Present Perfect Practice Advanced English Verb Tenses
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today we have a really important topic
one that I get asked about a lot so
we’re gonna focus today on the present
perfect tense but if you have any
negative feelings about grammar or
grammar classes or grammar terms maybe
they make your heart start beating
faster did your eyes get bigger and you
get a little worried oh no
uh-huh don’t worry take a deep breath
today we’re going to talk about it
clearly I’m going to ask you a lot of
questions and you’re going to be able to
use it a lot so I hope that at the end
of this lesson you’re going to have
confidence using the present perfect
tense so are you ready for my first
question my first question today for you
is what is one thing that you did today
what did you do today what is one thing
that you did today and now just a little
hint
my question is using did what did you do
today
this is just a simple past verb what did
you do today
so for me my sample sentence is I woke
up I woke up today it’s 9 a.m. I haven’t
really done that much yet so for me I’m
gonna say I woke up simple clear one
thing that I did Gabriela says I went
for a walk wonderful Khan says I went to
school all day sunny says I surfed the
Internet I booked a course I took my
lunch break great so so far we’ve used
just simple simple verbs
I booked a class I took a walk I worked
I had my lunch well what if we want to
introduce the word already ooh if we
want to introduce the word already into
your sentence then let’s change your
verb mmm so take the sentence that you
just wrote maybe you wrote like Federica
says I went to work well let’s say if we
add the word already how can we change
the verb I’m going to give you a sample
sentence here
I’ll take Federico sentence as our
sample I went to work is gonna change to
I have already gone
Oh to work alright so we’ve got a couple
things happening here and I want you to
do the same thing with your sentence if
you’re uncertain about how to add
already into your sentence then I
recommend using this sample using the
sample to change so here we have our
verb simple verb easy clear I went to
work well if we’re gonna add this lovely
this lovely word already already we need
to add a new verb tense so let’s add
half gone gone is coming from this word
went so our original word is go I go to
work I went to work I have already gone
to work ooh
so you’re expanding your verb tenses
expanding your sentence and you’re
saying this really precisely so you
could say today I went to work but if
you want to be really clear about
something that you’ve already done
especially using the word already our
key here is the word already then we’re
gonna need to use this past are the
present perfect tense well let’s talk
about really quick this construction
because a lot of you have beautiful
sentences that you have already written
so I’m gonna read some of your sentences
and we’re going to talk about that
construction Pinilla says I have already
eaten so Yoshi says I have already drunk
before going home
I have already woken up great I have
already eaten my lunch I have already
had breakfast I’ve already studied
history Wow we’ve got a lot of beautiful
verbs for this this verb here it’s
called the past participle don’t really
stress about the grammar term the most
important thing is choosing the correct
verb so we have a lot of irregular here
a lot of you have already used those
Eitan taken gone but sometimes this
looks like just a past verb so some of
you said um I have already called my
sister Verna says I have already called
called called is similar here I called
my sister it looks the same but it’s
just not irregular it’s a regular verb
so we can add it in our beautiful
present perfect sentence I have already
called my sister I’ve already watched a
video on YouTube wonderful Alec says
I’ve already connected to a live lesson
I’ve already had my lunch beautiful
sentences now let’s talk about something
that’s not today but we’re going to add
another word here something that you
have done a lot what is something that
you’ve done a lot
maybe recently maybe in your life I have
studied English a lot
I have eaten pizza a lot maybe it’s your
favorite food I’ve gone shopping a lot
if you like shopping personally huh I
hate shopping so it’s not true for me
but what is something that you have done
a lot we’re gonna substitute this word
here let’s make a sample sentence how
about I
oh let’s talk about speaking English I
have spoken lovely word spoken English a
lot whoo lovely lovely and if you notice
the placement of this word is not in the
middle I have already gone it’s in the
middle of our verb but in this sentence
it’s at the end mmm so with the word a
lot we can’t split I have a lot spoken
oh no it’s gonna go at the end so a lot
of you have already written beautiful
sentences here thank you you’re
imitating the sentence structure I’ve
worked out a lot I’ve swam a lot oh
great great
let’s add a lot I’ve listened to music a
lot whoo I’ve done a lot of exercises I
have done a lot of exercises I have
eaten a lot today oh so maybe you’re
quite hungry but not hungry anymore
because you have eaten a lot today I see
a lot of you are writing the contraction
and this is great this is a great idea
so we can how about I’ll use read again
we can combine these two words and we
use this all the time especially in
spoken English or in casual writing to
say I’ve I’ve spoken English a lot today
I’ve eaten a lot of chocolate today what
is something you have done a lot I’ve
studied a lot I’ve watched a lot of
movies I’ve eaten a lot of chicken today
Oh interesting so maybe for you
you love chicken so you’ve eaten a lot
of chicken for me I would say recently
because it’s getting to the end of my
pregnancy my body my body has grown a
lot so I’m not using half because my
subject is not I my body or we could
even say my baby my body has grown
because my baby has grown thankfully so
we could say my baby has grown a lot so
here we are using just another way to
say have in the present tense but we
need to make sure it goes with our
subject has grown so we could say he has
grown a lot it’s true he has grown a lot
my baby has grown a lot so make sure
that your verb agrees with your subject
and now are you ready for some negative
sentences whoo I think that negative
sentences are not not really more
complicated than positive sentences
that’s the good news so I want to ask
you a question what is something that
you have never done what’s something
that you’ve never done hmm for me I
think I would say I’ve never oh I’ve
never eaten caribou meat so caribou is a
giant deer kind of like a moose and it
lives in Canada or Alaska but recently
my friend gave me some
caribou meat so I will eat caribou meat
but at the moment I’ve never eaten
caribou meat if you have eaten caribou
meat let me know so here we have our
special word this is kind of our the the
trigger we know oh we need to use the
present perfect because we have one of
these words never a lot already that’s
pretty typical for the the present
perfect so here I have have eaten I have
never eaten I have never eaten it well
I’ve never smoked I’ve never eaten
grasshoppers I’ve never met Vanessa oh I
hope someday you can I hope that would
be great we could have tea together I’ve
never been to Australia oh I really I
hope someday you can go I’ve never
spoken with a British person oh I hope
it will happen someday for you
I’ve never played tennis I’ve never been
to the US I’ve never drunk 100% alcohol
oh maybe that’s a good thing for your
health I’ve never seen snow oh so sorry
I hope someday you can experience it for
a short time a couple days I’ve never
eaten sushi but I want to try it someday
beautiful full sentence I’ve never done
it but I want to try it someday I’ve
never eaten sushi I’ve never left Brazil
but I would like to go to Argentina but
I’d like to go to Italy someday
wonderful sentence I’ve never eaten a
wild deer oh I think I haven’t even I
haven’t even eaten a deer I haven’t
eaten a deer like a local deer either
hmm well when I eat caribou I’ll let you
know if it tastes good
I’ve never traveled to the US I’ve never
learned to swim these are beautiful
sentences you’re using this same Senate
structure have never eaten caribou meat
now I want to let you know we could make
a negative sentence in a slightly
different way does anyone know how we
can use not not in this sentence how can
we use not now remember in English we
can’t have two negative words never is a
negative word but we can’t have two of
them we can only have one in our
sentence so how can we create a negative
sentence using only not hmm
to answer this question what have you
never done how can we use not I think
I’m maybe I’ll write on the side here Oh
a lot of great comments here haven’t I
haven’t I haven’t done something all
right
let’s use the word haven’t and also oh
we’ve got a great answer Scala says I
haven’t ever beautiful so here we have
never but if we’re going to use haven’t
we need to use ever if we’re talking
about something in your life what have
you never done I haven’t ever I haven’t
ever
oh I haven’t ever been to California I’d
love to go to California well actually
I’ve been to the airport but I don’t
think that that really is California so
I would say I haven’t ever here’s our
word I haven’t ever been to California
we have our important verb tenses
of then and we have that negative part
not I haven’t ever oh we’ve got some
great sentences using this so both of
these both of these are negative
sentences you can use both of them no
problem they mean the same thing it’s
just two choices so a lot of you said I
haven’t ever been to Vanessa’s house I
haven’t ever gone outside oh I hope so I
haven’t ever gone to Canada
oh I haven’t ever been to Sweden I
haven’t ever been to China I haven’t
ever smoked I haven’t ever used an Apple
laptop these are beautiful examples so
you’re using our new sentence structure
haven’t ever plus our special verb here
gone to Canada I haven’t ever smoked I
haven’t ever eaten crazy food or I’ve
never eaten crazy food we’ve got two
negative choices so now is your chance
to use this while you’re speaking I hope
that during the lesson as I’m giving
sample sentences you can repeat after me
and say them out loud shadowing is
really important for improving your
pronunciation muscles and improving your
speaking if you don’t have an English
speaker in your city who’s your friend
or if you don’t have someone to speak
English with well first of all you can
still speak because shadowing is a great
technique it’s helped so many people be
able to improve their speaking skills
and just have a chance to use English
out loud so shadowing means you’re
repeating directly after me so are you
ready to shadow a sentence with me
shadow and say it out loud if you can
say it loudly great if you say it
quietly it’s okay oh I’ve got marker on
my hand if you say quietly nope
boom I think this is a good chance to
speak out loud and use our sentence
structure from today so let’s say a
sentence together using the present
perfect are you ready
clear your mind take a deep breath and
if you would like to write this sentence
in the chat box it’s also good listening
practice to see if you can hear each
word each individual sound and to see if
you can write it correctly
it’s like a dictation practice just one
sentence so I’m gonna say the sentence
and I want you to write it and then
we’re gonna say it together let’s get
started let’s say a sentence about
English I’ve already spoken English
confidently today because right now
you’re doing it I’ve already spoken
English confidently today I want you to
shadow repeat directly after me I’m
gonna say it slowly and if you want to
write the sentence go ahead make sure
that you’re also saying it out loud
let’s say it slowly and focus on
pronunciation I’ve already spoken
English confidently today I’ve already
spoken English confidently today yes
you’re doing it right now thank you for
writing these sentences excellent your
dictation skills and listening skills
are improving hopefully your speaking
skills as well so let’s say this quickly
together a couple times I’ve already
spoken English confidently today I’ve
already spoken English confidently today
when you say it with confidence your
body feels more confident your posture
is straight you’re smiling I’ve already
spoken English confidently today yes I’m
doing it
thank you so much for speaking
confidently and for opening your mind to
this verb tense today I’ve already
spoken English confidently today keep up
the good work and continue to speak
confidently I hope that you feel
confident about using the present
perfect tense in these three sample
sentences with already and a lot and
with never and ever in a negative way
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