Past Simple v Present Perfect Simple Tense - Learn English with Julia
In today's Grammar Lesson let's learn about Past Simple v Present Perfect Simple: use and forms. Learn English with Julia! Subscribe to my channel today! Don’t forget to check out my website: https://www.yourenglishhub.com for more free English lessons (with quizzes, downloadable PDFs, and more) and connect through social media: https://www.facebook.com/learnenglishwithjulia/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LearnEnglishwithJulia https://www.pinterest.es/learnenglishwithjulia/ https://twitter.com/learnwithjulia Transcript of video: Hello and welcome back! Let's find out when to use the past simple and the present perfect simple. Now the forms first of all. If we have a regular verb, in order to create the past simple we take the bare infinitive (infinitive without "to") and add "-ED". For example: watch - watched There are obviously some spelling changes notably "complete" which has a silent -E which we removed before adding "-ED": "completed" we also have plenty of irregular verbs for example "to teach" which becomes I "taught" in the past simple So please review your irregular verbs and watch the video on the "-ED" endings and their spelling that is for the form of the past simple when do we use this tense? we use it when we focus on a finished action For example: I booked my flights yesterday When we focus on a certain time in the past I spoke to him an hour ago or when we are referring to a specific action or event I went to the US last summer that also answers the question: which signal words do I use with the past simple? yesterday..., an hour ago..., two weeks ago..., last summer..., last month..., last week... and so on Now that's one of the main differences between the past simple and the present perfect simple Well let's start off with the form. We create the present perfect simple using "have" or "has" so "to have" as an auxilary in the present simple + the past participle which we can create either by taking the bare infinitive and adding "-ED" or adding "-ED" with certain spelling changes or with an irregular form so let's start off with "complete": I have completed or with an irregular verb, "to teach" I have taught When do we use this tense? we use it when we focus on the result of an action in the past, the result in the present for instance: I have booked my flights Or we use it with "just", "already", or "not yet" I have just spoken to him we can also use this tense when we want to find out whether or not we have done something or how often we have done it until now I have been to the States several times before. so we can use it with other signal words such as "never" I have never seen this film up to now or lately So please get some practice so that it all makes sense and thanks for watching! Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/dklB/
In today's Grammar Lesson let's learn about Past Simple v Present Perfect Simple: use and forms. Learn English with Julia! Subscribe to my channel today! Don’t forget to check out my website: https://www.yourenglishhub.com for more free English lessons (with quizzes, downloadable PDFs, and more) and connect through social media: https://www.facebook.com/learnenglishwithjulia/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LearnEnglishwithJulia https://www.pinterest.es/learnenglishwithjulia/ https://twitter.com/learnwithjulia Transcript of video: Hello and welcome back! Let's find out when to use the past simple and the present perfect simple. Now the forms first of all. If we have a regular verb, in order to create the past simple we take the bare infinitive (infinitive without "to") and add "-ED". For example: watch - watched There are obviously some spelling changes notably "complete" which has a silent -E which we removed before adding "-ED": "completed" we also have plenty of irregular verbs for example "to teach" which becomes I "taught" in the past simple So please review your irregular verbs and watch the video on the "-ED" endings and their spelling that is for the form of the past simple when do we use this tense? we use it when we focus on a finished action For example: I booked my flights yesterday When we focus on a certain time in the past I spoke to him an hour ago or when we are referring to a specific action or event I went to the US last summer that also answers the question: which signal words do I use with the past simple? yesterday..., an hour ago..., two weeks ago..., last summer..., last month..., last week... and so on Now that's one of the main differences between the past simple and the present perfect simple Well let's start off with the form. We create the present perfect simple using "have" or "has" so "to have" as an auxilary in the present simple + the past participle which we can create either by taking the bare infinitive and adding "-ED" or adding "-ED" with certain spelling changes or with an irregular form so let's start off with "complete": I have completed or with an irregular verb, "to teach" I have taught When do we use this tense? we use it when we focus on the result of an action in the past, the result in the present for instance: I have booked my flights Or we use it with "just", "already", or "not yet" I have just spoken to him we can also use this tense when we want to find out whether or not we have done something or how often we have done it until now I have been to the States several times before. so we can use it with other signal words such as "never" I have never seen this film up to now or lately So please get some practice so that it all makes sense and thanks for watching! Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/dklB/