PAST SIMPLE vs. PRESENT PERFECT - What's the Difference? - #1 Most Common Error - English Grammar

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Transcript:
Hi and welcome back. In this
lesson, I will show you how
to avoid the most common
mistake that people make with
the past simple and present
perfect tenses, and how to
use the two tenses correctly.
We will do an exercise to
really understand the
concept, and there is a quiz
to test your understanding.
So let’s start.
Have a look at these five
sentences. Some of the
sentences are wrong. Stop the
video, try to make the
corrections, then play the
video again and check.
Alright, actually, I tricked
you a little bit with that.
All of these sentences are
wrong. That’s because, they
all talk about a single,
finished action in the past.
You can see this on the
timeline. The action can be
at any time in the past - it
can be 1998 or it can be last
week or even yesterday. But
if you mention the time for a
finished action, then you
MUST use the past simple -
not the present perfect.
Notice that in all of these
sentences, there is a strong
focus on the time when the
action happened.
So when do you use the
present perfect? You can use
it if the action happened
recently, and you want to
focus on the action and not
the time. In our five
sentences, the first three
are not recent, they happened
further back in the past.
But if I bought a house just
two weeks ago, or last week,
I can say “I have bought a
house.” That means I have
bought the house recently. So
if I say to you, “Hey guess
what! I have bought a house!”
then I am giving you good
news. I’m focusing on buying
the house. I’m not talking
about the time because it’s
not important.
If you want to know the time,
you can ask “When did you buy
it?” Then I can say “I bought
it two weeks ago” or “I
bought it last week.” Notice,
again, to mention the time,
we use the past simple.
Alright, I’m now going to
give you a test to see if you
can use these two tenses
correctly. Just remember: if
the past time is important,
then use the past simple. If
the time is not important,
use the present perfect.
You see three dialogues on
the screen. In each sentence,
I want you to choose the
correct form of the verb.
Stop the video, think about
your answers, then play the
video again and check.
Alright, let’s discuss the
answers. Number one is “Hey
Sabina, your package has
arrived. Here, Ruth is giving
news, so there’s no need to
mention the time. For this
reason, we use the present
perfect tense. In number two,
“When did it arrive?” We want
to use the past simple here
because this question asks
about the specific time that
the action happened. Number
three is “It arrived this
morning.” because here Ruth
says exactly when it happened
- this morning, so the past
simple is correct.
Number four - “Hi Paul. Great
news. I have passed my
exams.” In number five,
“Congrats! When did the
results come out?” Number six
is “They came out last
night”.
Number seven is “Have you
ever been to Argentina?”
Here, we don’t mention a time
because the question asks
about life experience. The
time is not important. So
it’s like asking: “In your
life, have you ever visited
Argentina?” ‘Been’ means
‘visited’ here. Number eight
is “No, I haven’t. Have you?”
And number nine - “Yes, I
went there on vacation in
2010.” Here, we want the past
simple because the time is
mentioned - 2010.
How many answers did you get
right? Let me know in the
comments section below. I’d
like to thank five of our
viewers for sending in the
request for this lesson:
Michael Cygnus, Sourav Sagar,
Alberto Linhares, Yogesh
Dwivedi, and Manish
Chauthani.
Alright, click the subscribe
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  • @LearnEnglishLab

    @LearnEnglishLab

    7 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear that, Sam. You're welcome :)

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  • @LearnEnglishLab

    @LearnEnglishLab

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the kind words, Diego.

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    Please, make a separate video about the future tenses (continuous, perfect and perfect continuous) I am having a trouble in future tenses:(

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    @mz63672 жыл бұрын

    a very helpful lesson these tenses seem tricky but with a little practice we can use them fluently

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    @komalfarrukh17596 жыл бұрын

    hello sir. your lectures are really informative. Thank you so much. can you please tell me in formal writing like thesis if we want to discuss the architecture and decoration of a monument which sentence is best to use present perfect or past simple.

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    @anjali86636 жыл бұрын

    sir please cover all tense ... and their usages.

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    @peaceofmind92073 жыл бұрын

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    @thunder05cglennalvitres823 жыл бұрын

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    @sandeep52766 жыл бұрын

    Ganesh sir, you are the best teacher I ever seen in my life, your lecture is very simple to understand & delivered in a very effective way. I request you please share other tense video with us ASAP. Thanks again for your effort to make us more comfortable in English.

  • @LearnEnglishLab

    @LearnEnglishLab

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the kind words. I will be making a lesson on all the tenses soon :)

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    @wahidarowshonjhumur12826 жыл бұрын

    6 sentences was correct. Thanks a lot Ganesh. You are a great teacher.

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    @aliyinura31653 жыл бұрын

    Dr. ganesh thank you very much.!

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    @katyas78725 жыл бұрын

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    @joelcampos30737 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic explanation! Thank you.

  • @LearnEnglishLab

    @LearnEnglishLab

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm happy to hear that, Joel. You're welcome :)

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    @ShrinalBhatt6 ай бұрын

    You are awesome, the way you are teaching is very simple and very quickly to get it.

  • @marwasoltani4881
    @marwasoltani48816 жыл бұрын

    Hi thanks for the video , can you please make a video about the present perfect vs the present perfect continuous ,and the past perfect vs the past perfect continuous.

  • @kaizerazhar6315
    @kaizerazhar63156 жыл бұрын

    it cleared all of my doubts.thanks

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    @prempal35266 жыл бұрын

    Hi sir, Nice teaching technique. Please upload complete video material about passive voice and excercises.

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  • @manaligupta4793
    @manaligupta47935 жыл бұрын

    This video is so useful! I have one doubt though. What about indefinite times? For example if I want to say, "I've been/went to London this year." Which one is correct?

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    @bribibbribib61756 жыл бұрын

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    ThanQ Sir... Very easy to understand ur way of teaching..

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    Thanks a lot from my Corner of heart.

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    @ramanagari4 жыл бұрын

    NICE EXPLANATION... no one can like you... master ganesh💪💪💪

  • @narasimharao9406
    @narasimharao94066 жыл бұрын

    I liked your videos,they are comprehensive and informative.please upload videos of remaining tenses. Thank you.....!

  • @dineshgomber9224
    @dineshgomber92246 жыл бұрын

    first time I understood the difference, thanks

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    @tanweerkhan1756 жыл бұрын

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    Thanks sir my doubt has cleared.

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    Thanks for your effort to teaching us

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    @sushantborkar73466 жыл бұрын

    Hello sir ,i am waiting next video of tense and i really enjoy and useful for me

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    @cfantasticseeallgood5 жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna be conversant in English because of you. Woohoo! Thank you, thank you!

  • @harsheenkaur662
    @harsheenkaur6623 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU SIR YOU ARE THE BEST... NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN TENSES LIKE YOU DO

  • @rimalbasheer2080

    @rimalbasheer2080

    3 ай бұрын

    Hey can you tell me please? We also use past simple without time then how we know the difference between past simple and perfect please reply me?

  • @hissendaud653
    @hissendaud6536 жыл бұрын

    thanks Great Teacher

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    Your channel is awesome, man!

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    @sumaiyyahsultana48552 жыл бұрын

    All correct Thanks to your explanation

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    @charlesdubtv96693 жыл бұрын

    Thank you For great Teaching

  • @poonamboora2726
    @poonamboora27265 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir You explain it very clearly

  • @santoshk7037
    @santoshk70376 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. Can you please make in detail videos on all tenses?

  • @warsonyew6666
    @warsonyew66664 жыл бұрын

    This video is meaningful and well explained. Thank you, Teacher!

  • @jsrrichirich8275
    @jsrrichirich82757 жыл бұрын

    sir plz upload video on adverb of time for all tenses,sometimes adverb of time(like-often,always,seldom,never..etc) used in other tenses.,so plz help me sir...thank u..

  • @LearnEnglishLab

    @LearnEnglishLab

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Richa, I'll work on that :)

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