English Grammar - Past Simple & Present Perfect

[kingvaniets]

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[seknam]

thank for your class , my friend!!!!!

[fancydancevideos]

I speak English so I'm a genius! :)

[royaltornado]

:(I have still confused between these specilly in Question & negative

[EmilleTayanne]

You've helped me a lot James! xoxo

[kratingdaengful]

Hi James, I love your videos but please try to use new pens to write on the board the sound it's quite annoying

[AnGeLkUrTcObAiN666]

Thanks !!!!!

[rafi3alshan]

English Grammar make me crazy !

[MrChimkin]

Thank you, James. But could you also specify which tense would be more appropriate in the following cases: 1)" Who broke the window? " or "Who's broken the window?" 2) The man who gave me some advice or The man who's given me some advice, etc. We've always been told in Russia that if a specific time is not specified, than we should use the present perfect. However, I see the tendency among the native speakers to use the simple past in cases like I described (I've described)). Thank you !

[jimmyjtruman]

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[Mickycond86]

Wow , is he a teacher or a porn actor ?

[Maram1998100]

Hängts bei euch auch soo scheiße ?

[aljpeneesy]

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[xxelexx95]

MI hai aiutato veramente tanto!

Sto ripassando per il rientro a scuola e questo non mi era tanto chiaro, ma ora va molto meglio!

Thank you ;)

[gsinhnui]

thank you!

you really know how to teach English unlike some of my teachers...

but it is still a problem for me to remember the name of every time, like past perfect,present perfect,ect

[MsPopolon]

i didn't know i was wrong all along.this is very useful.thanks a lot:)

[omaid9]

Very good.

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[Southaid]

This guy does a fine job. is he still with the company. I enjoy his presentation. I like the body language, which helps to keep the lession in the brain

[vinimnzshartmann]

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[eutsi93]

oh! this helped me a lot!

[fon1625]

Thank you.

[paulonzo1]

Mate that was great. I'm teaching this stuff in Thailand at the moment and it bores me to death but having a soccer fan explain it helps. When you have to explain the off side rule, you know how to explain this grammar mumbo jumbo.

Clear, concise, excellent...

[rikardopires]

you missed the spelling dumb ass

[Ava3033]

Thanks.



[jesus77755]

Great job!....I've learned a lot...

Thanks

[GuidingStar2011]

Amazing MashAllah... thank u a lot... and u r funny too :D

[sebas11ify]

James you are the best teacher .......

[amandinhaa96]

Muitoo bom!!

you are a very good teacher!!!

I learned a lot..

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[PAMGIRL1224]

wooooaaaaa :O you´re a very good teacher ... im pleased to be your student :D

[TheVerinen2]

Where is the different between " I have had great time here" and " I am having great time here"

[11Kyure]

@TheVerinen2 I have had a great time here is past tense, and I am having a great time here is present tense.

[mongoolfilms]

I forgot my books on school so I can't learn for my test xD

When I saw your video I finally understood

A thanks for James from The Netherlands

[vickynghenhac]

cool, thankssss. great teacher

[wolhva]

Thanks! I wish to be your student)

[19sept76]

Check the second time you spelt article.

[Naama178]

Hey can someone please help me?

Can I say - I've read the book 35 times?!

and can I say - I have lived in America for 5 years? or should I say I lived in America for 5 years? (because I'm using a specific time).

[UnitedIrelander]

@Naama178 I'm not an expert on grammar but I am a native speaker and all of the above sounds fine to me.

[edanceca]

When you say "I've lived in America for 5 years" you mean you've been living there for five years and you still do it. If you say "I lived in America for five years" you mean you lived there for 5 years but you don't live there anymore. Hope i've helped you.

[edanceca]

@Naama178 When you say "I've lived in America for five years" it means you've been living there for 5 years and you still do. When you use the simple past and you say "I lived in America for 5 years" it means you lived there for 5 years but you don't live there anymore. Hope it helps you.

[simpleadd]

your lesson has liked too much

[happysolovey]

it's very helpfull. Thanks James.

[gracianabeb1]

Hi!teacher,James thank you so much for posting this such a great video it really helps me alot..now its clear for me their differences and usages between P.S and P.P. .I hope you can post more confusing lessons for us..

[sony200a]

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thank brother



[WilkVreid]

Very nice, good job!

[southofbsas]

do really English speakers notice the difference when pronouncing a regular verb in the past tense? by just adding a small sound like d or t ?

[amir97]

@southofbsas yes they do. learn how to pronounce them correctly and you'll notice the difference

[anonymous2431]

you spelled article wrong

[Neomataznay]

I really like the way you teach. I'm in my fourth year now, and I use your videos as a back up. To check myself, and maybe 'borrow' a bit of your method. I sent (past simple:D) your link to all my peers, this morning!

[sergyu123456]

Present perfect can be replaced with the present.

I've seen this video. - I know the video.

I've done this before! - I know how it is to do that.

[tvmxo5]

God saves the net

and hats off to James.

[H2H3F]

Why all you Put Subtitles In english Please ..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RAQUITO4100]

I really love your explanation .i think it is the best way to understand it

[islamfekry]

oh, man

you are sooooo cool really

im a teacher and i truly learn from you.

Thanks

[manolitomulat]

you are the best teacher i'v ever known

[rjuskow]

James, I've been looking at 'present perfect' posts and it is not a bad job. You are better than most ot the other sites I have looked at. (For the sake of keying and my terrible typing, let's call the persent perfect tense 'pp'.) Unfortunately, you still missed it.

[Kakuzuuuu]

Awesome man I think that I understood everything now. Just one more thing, I have watched another video about presen perfect and there they were talking about unfinished present perfetct ( whatever it was). So does this mean that if I say I've waited that I started to wait in the past and still waiting in present now ?

Or is that only for sentences like I've been in America since ...

Please answer ...

[dogfacecow]

Thank you, i am trying to learn spanish and your explanation of the tenses past per and past simple helped me a a lot

[michaelimk23]

you're a big guy.

think twice before flirting with your gf.

[jebi789]

sound is bed , very bed. dont understand

[Slahrichi14]

@jebi789 cuz youre too busy sleeping

[Kaska1111222]

super, super:)

[trekmogui]

That's just great! =D

Thanks!

[Bostezador]

6 months from now? Simple past for the future? Fist time I've heard that.

[cpssnorman]

thats EASY

[SASAirlines]

Do I always need to use a specific time when I use the past simple ?

[chetah6252]

yes, if you want be more grammatical but it's accepted and understood in everyday English if you don't specify time adverbs

English can be confusing

[y2o2]

you're very good, i really understood it FINALLY :D

[KillThatEmoChild]

very nice explained, my whole class has problem with this stuff, I'm going to suggest this video to them. tnx very much :D

[elliehs]

Wow... you've helped me a lot! Thanks!

[faisal1291]

you are greate man

[MsLola17]

Why this is so complicate? i dont understand it still

[mickiefans]

Me 2!!:D

[Miniboulette]

It's so well explain. Thanks very much james.

But, what about the differences in using present perfect and simple past between English and american ? With "yet" "just" and "already" ?

We had better know it cause I'd been confused a long time before someone finaly told me the rule.

[jri3eiro]

Hi James, many thanks for your videos!!

[HoUsEtTiNa4e]

but you're amazing! *____*

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[IzayanaNicaragua]

James is doing a great job. Thanks for your videos!

[oOBriLLianTOo]

225 views = 5 rates!!!

ppl if u find his videos improving ur second language then it means he is doing a great job to u which means he deserves a reward. this reward is one click on the fifth star so that he keeps up the good work. i think most of the views belong to chinese (cold blooded) :p

[awaitedfriend]

Good one. Informative.