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.
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.
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.
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!
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?
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.
Thanks teacher Laura for teaching us the whole tenses of English. All your uploaded videos on RU-vid 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!
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.
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.
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 :)
6:45 as a native speaker I have a point to add to this, I find this one a little unusual. It‘s grammatically correct but I would never hear this in everyday speech. It would be more like „Well I went on a walk at 10 and then I cooked (something) at 3“ or „Well I went on a walk at 10, then I was doing some cooking at 3“ Sorry to be really confusing as I understand a lot of the words in those sentences add little to no meaning, but it just sounds more natural to us. The big takeaway I will say is the english love using well at the start of sentences, so if you want to sound more natural I would look out for that and try it :) Btw I‘m free for any questions, as well as if you want me to see if any of your sentences can sound more native
@@neffexkingdom7000 I couldn‘t tell you a number obviously, but what I can tell you is the south of england is generally more posh, so they will use more advanced words, any in northern england it‘s more basic and slang. Each region does tend to have some slang associated too but don‘t worry if you don‘t understand because you can just ask. As a native I sometimes need to ask when I talk to somebody from a different region
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.
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 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😍
New subscriber to your channel. I'm so grateful to come across this channel and have fun learning English. I absolutely loved your sense of humour while helping us with our English. Thanks a million. You rock. 😊
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.
Thank you for the amazing lesson! Would you like please to make a tutorial about the difference between WOULD HAVE , SHOULD HAVE , MUST HAVE ,COULD HAVE ,MAY HAVE , MIGHT HAVE. There are some explanations on this subject, but I got them all confused because their uses are so similar. Thanks
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!
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) 😁.
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!
Love this lesson. Thank you! I'd guess most of the people who tend to overuse present perfect would be German, French, Romanian (and perhaps Italian) speakers since in those languages there's practically no difference in meaning better simple past and present perfect. PS: I swear I've heard native speakers saying "I've went to xyz".
This is the kind of English teachers I like, those that help you communicate more effectively in English, rather than those who teach you to "sound" like American (or any other native English speaking people) as though that sound is the only correct sound.
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 !
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.
One tip I have for using Present Perfect like in the first example with Squid Game is: If you can use the "yet" on the end of the sentence and it sounds reasonable, feel free to use Present Perfect. Of course with the negative responses. Im not a native though and I might be wrong, that's just something that helped me remember when to use those
The problem here is that you get students saying "I didn't see it yet" (which even some native speakers use - almost to the point of sounding reasonable, although it's incorrect).
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 would answer B to both questions regarding Present Perfect. I have been taught that we use Present Perfect when we are we are more concerned if something happened or not. When I want to know when something happened, I use Simple Past. For example I would ask my children "have you done your homework?" since I want to know if they have studied or not. But if I wanted to know when they did their homework, I would ask "did you do your homework?".
Если кто-нибудь из русских тоже смотрит это видео, то, может быть, будет полезным простое школьное правило: Present Perfect используется, когда акцент на результате действия (Я купил телевизор), а Past Simple - когда есть указатель времени (вчера, месяц назад и т.п - Я купил телевизор Вчера).
What a useful video! I think I'm the one who overuse the present perfect. Because in my mind when we don't mention an specific point in time we have to use the present perfect. I've been following lots of teachers on social media and I noticed there is one way American say things in the past and British say it in another one. Examples: American I did that. I took the kids to school. I ate my lunch. British I've done that. I've taken the kids to school I've eaten my lunch. When I see two natives speakers saying the same thing in a different way it really boggles my mind! It drives me crazy! Sometimes I get stuck when I'm trying to say things in the past, I'm like... Now should I use "I did that" or " I've done that". That sucks!!
Got only 3 right, even after living in the US for 20+ years! What a brilliant topic - something that's so obvious to native speakers while its frequent misusage by non-natives has not been articulated like this well? There are other topics which are so tricky to non-native speakers that I wish you could cover. 1) articles - a, an, the... and 2) prepositions... e.g. "something that's so obvious [to or for] the native speakers"..?
Both to and for work in that sentence, however without the, so „Something that is so obvious to native speakers“ or „Something that is so obvious for native speakers“ Sorry I‘m not great at the reasons why we use these prepositions so I will save a response for somebody who can give better advice
I also recommend to look for English tenses tables, comparing these tenses with the ones in your own language, just to make a general impression. Otherwise, learning all English tenses from scratch might seem like an algorithm or chemical formulas. 🤓
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Great lesson ! I got one wrong : "tell me about your day" I answered A. In French we use the "simple past" as a litterary tense, when we speak we use the "composed past" (the English present perfect) which has just the same meaning (in French). You can use the simple past when you speak but you will sound very posh I guess. Is it right to say "I've went" ? I'd rather say "I've gone" instead. Thanks a lot !
English teacher here (for frenchies actually!) My answer is no, because "went" is the simple past and you're mixing it with the "have" auxiliary used in the perfect tenses. This combination doesn't exist, it's like saying "i didn't gone" which is a big no-no.
I aced this video, but it is so useful and amusing at the same time! I'm so glad it popped up on my home page! Like, subscription and notifications, you're amazing!
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 :)
But what's the difference between the second question and the last one question? Could the answer to the second question "Tell me about your holiday" also be "We have been to Greece? Why does it have to be "We went to Greece" but for the answer to the last question "Do you travel much?" present perfect was used... "Yeah, I have been to Australia." Why cannot both be present perfect?? I don't really get this one. I mean...sure we went to Greece, so it's a finished action. But as you said, we have been to Greece at some point in life... We are not telling the time when we went to Greece, but the action and the fact that we have been to Greece is important... I hope you understand what I mean. Can somebody explain? I want to get it.
Thank you for the video! I thought it was very easy untill I saw the question "Tell me about your day?". I chose the present simple option ))))) The rest was true.
First thank you very much for this video.i had many mistakes but I knew the difference between the past simple and the past perfect.greeting from jordan.