Simple Past Tense vs Present Perfect Tense in English

buddy welcome back to our weekly live stream my name is Alisha and today we are going to talk about simple past tense and present perfect tense one of the most commonly asked questions ever on our channel I think so I hope that this will be a great lesson for beginners for intermediate students and for advanced students I hope that everybody can find something to review can find something that will help them decide when to use these grammar points because they are very commonly confused so I will start the lesson in a couple of minutes and then we'll get rolling in case you missed it today's lesson I think everything just loaded up now today's lesson I will show you the lesson title but simple past tense verses present perfect tense simple past verses present perfect I see many people in the YouTube chat hi YouTube Esteban Mahmud hi one of our members is there hello Susie hello victor hi everybody so as you join please make sure to send a message in the chat so that we can say hello to 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simple past tense so we'll start here then we'll talk about present perfect tense and then we'll talk about simple past vs. present perfect how to choose so I made a few guides kind of like guidelines or tips to help you understand when you should use which of these okay I think all right I'm set I'm going to change my setup a little bit I am broadcasting from home again this week so that's why we're using the small whiteboards so please and thank you for your understanding okay I can't see the YouTube chat right now there we go okay good let's get started then with simple past tense simple past tense hi Hector one of our youtube members join beginning it's time to begin let's look with simple past tense to begin here alrighty so simple tense first in blue when do we use simple past tense what is simple past tense for we use simple past tense for actions that started and ended in the past we also use it for repeated past actions so if we imagine this on a timeline I have these two kind of sets of markers on this timeline so on this timeline here is now the stars now there's the future today we're not going to worry about the future very much we want to focus on the past a lot today so when we use simple past tense it's for an action that started so this check mark is the start and it ended in the past it started and ended in the past so the beginning and the end of this task happened in the past it is not a task that continues okay so this is a key point that is different with the other grammar point for today all right the other point here I'm not going to talk about this a lot but for actions that repeat or oh sorry actions that repeated in the past we can also use simple past tips for example I went to school everyday when I was a kid so every day is a repeated action okay so I turned up the mic I hope that's a little bit louder easier to hear okay so how do we make simple past tense let's take a look here there are two groups of verbs to consider we have regular verbs and irregular verbs so your regular just means not regular so irregular and regular verbs first let's review regular verbs to make the past tense form of a regular verb we do verb plus e d verb plus e d here I'll raise the level if it make a little bit more verb plus e d so for example walk becomes walked and call becomes called or cook becomes cooked so these all end in Edie please keep in mind the pronunciation is not ed ed ed for everything so we have like walked or called cooked so there's kind of tend in sounds and made a video about this you can check it out on the English class 101 YouTube channel if you want to practice this I'll put a link up I I'll put links in the YouTube description after this is finished okay but so these are for regular verbs okay sound is good now okay everybody says sound is better now so alright so let's go to irregular verbs irregular verbs what do we do with irregular verbs unfortunately unfortunately it's too bad but with irregular verbs we have to study we have to study to remember the past tense form of irregular verbs so we can't just put like an e d at the end we have to remember for example eat becomes ate or fly becomes sleep what becomes put so this is this last one this is an important point put and put this means like the verb doesn't change put is the same in present tense and in past tense so please be careful of this ok so how do we make the negative form then we make the negative form by using did not plus the infinitive form of the verb so this point right here this is one that I see a lot of people make mistakes with lots of learners have trouble with this point right here so please maybe for many of you this could be a good study point so to make the negative form use did not write here or it didn't plus the infinitive form of the verb the infinitive form of the verb so infinitive again this means like the dictionary form the dictionary form so let's look at I've made a bunch of examples a lot of examples here let's take a look at them ok so to begin some people are saying it's lagging I'm closed everything on my computer it might be a little connection issue right now hopefully it will improve ok so let's take a look at some examples of this let's take a look at I've made a bunch of examples so hopefully we can't see ok so first I made coffee this is a very very basic past tense sentence made coffee you can say brewed coffee as well I made coffee so made is the past tense form of make or this one I forgot to buy milk yesterday so this is an example of a verb past tense verb paired with so put together with another verb I forgot to do something this verb to buy this verb should not change so this is another issue that I see sometimes with learners I forgot to bot is incorrect you don't need to change this verb in a sentence like this so just change this one this is the past action ok let's go to this one then he called me last week he called me last week so in these examples we can see irregular verb irregular verb regular verb yeah so forget becomes forgot made becomes made and so on with practice it becomes easier to remember all right now let's look at some negatives so negative here she didn't come to the office this morning she didn't come to the office this morning here didn't or did not rather is before the infinitive form of the verb come so we do not need to change this verb so did not came is incorrect incorrect totally incorrect I see many learners make this mistake so please be careful so not she didn't came but she didn't come to the office this morning we didn't finish our homework until midnight we didn't finish our homework until midnight again did not comes before the infinitive form of the verb no change here hmm also I've included this one just a little bit of review we talked about like bye and until a little bit a couple weeks ago this sentence we didn't finish our homework until midnight so this sentence is expressing a past action but we use simple past tense here even though like we're talking about something that took time in the past so maybe it continued for some time in the past but it finished so we use simple past tense to describe them okay let's go to the last two the last two are questions so I don't have space to make a question pattern but I want to review how we make questions the first question here is just a simple yes-or-no question so did subject did you did he did she did subject verb so in this sentence in these question patterns this verb is the infinitive form so again infinitive form is the base form of the verb the dictionary form no verb changes the basic form no change is here to make your question past tense this is important did you cook something good for dinner so make sure this bird is helping word changes finally where did you buy that shirt where did you buy that shirt this sentence this is an information question so not just yes no but I want some information in this case where so I use a WH who what where when why how also okay we're again helping verb did you buy that shirt so in your question patterns please make sure this helping verb do becomes did did so this will make your sentence or your question past tense past okay good I looking for your questions I don't see them yet I will show you this with the other board so you can take a picture a few times during this lesson too please don't worry okay I don't see your questions someone some example sentences are coming in my mood on Facebook says did you eat something yesterday very nice and Conwell G on YouTube says when did you complete your project good student project did you do breakfast maybe did you make breakfast did you make breakfast but the difference between do and make to review when we do it's an activity when we make we create something so when you cook please use make please use make uh I missed the last stream this guy that's a great past tense example okay very nice very nice let's see on Facebook I see your comment I can't read your name sorry I don't drink coffee today when you want to make a negative sentence use did not did not I did not drink coffee today did not drink coffee today okay David on YouTube says how do you answer the last question where did you buy that shirt so use a simple past tense sentence to answer it so our hint is here where did you buy that shirt I bought so to use this I bought this shirt at ABC store so you simple past to answer with a simple Pasta question some AC says I didn't not submit my project today careful care for many of you okay well a few of you did not is correct or didn't is correct but not did not didn't so did not I'll include it here or didn't did not equals didn't we can't put them together did not equals did it so not did not didn't not hmm okay yes this live stream will be saved for those for who asks blog have asked that this live stream is being recorded so please check the Facebook or YouTube after this lesson to watch it again I will put some links in the YouTube description also okay so this is simple past tense I need to move on to the next grammar point though so if you missed F what if you want to review you can check this lesson again later okay let's take a break that was a lot we'll take a quick break a quick reminder then if you missed it earlier this banner at the bottom of the screen says get your guide to learn English at home this is for one more month for one more month there is access on the English class 101.com website to a free beginner level course and there is a 52 page PDF workbook that you can download so you can practice along with you can use that to practice together with the course so we know that many people are staying at home right now and we hope that this will be helpful it is totally free you just need your name and your email address to make an account on the website and then you can download be free of course and the or you can access the free course and download the free 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present perfect tense everybody's favorite grammar point for sure I know everybody's favorite grammar point let's take a look what is this grammar point okay it's very small isn't it okay I'll get close present perfect tense we use present perfect tense for actions that started in the past and continued to the present so again the present means now especially with progressive verbs and for or since so many of you ask me I see your comments all the time what's like the difference between present perfect tense and present perfect continuous it's a continuous is when we want to emphasize an action is continuing so I'm going to talk a little bit about that today but I want to talk about the differences between this form and simple past tense in the basic form today so I'll show this in just a moment on this timeline the other point here for present perfect tense is they will use it for general life experience at a non specific hard to see nonspecific nonspecific that means not specific we don't know what we don't care point in the past a non specific point in the past so what does this mean what does this look like I don't understand let's imagine this point point one here actions that started in the past and continued to the present let's imagine this on a timeline so again the star is now our live stream right now where you're watching future we're not worried about the future today well in this course let's talk about the past so actions that started in the past and continue to the present so imagine this action started sometime before now and continues to now maybe it's going to continue after that but we want to focus on this time we use present perfect to do this and we often use present perfect with progressive or continuous to do this with for Orson's second point general life experience at a nonspecific point in the past imagine it's like this sometime in the past when this is a question mark when we don't know or it's not important but we just want to express some experience we use present perfect to do that hmm okay so let's look at how we make present perfect now to make present perfect tense we need to think about our subject this is a bit this is quite different from simple past attempts yeah so if our subject is I you we or they we use have to make a negative not plus the past participle form of a verb past participle form of a verb we have to study this for each verb each verb has a past participle form I'm not going to cover this if you want to study this please Google past participle verb list something like that you can find a list very fast that's the best way if your subject is he she or it you need to use has to make a negative not and again past participle verb here so this is how we make present perfect the basic form of present perfect to make a negative use not and of course you if you want in some cases never replaces not these questions okay alright continuing so let's look at a bunch a bunch of example sentences that I hope will help you cover whatever questions you may have I'm going to check the chat as I go through this so I hope if you have a question let me know all right first one I have been to Mexico so basic sentence this is a great grammar point for your travel experience I have been to Mexico means I have the life experience of visiting of going to Mexico I have been to Mexico don't forget this preposition to here either yeah we need to I have been to Mexico I have not been to Greece I have not so this is how we make it negative not comes before the past participle form of the verb so B becomes bit all right hello and I have shared a house with roommates before this before it's a very common word in expressions like this like when we're talking about life experience this before just means before now I've done this before I seen this before I've shared a house with roommates before okay next a never example he has never forgotten my birthday he has never forgotten my birthday so what's the difference between he's never forgotten my birthday and he's not forgotten my birthday he has not forgotten my birthday sounds like maybe this year's birthday kind of like he's not for he has not forgotten my birthday maybe in the last few years or something like that never means all time every single year he remembered my birthday so they both have they're both sometimes correct but it depends on what you want to say okay next one this is another very common question that I see from many of you she has lived in this city for three years she has lived in this city for three years can I say she has been living in the city for three years yes you can they have the same feeling in that case the difference is just that living sounds a loop like this there's a stronger feeling of continuing living in the city so in that case it's a very small difference but you can use both of them she has lived here is another example of progressive tents they have been working at this company since 2015 she's been working or sorry they have been working at this company since 2015 so again have been so bin is the past participle form of the verb to use the progressive form we follow this part with an ING verb at this company since 2015 so can I say they have worked at this company since 2015 yes so just like this sentence they're the same feeling in this case we want to emphasize the continuing feeling here so that's why this example sentence uses the iron the progressive that continue as far okay onward let's look at some questions now I see many people struggle with making questions I think you practice answering questions in your lessons a lot but please remember up with the board down please remember to make questions when you practice this is really really important for your conversation skills don't forget to make your own questions so send me some questions in the chat I don't know I answer them all practice now practice now send me some questions first what have you been to Europe have you been to Europe this means do you have the life experience of visiting Europe or has he arrived at the office yet many people ask why is this has why is this one have remember this rule appear where depending on the subject we need to use a different helping verb the same rule is in questions so my subject is you I need to use half as my helping verb I said is he she or it has is my helping verb has he arrived at the office yet hmm or have you read my email another question people ask is how do I know should I say read or read hear what what I don't know the grammar hint is right here hmm if the sentence begins with did did you read my email it's a simple past tense question and therefore we use read did you read my email if the question begins with half it's a present perfect tense question so we use read have you read my email mm-hmm okay good some examples are coming in good questions thank you everybody for practice and your questions MTA enthusiasts have you been to the to the Netherlands before no I have not I would like to go at least I have you ever been to Brazil no I have not I would like to go okay very nice tenzin on facebook says have you seen a mirror yet is that a show no okay yeah lots of people are saying have you been to Brazil No have you been to okay lots of you great great thank you for practicing your questions don't forget your - - have you been to place hmm teeka says have you visited Bali is this correct yes good so have you been to place or have you visited place we do not use to with the verb visit robbed cell on Facebook says is it better to say have you ever been in Europe or have you been to Europe have you ever been to - please use to - year okay okay Jen says have you eaten Korean food yes it is delicious good examples oh so she says have you been to space sadly no I would like to go I would like to go very much excellent examples everybody have you been to Italy yes I enjoyed it very much I would like to go again alright let's continue on nice questions everybody I'm going to continue checking we're going to look now these are yes/no questions everybody has been practicing yes/no questions very nice have you been to Asia let's practice some information questions now why haven't you finished your homework why haven't you finished your homework this question begins with Y so these are examples of questions you can use with wh so who what where when why and so on however this is negative what does this mean why haven't you finished your homework so going back to this imagine your parent your mom or your dad or someone like maybe your teacher says this to you why haven't you finished your homework so your parent is talking to you now yeah you and this time did not do your homework and your parent is asking why why not why not that's why this is negative so it's like a continuing thing a continuing action continuing state that did not Ben y asks the parent why so because I was watching TV because I was playing video games so this is why the sentence is negative why the question is negative why haven't you finished your homework this one is a job interview question what companies have you worked for yes it is common to hear this for at the end of a sentence what companies have you worked for or this one is kind of weird right where has my phone gone where has my phone gone like my phone my phone can't walk I can't move my phone like it doesn't my phone doesn't move but we use patterns like this where has my object gone when we want to be a little bit funny like maybe like we want to give the impression like we want to give the feeling that my phone maybe has legs like it moved somewhere by itself like it wasn't my fault I didn't lose it it went somewhere on its own so this expression is something you might hear when people lose their objects it sounds kind of funny like the object walked away okay oh my gosh I'm very late we have to stop that part and move on to the next part oh okay so a very quick reminder in case you missed it free guide to learning English at home check the link below the video on youtube or above the video on Facebook to get a free beginner level course and a free 52 page PDF workbook to practice your English check it out it's fantastic one month left I think let's check it out okay we have to go now to the last part of today's lesson the last part of today's lesson is click please don't panic remote team simple past tense versus present perfect tense how do I choose I don't know which one to use here are some guides these are not perfect rules but they should help you in most cases ask yourself a couple questions one are you talking about a specific point in time or a specific past time period yes simple past so for example if you want to say something happened at 2:00 p.m. or noon or this morning yesterday last year over the weekend these are really important when I was a kid or when I was in university these are points in time or we consider them like points in time past time periods so when you're talking about an action that happened at a specific point or in a specific period use simple past tense if you want some examples of this please when this video has finished check these simple past tense example sentences I shared another one are you talking about an action or a state that is still continuing so something is happening now still it started before it's happening now use present perfect to describe that I've been sick for one week so this expresses I started feeling sick a week ago and I feel sick now I've been sick for one week expresses that or I've lived here since 2017 or she's worked here her whole life her whole life I've got a question should be excellent sorry it's an exclamation point she's worked here her whole life her whole life okay when you are making your question so I said make sure to practice making questions yeah is your question about a life experience use present perfect for example with your travel experience like we just practiced have you been to France or have you seen this movie this is a general life experience question we don't we're not asking when did you see the movie we want to ask about your experience then give details in simple past so if the answer is yes use simple past tense because you are describing a specific point in time so have you been to France yes I went when I was a kid simple past okay so I hope that this helps you I will show you this in a screenshot so that you can take a picture so what's the difference between these two sentences let's finish here did you finish your homework versus have you finished your homework yet so both of these are these are 100% correct both of these sentences are perfect they're great what's the difference here yet is often at the end of a sentence a past present perfect sentence it communicates some expectation so this sentence doesn't have a similar expectation it's just like a report did you finish yes or no this sentence feels like there's some expectation I imagine you're going to finish I want to check with you that's the feeling there so they are both 100% correct it's up to you oh wow that was a lot of information I will show you the lesson boards now take a picture if you like you miss it just check the check the recording this is what we talked about in today's lesson I will include a few reference links in the YouTube description of this video so if you want some more if you want some homework check that out and of course take a look at the link below the video on YouTube or above the video on Facebook to get this free guide to learning at home I have to go I'm extremely late so please join me again next week next lesson will be June 10th that is Wednesday 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time I'm going to talk about modal verbs mm-hmm everyone's favorite verbs in the past I'm going to focus on should have and shouldn't have so I'm going to this will be the first in kind of a modal verb series I've decided to do so please join me to talk about modal verb should for next week that should be a good lesson of course we'll finish there for today so I hope that this lesson was helpful for you I hope that you maybe got some questions answered about the differences between these grammar points I will say goodbye thank you very much for sending your questions thank you for liking and sharing the video we really really appreciate it many people join us every week from all around the world that is super super awesome so I will say goodbye check out your free stuff be well be safe and I will see you again next time bye

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Length: 38min 22sec (2302 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 03 2020