Advanced English Grammar Lesson for ESL - Perfect Tenses

[carlosell]

I have a silly question: Why they are called present/past "perfect"? Where is the perfect feature?

[zawmbees]

@carlosell They use auxiliary verbs.

[MrSajeebmk]

Thanks, This is very important for All

[azrausa]

Thank you so much for your video.

[azrausa]

I realy like him are teacher is not good at all.She can evet pronaunce english

[happy002]

I agree. Number 2 should be 'i have never eaten...' and ESL is english as a second language.

[karatekidx5000]

I'm pretty sure #2 should read: "I have never eaten pizza before I arrived."

[askadetra]

i'm from bulgaria and i can never understand the perfect tenses. it is hard for me. i have a problem to tell someone that i did something. what do i have to use then - i have done or i did? will someone tell me please

[TheRmp1807]

@askadetra If you're speaking about the past (which has finished) but TIME has NOT finished.

For example, "I have been to the gym this month ..." where your visit to the gym has finished but the week hasn't finished.

[askadetra]

@TheRmp1807 thanks

[enhee55]

thanx a lot

[samdream4]

good job!!!love the way you teach

[ramette99]

Is it ok to say: 'I'm getting up early tommorrow'?

[vivalaresistanc]

I'm pretty sure it's ate, not eaten.

[Julinhaaaa2]

@vivalaresistanc ate (past) eaten (participle)

[lbnnt]

thanks for such an amazing video.

[03462896503]

hi anone practice of each section of English add me on my skype id"sajjadhellokhankhan"

[jaskiratsher]

Visit wiziq[dot]com/classes/

Attend live free classes with diversity of subjects in a virtual classroom with a live teacher online!

[tjk61shamshod]

thank you for your video , it really helping me with my english , thank you

[eleuthromania]

I think most students in the classroom would have switched off by the end of the first two or three minutes. Cool consolidation excersise with the stem sentences though.

[rubyannn]

what does "By the end of the week" mean? is it (the days) from NOW to THE END OF THE WEEK?

how do you say the (only or one) day at the end of the week? is it "At the end of the week?"

[mayaxxdiva]

thank u xx

[TheRosangela1987]

Congratulations teacher! You teach very well! I'd like to know if you can send some videos, teaching for students in their first English class. How can we teach for people who never have seen or studied English before? Please, I'm starting to teach English and in the School I'm going to teach they want me to speak only in English in the classroom. Please help me!

Thank you very much!

[marslark]

sure not.

[Nathanalism]

@ckrom123 Future perfect

[ARASHME11]

i enjoy learning english, very informatve

[WittoOsst]

Yeah! Nice lesson! I understood something! there are too many tenses in English!) But unfortunately we have to know all of them, to be understandable.

[Humanitymeans]

Thanks alot .. I have a question ... In one of the example you explained that "since last monday i have woken up early 4 times "(Present perfect tense) ... Can we also use it as " since last monday i have been waking up early " ( Present perfect continuous tense ) ????

[kutigoi]

@Humanitymeans YES You can also use it like that,which is 100% correct.-it all depends on what you are trying to tell people.In this video,the teacher is trying to tell us that he has woken up early 4 times since last Monday,only 4 times, NOT everyday since last Monday,he has missed some days,that is,he had woken up late. In your case,"Since last Monday I have been waking up early", tells us that you have been waking up early EVERYDAY since last Monday,You haven't missed a day till now.

[math110c]

In Denmark we learn English in school, so the grammar ain't the problem for me. My problem is my accent. So what me and my friends did was to start speaking English as our main language and only watch English TV. And now my English is just as good as my Danish :D so I'm happy hahah

[kutigoi]

@math110c Math110 I believe you,I have met many Danish,Dutch ,Swedish backpackers etc and have always been amazed by their English,I mean their grammar-they rock.

Good on you.

[rockYhre]

Thumbs up for the skiing 50 times.

[TheDarklord0211]

i cam her to understan moar wrds!

but i t to hard

[Knockturnall1]

@TheDarklord0211 Don't worry my friend, you will learn if you study and practice continuously...

[ckrom123]

@Knockturnall1 But beware of the "dark side" of the force.

[cXkInGoD]

Hi Brian I just watched your video, and I will practice your study tip and will let you know how it pans out.. Thanks for your video lessons and may god bless you!

[ezrhino100]

how is this different from teaching grammar to an american?

[Alecs1122]

I got an English test tomorrow morning.. Listening and reading test.. It is hard to do the listening test cuse the speaker is always from England, I hate that accent :P the American accent is better and easier to understand, at least that is my oppinion :D

[seqds]

Thanks.

[levantine79]

I almost study tenses everyday but still confusing me :(

[isasave]

@levantine79 you´re not the only one! i got some problems with this too! i guess it´s kinda confusing for non english speakers :S

[NathanSpellman]

Holly molly on toast!

I hate grammar, makes language too much like math... though Chomsky would be happy :/

[starkkid]

@NathanSpellman  mfao!!!!

[lordlarlordu]

Thank you mate!!

[AaronGomori]

These days, I wake up early.

Yesterday, I woke up early.

The day before, I woke up early.

Sense last Monday, I've woken up early.

Before this week, however, I woke up early.

Tomorrow, I'll wake up early.

By the end of the week, I'll wake up early.

Wouldn't these make better examples? As they're simplified as they can get.

[lovekhmer2008]

I know the rule of past perfect but when I write or fill in context I still have confusion what should I do to clear about past perfect? or all student like me.

[MuHnA12]

it nice video ...

[Lawyerchk]

May all my teachers live long

[matador0731]

Is it correct if I answer using simple past to a present perfect question as in "have you seen that movie?" you said that we can use simple past or present perfect in that question. Is this grammatical correct? Thank you professor.

[shiningstars109]

I speak English as my first language and yes, I believe that is correct. (At least that's what everyone says, lol)

[watcher2987]

Yep. In North America it's perfectly fine to answer a present perfect question with a past simple answer; (in fact it sounds more natural). Answering with the present perfect (eg. "yes I have seen it") is fine also. Native speakers almost always use a contraction however, so "I have" becomes "I've." "Yes I've seen it."

[25943148]

"repetitious" when he says before the vid ends is.. kind of a strange word to me.

[WLCM007]

Good job. Receive a "Hi" from Colombia

[chommanee1]

Thanks, I am impressed by your vids, just subscribed because I am sure your vids will help me improving my English.

[ChanaRules]

I understand the sentences that are written on the board, I can translate them and know what they mean, but the guy is talking a litlle bit fast and... U_U

I've got so much to learn still....

[phuongusf]

You guys do a good job! But can you guys do some things really complicated in grammar E like what the actual english and prober E? Ex; he was dead... Is it prober E

[buhotle]

what does mean ESL

[bizpod]

ESL = English as a Second Language

[gocomments]

@bizpod more of these and i gonna get that communication and written skills,.tnx

[math110c]

@buhotle you mean "what does ESL mean" :D

[alsadeg111222]

@math110c

u mean " what does ESL meanS " :)

[math110c]

@alsadeg111222 Oh damn it! :D

[obamatran]

@alsadeg111222 THAT MEAN ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE

[simoneology]

@alsadeg111222 It's "What does ESL mean?"

[ckrom123]

@alsadeg111222 Actually, ESL is an acronym that stands for: English Slut Lovers

[alsadeg111222]

@ckrom123

good informations that really helped 

[858top]

@buhotle

ESL stands for English Standard Language ( positively think so)

[kafrikios]

poutsa fae

[Ewka0301]

Thanks for the lessons. They helps me a lot. :D

[geckoaimable]

great video, fantastic lesson, kind teacher, thanx anyway...

[jfreshja]

thanks for this....

[Noahangel21]

Thanks man i had been confused until you told us.

[WLCM007]

Thank you. This is a big tool to everyone who study the English language. Bye and continue with this.

[diego30178]

Can we use the past perfect in the same way as the past simple, i mean in meaning?

[HorrorAddict23]

thanks dude, you've helped me alot.

[karolintxu]

Thank you for this lesson! "It has been" really useful =)

[ahmadalshhri]

great lesson and perfect teacher ,,

[raoufpr]

Indeed you are a good teacher.

[marslark]

thanks my dearest teacher

for your great efforts

pls

can i find past perfect lesson

and the use of " used to "

e.g.

I used to smoke.

thanks again

and my God bless you.

[ckrom123]

@marslark Do you bless everything. I mean, if you walk into a Wal-Mart, do ask the clerk to bless your purchase for you?

[yuleli]

Wow, you are a great teacher. I will love to have this clases face to face with you!

Thank you for your time and effort.

Cuba

[ximenadel61]

Very good video, you are very clear in order to explain grammar.

Thanks because I'm learning english and for me it has not been easy to learn.

Thank you

Ximena from Chile