Simple Past Vs. Present Perfect - Grammar & Verb Tenses
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- The simple past and present perfect tenses can both be used for a completed past action in English. So what's the difference? Learn when to use each tense with our clear grammar explanation. This video also includes a practice exercise at the end so you can test yourself.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Form
1:53 Function
2:53 Time Markers
3:56 Examples (Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative)
6:31 Practice
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We're glad to hear it still helped! We have two more videos coming in January that are for higher levels: Present Perfect Vs. Present Perfect Progressive and Past Perfect Vs. Past Perfect Progressive. Stay tuned!
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Thank you so much! Love your video. Can you please also do a video of Past Perfect/ Past Perfect Progressive, Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive?
We're making one on the past perfect vs. past perfect progressive right now! It'll be released in January. Stay tuned and thanks for the request!
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Hello ,it’s uk English or American English ?
Hi, we're a Canadian company so we use a mix of both, but Canadian English is closer to American English than British English overall. However, the grammar in all English-speaking countries is usually very similar.
The present perfect allowed Groucho Marx to say to a party's host: "I've had a wonderful evening, but this wasn't it." ;)
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Which is more correct: Have you been here before? Or Were you here before?
"Have you been here before?" sounds best to me! They're both possible, but since "before" is such a vague, unspecified time in the past, the present perfect is the best choice.
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Hi, I have a doubt.
What's the difference between
1. I have been busy ( Is the busyness finished )
2. I have been busy recently ( Is the busyness finished recently or busyness still there)
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When you use the present perfect, the "future" (finished) part of the meaning is unclear because the point of the present perfect tense is to focus on a past action that continues to the present. If you want to make the future meaning clear (that the action is not finished), you have to use the present perfect progressive (continuous) tense.
In both your examples, the busyness can be either finished or ongoing-it's not clear. The only difference in meaning in your sentences is that the second one clearly started only recently, whereas the first one could have started recently or days/weeks/months/etc. ago.
What is the meaning of "Our house has not sold" you used this in your teaching of present perfect do you not think it is better to use passive of present perfect.
Excellent question. It's really common to refer to our house in the active voice when we're talking about selling it (at least in North America). For example, it's common to say and hear "Our house has been on the market for months, but it still hasn't sold." It's sometimes correct to use the passive since the house is sold by a realtor (e.g., "Our house hasn't been sold yet.") but it's actually not as common to hear this.