You Might Be Misusing the Present Perfect Tense!
The present perfect tense is a tricky one to get right. So many people know how to make it but not when it is appropriate to use. Take this quiz to see if you know when to use it and when NOT to use it!
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Please, more of this teacher. This is an extremely effective method of acquainting myself with the complexities of verb tenses.
@marcel24ameno
2 жыл бұрын
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@raoulkurvitz6305
Жыл бұрын
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Now I found a fabulous English teacher. Moreover, she smiles a lot. A woman's smile is something I greatly appreciate.
I've been looking for a video of such kind for a long time! As someone who speaks English as a foreign language, I so often feel I get these two messed up, and I've hesitated which one is correct to use. Your examples are great! Thank you!
I loved it!! The way you speak sounds so nice, clear and neutral! I was able to understand all you said without subtitles nor stopping and getting back. New subscriber here.
@ticone83
2 жыл бұрын
You haven't understood the use of the present perfect though. You are describing finished actions in the past, so you should have said: I was able to understand all you said. Past tense, not present perfect.
@Jr-ft9ii
2 жыл бұрын
@@ticone83 thank you
@LeonardoFrotta
2 жыл бұрын
Me either
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As a Brit English teacher in China, your lessons are spot on! Keep up the great work!
Thanks teacher Laura for teaching us the whole tenses of English. All your uploaded videos on KZread I have always watched. I believe that I will have been improving my English in the near future. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and tips on how to become better in English as my second language. Keep doing and teaching so that we keep learning from your informative channel. Kudos, teacher!
Thank you for the amazing lesson! I liked your personal touch, the class is entertaining too. You just got a new subscriber here. Keep up the good work!
Thank a million Laura you're witty and brilliant.
I love your energy. It makes this video even more enjoyable!
I have got them all right :-) I love the different tenses in English. In German that's one of the few easier things: when we speak, we use the Vergangenheit (the Perfekt, similar to the present perfect tense) and when we write, we use the Mitvergangenheit (the Präteritum, similar to the past tense). But this applies mainly to the south of Germany as well as to Austria and Switzerland. In the north the Mitvergangenheit is also used in spoken German.
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Loved your humor!!! and this kind of lessons are trully helpful!! I would love more quizes about verbal time (:
You´re an amazing teacher! Thanks a lot for sharing this video.
I loved this. Two wrong but a great time brushing up on what I had learned so many years ago in English class. What a good time I had. Thank you for your exuberance. Edit: subscribed bc I just want more of this.
Laura, your videos are lovely and really helpful! thank you so much!! by the way, i’ve got 6/6 for your little quiz, nevertheless i haven’t got used to this tense yet :( it definitely needs time to adjust to !
Thank you for your detailed and useful content in tenses.
First time I see you and I loved the way you teach. Cheers!!
Another very good video Laura. I recommended your channel to my friends last week 😉.
I really like your manner of starting your videos,, you go direct to the point and keep us concentrated. You don't take much minutes to intruduce the topic, then I develope and improve my attention. I'am so trilled with your lessons.
Wow! You're hilarious and so authentic! Very clear and colourful, so to speak, explanation🤩
Absolutely gorgeous video! These examples are really handy and can really help get the hang of the present perfect. Liked and subscribed. Thanks from Ukraine :)
Excellent lesson with clear explanations. One little suggestion though - when you put all the answer options on the screen, could you also put the question as a header above them?
Great video. Perfect score. I love your positivism. Thanks teacher.
So many interesting phrases! Thanks, great content
Brilliant. Loved it. Keep up good work like this
Smashing video!!! Too good! 45 years mystery solved 😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼Thanks this video was super comprehensive 🙏🏽
It was such a fun way to test my ability to use past tenses! Did all right 😊 a small shot of confidence before my English exam next week.
Thank you for this video. Now i understand how to use them.🤗
Thank you Laura. It helped me a lot!
That's what I've been trying to teach my students as well. You can't just rely on signal words to determine the correct tense, but you also need to dig deeper into the overall meaning of the sentence.
Quite tricky these tasks, but I like something like that. Many thanks
Very clear explanation. Thank you very much
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@smashingenglish
Жыл бұрын
Keep Smashing 🇬🇧☺️
That has been VERY helpful, thank you!
Thank you! A very clear - and hilarious - presentation.
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Really nice explanation, insightful and with practical examples.
Your lessons are just mesmerising! I wonder why. And it really does help learning English, thanks awfully!
@darko8832
2 жыл бұрын
о русские
You make a clarity to present perfect tense. Ive been learned this tense, u just make it easy
Thanks for this lesson ,great
Really useful videos. Love all of them because I learn a lot
You are amazing, funny and so useful Thanks. So grateful 🙏🏻
An eye-opener for me, thank you.
It's perfect explanation! Even I understood everything! Thanks a lot!
Thank you, you are a wonderful teacher
Awesome class!! You're brilliant!
I liked your way for explain. I do appreciate your efforts
Brilliant, Laura! I only got wrong "He didn't reply", but your explanation of " He hasn't replied" is very clear, thank you!
@lewishendo9328
2 жыл бұрын
On that one, if the same question was asked in the future it would be correct. E.g after the party if you wanted to know why they didn‘t come, you would say they didn‘t reply :)
Wow, I got all the questions right and that surprised me. I always thought I was bad at it. By the way, you're one of the best teachers I've seen.
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Excellent, thank you!
I just watched your video. I have been watching so many peoples English classes, however, you are unique, kind of funny. I wish I had a teacher like you in school😍
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Thank you so much!
Wohooo, got all of them right 🥳 But I admit I used to do this wrong all the time in the past (pun intended). In German, simple past and present perfect are more or less interchangable (or at least people use them any way they like :D). Good thing I went to night school and got my Abitur. Otherwise I might still struggle with it lol. My biggest help with learning present perfect was to check if I can add a "so far" to the end of the sentence. If it makes sense, it's present perfect. If not, it's probably simple past. And thank you for mentioning present perfect continuous. I was always wondering what's the difference between "have done" and "have been doing". Now I know 😊
I got all of the answers correct, thank you for clear explanations!
Thanks for sharing the great lesson and very well explanation.... My Allah Blessed you...
What helps me to use the present perfect in a right way is using already, yet and just. Especially at work since I have to deal with non german merchants.
Hi, As far as I remember there is one case when if one refers to specific time like „morning”, „afternoon” can use Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous as long as the morning and afternoon is not finished yet, ex. „I’ve done my presentation this morning” (which means the morning is not finished yet) 😁.
It was perfect... thank you ❤️
Very entertaining video - I think the Vegas sweatshirt influenced your mood. Or perhaps the other way round. I live in Germany, and it’s fun to try and translate these sentences as Germans use p.p. somewhat differently. I guess I fear I will lose a little bit of my English abilities over time.. not sure which bits will go first. They haven’t escaped me quite yet, but it’s getting close.
I just watched this video and... Girl I love the way you explain 🥰🥰🥰 I got all questions right
Your videos are really great, thanks.
every single one!! thank u, excellent video :)
I am very surprised: I got one question wrong. I thought I was going to fail more since I am not a native speaker and I have never taken English classes with any teacher. Everything I have learned has been in the media and literature: radio, television, internet, newspapers, magazines, books, etc. Thank you for your videos, they are very useful!
thank you for this video!
Amazing explanation!
Wonderful lesson
Another great video, thanks!
Only 1 mistake. Thank you Laura for fancy videos! I try to watch them from time to time. Hope to have more sessions with you! 🥰😊
Goodness me, you're one good teacher, it's your body gesture too that compliments big time.
Thanks for the efforts, splendid, that's what it was...
Nice explanation! It's common for people to overuse this in Japan so I have to explain this a lot too!
Lovely. It's so difficult chatting to the younger Gen z & Millennials sometimes. Even my own use this incorrectly. Great lesson mind!
Thanks for the awesome lessons and you have beautiful London's accent.
The thing this makes obvious to me is that I never learned about tenses growing up. Not one teacher ever explained tenses in English. Shame really as learning French now some of it would have made more sense if I'd known what I was using in English first. Hope everybody loves your kooky way of doing this because it made it fun.
@gaiaarce1911
2 жыл бұрын
As someone who’s trying to learn French as well, knowing this before would’ve been easier for sure (mind my 1st language is not English 😅)
A really lovely video. Thank you for your great effort❤🥰
@smashingenglish
11 ай бұрын
Thankyou so much!!
All Right I got the perfect defination for all, Tq.
So energic teacher 👍🏻
Thanks so much Smashing English. I really love your funny english lessons.
Awesome video! So much fun! 😄
I love your videos! I am actually very fluent in English, but you are so stunning I only watch the videos to look at you ! Best of luck
Highly interesting teacher going deep into the subject !
Great video! Thanks😀
Great video, very useful! Thanks a lot;)
This is the first time I have watched your video.It's interesting.You look so young and so beautiful.Your knowledge of English is so deep and your method of teaching is easy-to-understand.I do hope to watch more of your videos.
Thanks a lot Laura. Greetings from Argentina
Hi teacher i am watching and learning English from you 💚❤️🎉 good luck with your video and thanks for your share 👍👍🎉🎉
İts a pretty clear video i got it all. Could you make a video about the difference between present perfect and present perfect continous please
3:47 moving SWIFTLY on to the next question….. (Loudly for a while) … tabadabadabbadadada….. I haven’t seen such a swiftness…🤣🤣
Thanks for the video
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Great video. Please add more.
Ahaha! You're awesome, Laura, so I subscribe (even though Ima "common cunning linguist, a master of many tongues", and I answered all the questions correctly)! 😁
Thanks a lot.
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