscriber
I've been to France one day
I went to France in 2020
I haven't done it yet
I didn't do it last night
Have you JUST swept the floor? It looks so nice
Did you sweep the floor 20 min ago?
Many thanks
The video is awsome great work
Using it at Bologna University. Thanks a lot - good presentation
This helped me a lot thank you Now I can ace my test
thanks, I can sleep well now.
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Good night teacher I think the video is very educational and also funny because it presents us how to use the present simple and the past simple with examples of everyday life with a story of Tom I really liked this vídeo
Thank you so much!!! It explains the present perfect simple so good! You helped me a lot.
Very simple and useful.My students liked it very much. Now I show them your videos for gammar! Thank you very much!!!
+ANNATERESA DE DONNO Thank you very much for the feedback! Please do show more of our videos to your students in the future! 👍🏻
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The best explanation ever for a PP tense! Thanks, Tom.
Your style of teaching is very good.Having said that,background music is so irritating kindly stop the noise as I want to concentrate on the topic.
Hi, there’s a “No Music” version of every video. You can find the link in the description.
Thank you for explaining this with such clarity. If only more people knew how to utilize this tense correctly. One minor criticism: prepositions do not belong at the end of sentences. Instead of asking "How long have we known each other for?", it should instead be phrased "For how long have we known each other?".
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It is a very interesting way of showing these two tenses in contrast.The video was really illustrative and funny
good explanation
Amazing
Interesting way to learn grammar!
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Thank u so much! It is a formative one. Thanks again.
Is there any video of urs explains past perfect?
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Thank you so much for this great video. Because I really understood the full present tense through the video
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Nice video, I think the lessons in my school is inadequate, so I have to watch some videos like that and buy some books may help me on learning English.
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Well, buying* after 2 years
May i ask a question.It’s long time since your friends have last visited us. Is correct this
sentence.Is present perfect or not.
Hi . I have a question for the native speakers . For the present is correct to say :
She has been working as a doctor for 3 years . (she will continue )
For the past which one is more correct :
She has worked as a doctor for 3 years
Or
She worked as a doctor for 3 years .
( she doesn't work it now )
For the past tense you say: She worked as a doctor for 3 years. The sentence: 'She has worked as a doctor for 3 years.' has the same meaning as: She has been working as a doctor for 3 years. In other words, she still works there. Good question! See link for a more detailed explanation! www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-simple-or-present-perfect-continuous.html
Sue Soltis Thanks !
The clue is in the name of the tenses. Present perfect is, wait for it,.......a PRESENT tense! So guess what it's talking about? It's talking about NOW. It's talking about the present state of the verb expressed, whether it's a past action or experience presently possessed or action that has continued to the present moment.
The past tense only tells us about, wait for it........ the PAST! It's not rocket science.
So 'I opened a window' tells us nothing about present state of the window. "I have opened a window' tells us (as far as the speaker is concerned) that the window is open NOW, or that sometime in the past the speaker has experienced opening a window and possess that experience NOW (say in answer to the question 'Have you ever opened a window?').
A simple way to see whether you have grasped the use of these tenses is to answer two simple questions.
1. If a dear friend whom you haven't seen for a year comes to your house and says 'I came to see you', what would be the obvious reply?
2. What do we know about the people in this sentence - 'They never lived in a big city'.
Best regards,
Adam
Good
Excellent lesson!! Great explanation! Thanks a lot.
Very great video, very clear and good animation/descriptions... Good job - THANKS
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thank you very much it's very clearly
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thank you to make this veido, it easy to understand it .
Hi, thanks for the video. One question, min 1.10 you say "we don't know when it HAPPENED". That seems to be the rule itself, shouldn't we say "...it has happened" since we do not know when? Thanks
I love this video. But I have one point of confusion:
I thought'since' and 'ago' cannot be used together as since is used with Present Perfect and ago is used with the Past Simple.
Reference video: 3 minutes and 45 seconds 'Since three months ago'
on point !!! thank you very much...
My problem with the "it still continues in the present" is that the act of meeting itself has been indeed finished. Yes, we've met two weeks ago. Our act of "meeting" is done. Yeah we know each other now still, but we are no longer "meeting" for the first time and will never do that again. "Have you started your project?" "Yes I have", this person may not have finished their project yet. But they finished the act of starting it. That is where the "perfectus" or finishing part of the tense comes into play. This is what I've noticed anyway.
i like the lesson and the music
it helps me to clear my sense by visualisation.
why the music on the background
Explaining differences between Past Simple and Present Perfect is like explainig timeline of the movie Primer
i love this video it s great !! i will become a real Australian. thank you
Ty very much I really enjoy this video
Good job! Very clear! Thank u so much!!!
So good
I have watched couple of videos and this one has the clearest explanation. Good job!
russian learning english
Well done
Poor boy, the girl broke his heart ❤ i came here from school :)
Anyways, thanks for making this video, it helped me to understand better English
Bc I am a Mexican and i dont understand English well
So thanks 😊 for doing this, keep working :)
Now i can be bilingual at all! I just need to practice more
it has helped*
Present Perfect Simple vs Past Simple
really good, thx
From which country you are?