Present Perfect Tense Learn English Grammar
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we’re going to talk about the present
perfect tense so I hope you are ready
this is a really good grammar point but
while we wait for everybody to join us
as usual I want to just review a couple
things some example sentences from last
week and just to answer a few questions
that came up from last week as well so
to begin first I guess I’ll introduce my
example sentence yeah my picture from
last week last week our topic was
prepositions of place prepositions of
location so we talked about how to use
like at and in and by and we talked
about into and out of so I used it as
always I try to use it somewhere
somebody asked about my Instagram
username but this is the same one my
Twitter and Instagram are the same
I said some good English questions in
video comments so I used the preposition
in here some good English questions in
video comments but many are small
questions wah wah so here we use in for
the comment section of videos and blog
posts and things like that yeah why
because it’s our comments in this case
the questions are kind of like enclosed
in the comment area we talked about how
we use in for like enclosed things or
enclosed spaces so this is another case
where we use the preposition in so this
is my example sentence from last week
yeah so that’s one I want to start with
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want to talk about so from last week
Seba 89 said I’m watching this video at
my room is that correct no watching this
video at my room is not correct you are
enclosed you’re surrounded in your room
you’re in your room so we use in my room
not at my room so please be careful
there ok another really good question
from let’s see uh Solomon Martinez in
the sea or on the beach was the question
this is a really good question so like
the beach and the ocean are really
really hard for people to pick the right
preposition with so if you are swimming
we say you are in the sea or in the
ocean in the water because you are
surrounded by the water yet if you’re
just visiting the beach we say at the
beach
I’m at the beach today if you’re laying
and enjoying the sunshine we say laying
in the Sun in the Sun and closed by
sunlight
laying in the Sun on the beach your body
is laying on the beach so there are lots
of different prepositions that we can
use with the beach and with the ocean so
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week’s present perfect tense topic Devi
pulley Nene I’m not sure if I pronounced
that right from last week said I’m
watching this video at bus or in bus
what is correct yeah we didn’t talk
about on last week the preposition on
because of time we didn’t have enough
time really
but the preposition on is usually used
for for transportation so on the bus on
the plane on the train so typically
please use on for transportation I say
typically because for cars we use in so
please use in for cars thank you for
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last week and with your great questions
I want to begin today’s topic today’s
topic if you saw I hope is the present
perfect tense so we’ve had a lot of
questions about the present perfect
tense like when to use present perfect
tense how to use it what’s the
difference between that and the past
tense Jacob right next one Alicia it was
good so today I want to talk about that
some some grammar points and I want to
make some example sentences with you
guys so as we’ve been doing lately and
as a super helpful I will use a
whiteboard to draw some beautiful
diagrams again today and we’ll talk
about the present perfect tense
so today I want to talk about two uses
of the present perfect tense to maybe
general kind of broad uses of the
present perfect tense but first I want
to talk about how to make the present
perfect tense so a very simple sentence
we can use to make present perfect tense
I think you’re gonna see it in a second
is this subject right I think you’ll see
yeah here it is so we use a subject plus
has or have plus the past participle
form of a verb okay so this part maybe
is a little unfamiliar but for an
example sentence I have been to Europe
for example I have eaten pizza for
example so this part of the verb is
maybe the difficult part it’s hard to
study this this part of the verb is kind
of verb because there’s no real clear
rule for this section but this is the
basic form of the present perfect tense
a positive sentence so we’ll practice
this and we’ll practice a negative form
of this sentence too so to make the
negative form we do the same sentence
but we add never here so the subject
plus has an half plus never before the
verb I have never been to Europe I have
never eaten pizza so this is the basic
form of the sentences we are
to practice today okay so let’s begin
with the first use of the present
perfect tense okay so if you’ve been
watching lately you know that I like to
draw things lately so I’m going to use a
timeline today I’ve used a timeline a
few times in other live streams but I’ve
used the same timeline I think a couple
times before so I’m I’m just going to
introduce when to use this first type of
present perfect tense so here’s a simple
timeline with past and this star is now
future we’re not going to worry so much
about it today we’re going to focus a
lot on the past and now these two points
today so the first kind of present
perfect tense that I want to talk about
is for general life experiences so we
use present perfect tense to talk about
just a general experience we’ve had in
our life so I just said for example I
have been to Europe is a good example of
that or I’ve never been to I don’t know
Africa for example so these are general
life experiences however we don’t know
the point in time when the experience
happened we don’t know or rather the
listener does not know the point in time
when the action happened when the
experience happened or it’s just not
important so if you think about it it’s
an experience it happened in the past
sometime before now but when is not
important or when is is not the focus of
the sentence we just want to express
experience of something so if you need a
visual this is kind of how you can
visualize imagine a grammar point number
one so let’s try to make a simple
general life sentence with the present
perfect tense then so this is good for
talking about like things you’ve eaten
it’s good for talking about travel it’s
good for talking about work as well so
let’s uh if you’re ready I hope you’re
ready you’re going to need to type
something at me now okay so our example
sentence here your question will be what
is the strangest thing you have eaten
and our follow-up question here is in
past tense please be careful where did
you eat it
where did you eat it so what is the
strangest thing you have eaten and where
did you eat it so we’ll use the present
perfect tense in the first sentence to
answer the strangest thing I’ve eaten is
and past tense here we practiced past
tense a few weeks ago yeah
do you remember I ate it up and in a
preposition from last week yeah look at
this we are reviewing so much from our
live streams in these two sentences
great so what is the strangest thing you
have eaten and where did you eat it
so like the strangest thing oh the
strangest thing I have eaten is pickled
pig’s feet I ate it in my hometown when
I was in high school I remember that it
was disgusting I did not like it at all
that was the strangest thing I’ve ever
eaten pickled pig’s feet that is a true
story that is a true story
alright so how about you what is the
strangest thing you have eaten someone
said I’ve finished my breakfast I hope
that’s not so strange what is the
strangest thing that you have eaten and
where did you eat it what happened all
right
oh good okay there we go there is a
pause for a second there Jacob right
says the strangest thing I have eaten is
candide scorpions
I ate it in a Chinese restaurant candide
scorpions I can’t imagine that but great
the strangest thing I have eaten is
candide scorpions I ate it in a Chinese
restaurant
nice Daniel son the strangest thing I’ve
eaten is monkeys meat I ate it in mud on
how Brazil monkey meat interesting I
can’t imagine that okay on Facebook
Fernanda says the strangest thing I have
eaten is crab
I ate it in the north of Brazil oh was
it like a strange kind of crab I wonder
okay um let’s see games and song says
I’ve eaten a frog in a restaurant near
my house it was delicious I’ve heard
frog is delicious I’ve heard frog is
similar to chicken see I used present
perfect tense there I’ve heard I have
heard that frog is delicious good Nancy
says I have eaten snails I I ate it in
Ensenada California oh really Ensenada
nice Yolanda on YouTube says the
strangest thing I have eaten is eagle
I ate it in a restaurant whoa in which
country I have never heard of someone
eating eagle before that sounds really
interesting very cool
Eduardo on YouTube says I’ve eaten lots
I’ve eaten frog legs in a Chinese
restaurant whoa
okay um what else Marco is that true on
YouTube is that true where did you eat
that oh my gosh oh my gosh Julio says
the strangest thing I’ve eaten is tacos
with salt is that strange is it strange
I don’t know Jennifer says the strangest
thing I have eaten is cat I ate it in
Iike Peru Peru’s I wonder how was that
one on YouTube says the strangest thing
I’ve eaten is crickets I ate it in
Wausau got Mexico whoa post guy this
changes thing I’ve eaten is braack
braack
broccoli how do you say that Broglie I
ate it in Africa what is that
someone on YouTube says the strangest
thing I’ve eaten is dolphin meat I ate
it at my grandpa’s house whoa dolphin
meat
whoa garrison on Facebook the strangest
thing I have eaten is burritos I ate it
in a restaurant a burrito strange I love
burritos what a breed is strange I don’t
know all right Everton on YouTube says I
have eaten cockroach of the sea what is
a cockroach of the sea I don’t know I
don’t know okay so lots of strange
things out there I have never heard of
some of these strange things but good so
we use present perfect tense the
strangest thing I have eaten is
something something something here’s our
present perfect tense today so I have
never eaten most of those foods you guys
just explained but okay very nice
sentences
good work so let’s continue on maybe to
our our second grammar point for today
so I said I want to talk about two
grammar points with present perfect
tense so the first one we just practiced
we use for just a life experience a
general life experience the general life
experience we don’t know or it’s not
important when the experience happen
necessarily however the second
experience or I’m sorry the second
grammar point I want to talk about today
is a slightly different use of the
present perfect tense okay so I have
made a new line in a different color so
the second point the second way to use
present perfect tense that I want to
talk about today is this it looks like
this so it’s an action which started in
the past and continues to the present or
the effect of that action starts in the
past and continues to the present so for
example I have studied English for six
months or we’ve worked together since
2012 or he has lived there for many
years so these are actions they started
in the past but they continue to the
present or the effect of that action
continues to the present so there are
two grammar points we’re talking about
today the second one is akin an action
which has an effect in the present or
which is continuing to the present so we
can use the second grammar point it’s
good for talking about your studies for
talking about where you live we’re
talking about where you work we can use
it to talk about the weather
- like for example it has started
raining we can use that for weather
changes but I want to use it for you to
talk about where you work or maybe where
you study and how long you do that so
our second example sentence for today is
coming in just a minute
the question is what do you do so first
this is a simple what do you do what is
your job in other words so I’m a teacher
I’m an engineer I’m
doctor I’m a student here so what’s your
job what do you do here is our present
perfect tense sentence though
how long have you done that job or how
long have you been a student so I’ve
been a teacher for or since here’s an
extra challenge for you today for three
years so if you would like to use for
please follow it with a period of time
for three years for two months for six
days if you would like to use since
please use a specific point in time
since 2012 since yesterday and so on so
what do you do and how long have you
done that job I’m a student I’ve been a
student for 22 years maybe I don’t know
or I’m an engineer I’ve been an engineer
since 2010 so okay great Jacob write his
first one in on YouTube I’m a camp
counselor I’ve been a camp counselor
since the summer of 2016
perfect nicely done edit let’s see Edwin
on Facebook I’m a student I’ve been a
student since 2014 perfect very nice
what else
I’ve studied English since I was a
teenager games and songs nice work
denílson on YouTube I am a Portuguese
teacher I have been a Portuguese teacher
for four years perfect lots of teachers
here one on YouTube I’m a teacher I’ve
been a teacher for 15 years nice
Alexander I’ve been uh-oh don’t forget
this I’ve been up software developer for
six years don’t forget your article here
yeah or an hmm don’t forget this guy
Nancy I’m a sociology teacher maybe I’ve
been associate sociology maybe you study
sociology I’m a sociologist be careful
Saima on YouTube I’m a civil engineer
I’ve been a civil engineer since 2014
great Alena I’m a kindergarten teacher
been a teacher for almost 20 years great
lots of teachers appender off I am a
student I’ve been a student for 40 years
great on Facebook I’m a student been a
student since 2000 Oh mm good garrison
ughter technician I’ve been a computer
technician since 2015
great Mongolian English says I’m a nurse
I’ve been a nurse since 2014 on Facebook
very nice Wow there are lots of teachers
and students watching fantastic on let’s
see YouTube jus maybe I’m a student I’ve
been a student for twenty years good and
what else
ZP says I’m an IT I’m n yeah I’m n when
make sure to use an hear I’m n IT boss
I’ve been a boss since 2009 great Gil
says I’ve been an engineer for seven
years I think that went fast CS says I’m
an account not accounting I’m an
accountant I’m an accountant I’ve been
maybe accounting student I’m not sure
I’m make sure this this part and this
part should match
yeah same thing here same title should
match I’m an accounting student I’ve
been an accounting student for a million
years okay great see Leo said I’m a
historian I the chat went by quick um
some that’s okay that’s okay
let’s see on Facebook I’m Melana says
I’m maybe I’m in finance you can use in
here before an industry I’m in industry
I’m in finance I’ve been in finance for
two years so it’s okay to use an
industry here instead of your job title
very nice
Daniel on YouTube I’m a lifeguard I’ve
been a lifeguard for two years great
very nice okay sounds good let’s move on
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present perfect tense we talked about
the first one in blue here how to use
present perfect tense for a general life
experience and second to talk about an
action which started in the past and
then continues to the present or the
effects of that action continue to the
present yeah I want to make a point we
practiced
in our second example sentence today
though for a kind of natural flow with
this grammar point you might introduce a
question in the present perfect tense
like what’s the strangest thing you’ve
eaten for example and then follow up
questions more specific questions are in
the past tense in the past tense on the
other hand we can use a present perfect
tense to introduce a question about
something you’ve never done and then ask
a follow-up question relating to your
future plans too so I want to try that
so for example let’s look at our next
question here kind of a little bit
different a different challenge here
kind of a future tense exercise what’s
something you have never done you have
never done but want to do and a
follow-up question yeah when might you
do it when might you do it what is
something you have never done so that
means here no life experience that means
no life experience here something you’ve
never done but you want to do so what is
something you’ve never done but you want
to do so for example I’ve never been to
France but I want to go and then I might
go in 2018 I might go in 2018 so I’ve
never been to France but I want to go I
might go in 2018 or maybe I’ve never
eaten candied scorpions but I might try
them in the future I don’t know so what
is something you have never done but you
want to do and when might you do it okay
so let’s try this one
let’s try this one future plans future
plans great great our producer is making
good jokes all right Junior hello Iago
hello thank you for joining let’s try
this question what’s something you have
never done but want to do so what do you
want to do I’ve never been skydiving but
I want to I might
go skydiving in my home country I don’t
know that wasn’t a very good sentence
okay Sileo on YouTube says I’ve never
been to Mars but I why I want to I might
go in 21 very nice good luck good luck
getting to Mars let me know let me know
if you can get there great Jorge says
I’ve never been I’ve never gone or I’ve
never been remember we need to use the
past participle form of the verb I’ve
never been to the USA but I careful but
I might go in for years so be careful
there these two sentences should connect
viago says I’ve never been abroad but I
want to great win when I might go in win
one okay sick guy nice hey welcome back
this week on Facebook I’ve never been to
the USA but I want to I might go in 2020
perfect Sandra on Facebook I have never
been be careful not past tense not past
tense I have never been been for travel
I’ve never been or have never gone I’ve
never gone or I’ve never been to
Australia but I want to I might go oh I
might go in next Monday next Monday
sounds like you have a plan yeah next
Monday is very very soon so I might go
next year for example it should be kind
of far in the future great more on
YouTube I’ve never been to India but I
want to go I might travel next year next
year so we talked last no two weeks ago
if you use this ayah or next year for
example no preposition is needed here
yeah so I might go in 2018 or I might go
in a few months but if you use this year
next year we do not need a preposition
here okay I’ve never seen a more
borealis but I want to I might see it in
2018 in Canada a nice one Jennifer
that’s a great idea I - I want to see
the overall Borya
I’ve never seen that before great okay
Eduardo on YouTube I’ve never been to
the States but I want to I might go in
two years good okay
dark phantom I’ve never been abroad but
I want to I might go in I might go to
Poland next summer I might go in Poland
next summer
great okay what else on Facebook Rivera
I have never been to Florida but I want
to I might go in 2018 sorry it was quick
mark Michele I’ve never been to New
Orleans but I want to I might go in in
close times I might go soon
I might go soon not close times I might
go soon on YouTube I’ve never been to
Africa but I might go I want to go one
day good ahh bra Oh Byron nice one I’ve
never played an instrument but I might
do it this year nice okay
Antonio I’ve never watched English class
101 but I want to I might watch you in
your channel banks please watch please
watch in like us great great okay
Gabriel says I’ve never eaten your food
oh that’s true that’s true you have not
great very very nice work okay but I
have run out of time as usual so I need
to wrap it up I need to close things up
pretty soon here you guys have done a
really nice job using present perfect
tense I know that this is a challenging
grammar point to talk about but you can
watch this video again on youtube or on
Facebook so that you can maybe practice
some of the sentences we talked about
and you can review the how to make how
to make present perfect tense sentences
also we made a video about this a couple
weeks ago if you haven’t seen it yet
we’re doing some new whiteboard based
videos very teachery video so a present
perfect tense video will be out soon so
please check that on our youtube channel
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that so many of you have asked about
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when should we use these what is the
difference what so I’m going to talk
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