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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    @mkblitzgameplay46052 жыл бұрын

    Please, more of this teacher. This is an extremely effective method of acquainting myself with the complexities of verb tenses.

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    @marcel24ameno

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂

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    @raoulkurvitz6305

    Жыл бұрын

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    @essam23112 жыл бұрын

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    @avicohen30352 жыл бұрын

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  • @georgidimitrov828
    @georgidimitrov8282 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @Jr-ft9ii
    @Jr-ft9ii2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @Jr-ft9ii

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ticone83 thank you

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    @LeonardoFrotta

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me either

  • @lincolnisco1284
    @lincolnisco12842 жыл бұрын

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  • @G-OVL
    @G-OVL2 жыл бұрын

    As a Brit English teacher in China, your lessons are spot on! Keep up the great work!

  • @lamya2718
    @lamya27182 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @joseluismartinezs.3609
    @joseluismartinezs.36092 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @sebastienlopezmassoni8107
    @sebastienlopezmassoni81072 жыл бұрын

    Thank a million Laura you're witty and brilliant.

  • @mrgroovy5113
    @mrgroovy51132 жыл бұрын

    I love your energy. It makes this video even more enjoyable!

  • @felixbach379
    @felixbach3792 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ragnarokisnear
    @ragnarokisnear2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect video!! You rock! Sure I'll watching your next videos, I loved it♥️

  • @Pauland05
    @Pauland052 жыл бұрын

    Loved your humor!!! and this kind of lessons are trully helpful!! I would love more quizes about verbal time (:

  • @helensimeoni8433
    @helensimeoni84332 жыл бұрын

    You´re an amazing teacher! Thanks a lot for sharing this video.

  • @redtankgirl5
    @redtankgirl52 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kksunny7710
    @kksunny77102 жыл бұрын

    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 !

  • @Nosajwu
    @Nosajwu Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your detailed and useful content in tenses.

  • @OzyJK69BRs
    @OzyJK69BRs2 жыл бұрын

    First time I see you and I loved the way you teach. Cheers!!

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    @veroniquecourtat9833 Жыл бұрын

    Another very good video Laura. I recommended your channel to my friends last week 😉.

  • @ricardocortes7023
    @ricardocortes70232 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @damir3668
    @damir36682 жыл бұрын

    Wow! You're hilarious and so authentic! Very clear and colourful, so to speak, explanation🤩

  • @dmytrograbovskyi7896
    @dmytrograbovskyi78962 жыл бұрын

    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 :)

  • @martynjones8560
    @martynjones85602 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @Cristian-mb8sr
    @Cristian-mb8sr Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Perfect score. I love your positivism. Thanks teacher.

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    @MillersLanguageSchool2 жыл бұрын

    So many interesting phrases! Thanks, great content

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    @muhammadhafeezkhan23092 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant. Loved it. Keep up good work like this

  • @rajajesson
    @rajajesson2 жыл бұрын

    Smashing video!!! Too good! 45 years mystery solved 😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼Thanks this video was super comprehensive 🙏🏽

  • @xiluvcoconutx
    @xiluvcoconutx2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @imarmlz577
    @imarmlz5772 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. Now i understand how to use them.🤗

  • @xuliamel
    @xuliamel2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Laura. It helped me a lot!

  • @ppalavichkoo
    @ppalavichkoo2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @manfredscholz5943
    @manfredscholz59432 жыл бұрын

    Quite tricky these tasks, but I like something like that. Many thanks

  • @louisayyh
    @louisayyh2 жыл бұрын

    Very clear explanation. Thank you very much

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    @ajaypatil047 Жыл бұрын

    I wish every teacher to be like this. Full of good, refreshing, positive vibes✨✨✨ Keep smashing.

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    Жыл бұрын

    Keep Smashing 🇬🇧☺️

  • @XRos28
    @XRos282 жыл бұрын

    That has been VERY helpful, thank you!

  • @PravaRusija
    @PravaRusija2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! A very clear - and hilarious - presentation.

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    @filippocomuzzi30562 жыл бұрын

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    @marsmmarsm39612 жыл бұрын

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  • @diogomigueis4580
    @diogomigueis45802 жыл бұрын

    Really nice explanation, insightful and with practical examples.

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    @user-kj4ys5ho8y2 жыл бұрын

    Your lessons are just mesmerising! I wonder why. And it really does help learning English, thanks awfully!

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    @darko8832

    2 жыл бұрын

    о русские

  • @rafliilman9278
    @rafliilman92782 жыл бұрын

    You make a clarity to present perfect tense. Ive been learned this tense, u just make it easy

  • @whiteheart3190
    @whiteheart31902 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this lesson ,great

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    @jorgeibanez8862 жыл бұрын

    Really useful videos. Love all of them because I learn a lot

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    @user-me6mp3fn7x2 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing, funny and so useful Thanks. So grateful 🙏🏻

  • @BaumerPaulGefreiter
    @BaumerPaulGefreiter2 жыл бұрын

    An eye-opener for me, thank you.

  • @IgorIglin
    @IgorIglin2 жыл бұрын

    It's perfect explanation! Even I understood everything! Thanks a lot!

  • @soniamartingarcia5744
    @soniamartingarcia57445 ай бұрын

    Thank you, you are a wonderful teacher

  • @zappaloui
    @zappaloui2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome class!! You're brilliant!

  • @ahmedkhalil946
    @ahmedkhalil9462 жыл бұрын

    I liked your way for explain. I do appreciate your efforts

  • @francomarini560
    @francomarini5602 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant, Laura! I only got wrong "He didn't reply", but your explanation of " He hasn't replied" is very clear, thank you!

  • @lewishendo9328

    @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 :)

  • @End-phoenix
    @End-phoenix2 жыл бұрын

    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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    @yueli53002 жыл бұрын

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    @raphaelmazzini9108 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent, thank you!

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    @amaldasr69552 жыл бұрын

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    @jatintanwar13672 жыл бұрын

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  • @trixietocaandroblox2523
    @trixietocaandroblox25232 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @marcelbpunkt
    @marcelbpunkt2 жыл бұрын

    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 😊

  • @louisefox4852
    @louisefox4852 Жыл бұрын

    I got all of the answers correct, thank you for clear explanations!

  • @marilynsaga9140
    @marilynsaga91402 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing the great lesson and very well explanation.... My Allah Blessed you...

  • @lindenbeck
    @lindenbeck2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sebastian1200
    @sebastian12002 жыл бұрын

    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) 😁.

  • @regianebatistadealmeida7786
    @regianebatistadealmeida77862 жыл бұрын

    It was perfect... thank you ❤️

  • @petelobl
    @petelobl2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ValMed2001
    @ValMed20012 жыл бұрын

    I just watched this video and... Girl I love the way you explain 🥰🥰🥰 I got all questions right

  • @animeshroy3066
    @animeshroy30662 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are really great, thanks.

  • @sarahrosa8989
    @sarahrosa89892 жыл бұрын

    every single one!! thank u, excellent video :)

  • @mariamartin2930
    @mariamartin29302 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @justanotherk0ala
    @justanotherk0ala2 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this video!

  • @faishalrayyan1408
    @faishalrayyan14082 жыл бұрын

    Amazing explanation!

  • @arjunmalhotra4814
    @arjunmalhotra48142 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful lesson

  • @osonhodeleon
    @osonhodeleon2 жыл бұрын

    Another great video, thanks!

  • @SMCNATMAMSMCNATMAM
    @SMCNATMAMSMCNATMAM3 ай бұрын

    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! 🥰😊

  • @kevinsyiem6021
    @kevinsyiem60212 жыл бұрын

    Goodness me, you're one good teacher, it's your body gesture too that compliments big time.

  • @espritlibre93
    @espritlibre932 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the efforts, splendid, that's what it was...

  • @properbritishenglish
    @properbritishenglish2 жыл бұрын

    Nice explanation! It's common for people to overuse this in Japan so I have to explain this a lot too!

  • @GosWardHen98
    @GosWardHen982 жыл бұрын

    Lovely. It's so difficult chatting to the younger Gen z & Millennials sometimes. Even my own use this incorrectly. Great lesson mind!

  • @yaroslavs7287
    @yaroslavs72872 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the awesome lessons and you have beautiful London's accent.

  • @roderickmain9697
    @roderickmain96972 жыл бұрын

    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

    @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 😅)

  • @Caro_Rose_
    @Caro_Rose_11 ай бұрын

    A really lovely video. Thank you for your great effort❤🥰

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    11 ай бұрын

    Thankyou so much!!

  • @sandeepreddy8168
    @sandeepreddy81682 жыл бұрын

    All Right I got the perfect defination for all, Tq.

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    @okasanjaya11252 жыл бұрын

    So energic teacher 👍🏻

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    @ADRIAN-dz3ib2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Smashing English. I really love your funny english lessons.

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    @nicolaspettini31432 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! So much fun! 😄

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    @marlinovski2 жыл бұрын

    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

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    @georgekurien12292 жыл бұрын

    Highly interesting teacher going deep into the subject !

  • @starlight3528
    @starlight35282 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thanks😀

  • @blablaespanol
    @blablaespanol2 жыл бұрын

    Great video, very useful! Thanks a lot;)

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    @tuanhoang65362 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @fernandomilicich8160
    @fernandomilicich81602 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot Laura. Greetings from Argentina

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    @PhiromWalker2 жыл бұрын

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  • @vahdettinbalc708
    @vahdettinbalc7082 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @purushottam9927
    @purushottam99272 жыл бұрын

    3:47 moving SWIFTLY on to the next question….. (Loudly for a while) … tabadabadabbadadada….. I haven’t seen such a swiftness…🤣🤣

  • @me-de6hl
    @me-de6hl2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video

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    @ivantsyplenkov27962 жыл бұрын

    You’ve energized me for the week😁👍

  • @momoquiz
    @momoquiz Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Please add more.

  • @vladimirmorozoff8153
    @vladimirmorozoff81532 жыл бұрын

    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)! 😁

  • @tatianna_nandini
    @tatianna_nandini2 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot.

  • @trixietocaandroblox2523
    @trixietocaandroblox25232 жыл бұрын

    Keep it up Keep posting New subscriber!