Well, we've reached the end of our series
on English verb tenses, and you have made it all the way through. And all I can say is, "Wow!". Congratulations! It's amazing that you made a plan to achieve
something and you went for it steadily to achieve your goal. You should feel really proud of yourself and
I am very proud of you. I already know so much about you, because
you are at this point in the course. I know that you are a serious person, you
are a determined person, and you're a motivated person. And you're someone who knows how to achieve
success. And you proved that by going through the program,
doing the work that was necessary, doing the exercises, investing your time and by doing
that, you will have already - probably seen the results and you will continue to see the
results throughout your life. Perhaps people have already told you that
they notice that you're speaking better, you're writing better, and I hope you notice that
in yourself, because it really is a very worthy achievement. Okay? So now, let's have a little more fun, just
to review the twelve tenses that we have learned. Let's look at the board. So, you remember these. These were the basic tenses, right? So, what I'm going to do now is you're going
to help me to match these sentences with these tenses. So, we'll read the tenses and then we'll look
at the sentences and we'll match them up. So, you remember what they are, right? You remember the pairs. Present simple - present continuous. Past simple - past continuous. Future simple - future continuous. Okay? So remember, we have our continuous on that
side, our simple on this side. Now, let's go through the exercises. Number one: I am cooking. Number two: I cooked. Number three: I cook. Number four: I was cooking. Number five: I will cook. Number six: I will be cooking. So first, let's do it the easy way. Which ones are continuous tenses? Okay. You can tell me in one second by looking at
them, right? You know by now. They are all the ones here. Cooking, cooking, cooking. Right? These are the three that we know - these are
continuous, okay? Now, are they present continuous, past continuous,
future continuous? Let's read them. "I am cooking." "I was cooking." "I will be cooking." So, which one is present continuous? Just happens to be the first one, okay? Present continuous. "I was cooking." What's that one? Past continuous, right. You've got it. And what's the last one? "I will be cooking." What's that? Our future continuous, okay? Good. Let's look at the other three. "I cooked", "I cook", "I will cook." Alright. Which one is in the present? Yes, this one, okay? Present simple. Which one is past, past simple? Yes, this one, "I cooked". And then the last one is simple, and this
is future simple, alright? So, you already know lots of strategies, because
you've worked through the program and now you can identify which sentences are which
tenses, and you can match them up. These were with the basic tenses. Let's do a quick review with the advanced
tenses. So here, we have our perfect tenses. We have present perfect, past perfect, and
future perfect. We also have present perfect continuous, past
perfect continuous, and future perfect continuous. These are all your friends now, I know that. Good for you. So, let's try to match up the sentences with
the tenses. So, the easiest way to do it is first - is
it a continuous action or not? Let's look for the continuous actions first. So, which are the continuous actions here,
from one to six? Okay. It's easy, right, to find the word? And what would it be? It would be one here, and where's the next
one? Here. And the third one? Here. Okay? Good. So, we've already identified which were the
continuous tenses, because that's really easy. Now, let's look at what they are. First, we have here, "I will have been cooking." Or, "I have been cooking." Or, "I had been cooking." Which one is the present perfect continuous? Okay, what number? Number three, okay? So, that's over here. Number three. Which one is the past perfect continuous? Is it number two or number five? It's number five. Very good. Okay. And of course, number two then is the future
perfect continuous, alright? Excellent. So, we finished those three continuous ones. Now, let's look at the perfect tenses. "I had cooked", "I will have cooked", and
"I have cooked". Right? Which one is present perfect? Is it number one, number four, or number six? It is number six, yes. Okay? Very good. Which one is past perfect? Number one or number four? It's number one, because that is, "I had cooked". And the last one, number four, is future perfect,
because it says, "I will have cooked." Alright? Good for you! Now, you can also identify and play these
kinds of games, alright? So, now that shows that you have learned the
advanced tenses and you even know how to match them up! Good for you! So, you've reached the end of the series. What do you do now? Well, here are some ideas for you. First of all, enjoy. Enjoy the fact that you have gained so much
more knowledge now, which will help you in so many different ways when you're communicating
or working with English. You can now use this knowledge when you're
developing your receptive skills and your productive skills. Receptive skills in English are when you receive
the language through reading and listening. And productive skills are when you produce
the language through speaking and writing. So now that you understand all the nuances
of these different tenses, I'm sure that when you read something - reading a book, an article,
the newspaper, anything - you're going to understand things in a much deeper way, in
a much richer way, okay? The same when you're listening to something. When you're listening to the news or listening
to a song, listening to a show, a movie, an interview. You will see so many other shades of meaning
that you didn't realize were there before, okay? Next, it will also help you in your productive
skills, when you're producing the language. Pay attention when you are speaking and I'm
sure, as I said, that other people may also be paying attention and realizing that you
are expressing yourself in a much more articulate way, alright? So, continue to do that. And when you're writing, don't be shy. Don't worry about your English. Now, you have the ability to go forward and
write not just an email or something simple. You can think in English and you can start
to express your ideas and opinions about different things happening in the world. So, go forward confidently to do that in your
personal life or even in your professional life, alright? Next, if you've enjoyed this program and you
feel that it has benefited you, then please do share it. Share it with your friends, your colleagues,
your family members. Share it on social media. I would really appreciate if you could do
that and that way, other people that you know can also benefit from improving their English. And it will help you if, let's say, another
friend of yours or some friends of yours or family members have done the same program
and then you can kind of help each other out or correct each other if you're making any
mistakes. Or, you can compliment each other when you're
using certain more advanced tenses, okay? Great. And of course, keep learning. There are so many things that you can learn
in English. You've been through the program on English
tenses, but I have, for example, hundreds of other videos on all aspects of English. For example, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation,
business English, academic English, exam English, for the IELTS or the TOEFL and so on. So, continue to find - what are the gaps in
your English, and try to fill them. You can keep learning and improving your English. You've already shown that you're a person
who knows how to produce results. So, all I have to say to you is, "Congratulations". Thank you very much for giving me the honor
of helping you to improve your English, and I hope, in this way, to also improve your
life. Thank you very much and thanks so much for
watching.
