Practice the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE in English!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2024
- Did you know that it is possible to have fun while learning grammar? In this lesson, I will teach you my favorite game for practicing the present perfect tense in English. You will learn how to use it to talk about past experiences. For example, when using the verb “to drink” in the present perfect, do we say, “Have you ever drank?” or “Have you ever drunk?” Watch the video to find out. You will also hear many more examples in conversation with a surprise guest. That’s right! There will be a surprise guest who will also help you to learn and remember the present perfect tense. Test your understanding with the quiz at www.engvid.com/practice-the-p...
NEXT, watch one of my other grammar lessons:
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TRANSCRIPT
Emma: Hello. My name is Emma, and we have a very special video for you today. Okay? In today's video you're going to learn a little bit of grammar about the present perfect, and then you are going to play a really fun game. Not only are you going to get to play a fun game, you're also going to get to meet my sister. Yes, Emma has a sister, so you'll get to see my sister a little bit later because she is going to play the game with us as well. So, let's get started and let me teach you this grammar point, so then we can get to the fun stuff. Okay?
So, today we're going to talk about the present perfect. The present perfect is a bit of grammar. Okay? It's a type of tense that many students get very frustrated with. They don't know: "Do I use the present perfect? Do I use the past tense?" It can be really difficult. So, when do we use the present perfect, and what is the present perfect?
Well, let me first give you an example of a present perfect sentence, because maybe you've seen something like this before. "Have you ever been to France?", "Have you ever lived in a different city?", "Has your sister ever been on TV?" These are three examples of the present perfect.
So, when do we use the present perfect? Well, there's different times we use the present perfect in English. In today's lesson, we're going to focus on using the present perfect to talk about a past experience. So, this is something interesting. An experience is usually an interesting experience; although it doesn't have to be. So, it's an experience that has happened in the past. So, it's not happening now, it's not happening in the future; it's already happened. It happened before, in the past. That's why a lot of students have a hard time with the present perfect because they see the word "present", and they get confused. "But how can we be talking about the past?"
Well, the present perfect can be used to talk about a past experience, and we use it to talk about a past experience when we're just talking about something that happened, but we're not talking about when it happened. We're not talking about a specific time; we're not talking about a date. We're talking generally about an experience that happened in the past.
So, I wanted to focus on present perfect questions to ask people about their experiences, because a lot of conversations start this way or have this in them. So, when we ask a person a question about the past experience, we can ask them: "Have you ever...?" This indicates we want to know something about somebody's past. "Have you ever been to France?" for example. So I'm asking you: "In the past, have you been to France?"
So, to create the present perfect, let's talk about form now. We have: "Have you ever" and then we add something called a past participle to make it the present perfect. So, what's a past participle? Well, a "past participle" is a form of the verb. So, for example, in this case we have the verb "be", "to be". The past participle form of the verb "to be" is "been". Okay? In this case, we have: "Have you ever" and we have our past participle. What's a past participle again? It's a verb in a specific form. Okay? So it's a specific form of a verb. In this case, "lived" is the past participle of "live" or "to live". And our last example. Oh, we have "been" again, which I've already discussed.
So, we use past participles in the present perfect. Now, this is where it gets a little bit challenging. There are two different types of past participles; we have our regular past participles and our irregular past participles. So, what's a "regular past participle"? Well, this is a verb where we just add "ed". Okay? So, for example: "play" becomes "played", and I add "ed", and that makes it a past participle. Another example is just down here: "lived". "Live", we add "ed" and it becomes "lived", and that's an example of a regular past participle. Okay? So, have you ever...? […]
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Emma, You are one of the most natural teachers I have ever seen in my life. Eventhough u r not the most eloquent person, u have the intellectual ability to analyze and emphasize on every rule in the grammar spontaneously. We are proud of you Emma..!
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Eloquent? She's not eloquent? What kind of feedback is that? Good grief. She's a wonderful teacher.
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Hello Emma, I am teaching ESL now and I found your illustrations so helpful and clear. Thank you so much!
I have reviewed different videos to check English Grammar and use them in my classes. I have to say that Emma is one of the best: clear, dynamic and knowledgeable! My very best from A CHILEAN and USA resident.
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Your sister is very nice. I hope to see her again on your videos, Emma. Thank you so much!
i think too , beautiful girl i have ever seen
I won 7 left
So nice
@@chasebeckett7063 That means, you are a little bit introverted person :)))))
they're both nice
I had just won the game!! :))
Anyway, I love how Emma prepares her lessons. It's not boring and at the same time very inspirational and motivating as well. I love how she naturally elaborate the topics in her lessons that's why I can understand better and catch my attention and also I love how sport her sister is they are both pretty! She is one of my favorite and the reason I watch EngVid. Keep up the good work Emma!! You're so smart and simple! I am humbly from the Philippines thank you and..
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I tried this with my students today.... We had so much fun. Teaching second language English. I asked questions such as Have you ever been arrested? Or have you cheated in a test? Etc... We laughed so hard. They will never forget the rule or the lesson. Thank you for a fantastic lesson plan
Unfortunately I kept my 10 fingers up 😂😂😂
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I loved this class, thank you, you're the best teacher! Kisses from Brazil
This topic , I think , is the only best way to help students to facilitate their spoken English . In French is called: " conjugation " which I seldom seen English teachers using it . So great lesson Emma ! I appreciate it !!!
I haven't ever learned any good lessons about present perfect tense until I watched your video. Thanks for all of things that you do. Keep going Emma
I’m a new subscriber and I really like and enjoy your classes Ms Emma; you’re an excellent teacher, the best I’ve ever seen. I took an English course in the USA long, long time ago and you’re refreshing my mind in many ways. I’ve no doubt you were born to teach, thanks to haven for giving us such a teacher like you. By the way I won the contest
Emma , you and all your lesson is awesome .You are showing a simple but very effective way of learning english .
I truly recommend your videos, Emma. You are amazing. Thanks a lot!
My knowledge about more and more with Emma's lessons...Thanks for your efforts!!
Отличный урок. Спасибо, Эмма!
You are the best Emma! Thanks and nice to meet your Sister she doing well hope to see her soon!!
Not only are you Good looking and have a good personality but your sister is the same,we've learned a lot from you ,appreciate it😊
I enjoyed your game, it was so good, it was helped me to understand very easily my homework and completed me knowledge about how i can use the present perfect, I usually love watch your video and i love your way you teach english, keep it up. blessed i am from venezuela spanish speaking country.
Hey, Emma! I loved this class. Thank you for your class. In additional, I’ll show this game to my teacher! Your sister is very kind!
great Emma ,it's so easy learning English with you ! You are my favourite teacher .
Looking forwards other video .Thanks a lot
This game was really nice to understand the lesson! Good job!
I love you Emma, thank you for introducing us your sisters. One of my dreams is to meet you when I travel to Canada, you are a power woman!
I love your videos and the way how you teach english ❤
I'm Trying To watch all your videos, you are very understandable and helpful for me. Thank you 💓
You are the best teacher I've ever seen everything is easy to understand with you thx😘💓💖💗
Hi Miss Emma . I wanna thank you for your hard work . and letting you know that I've been learning a lot from you . you are a great teacher and I also wanna to add that I love your personality you are so kind and sweet God Bless you for ever
I have been studying English for soo long. It was a good lesson, thank you! 🙂
Like it so much im very happy to practice english again .
Thanks Emma... great Idea to keep my students playing and learning English.
I have enjoyed emma's lesson.
I have thanked emma for her wonderful work.
Hi Emma, Please make more videos with your sister. This video is very interesting and helpful to understand the present perfect tense. I hope you will make videos with your sister soon.
Have you ever seen 2 lovely amazing sisters standing alongside each other on youtube? 😄
You both are shinning!!
Yeah if I type 2 sisters on the youtube search I would probably find some. Yes they are both shining.
Your subject is the the amazing
Your subject amazing
Great lesson. Thank you.
Interesting activities with the fingers up and down.I look forward to learn more. Thanks
THANKS FOR THE CLASS TEACHER EMMA.. 😄👍👍
I liked the way you explained it😌, I just thought I was there for a moment 😅, it was a good class 👏👏👏👏
I have learned Englsh a lot thanks Emma! I really Appreciate it.
I kept three fingers up!
I'm still learning with you! 😍😍
Yes, I have been to south America. Thank you Emma & Audra for finger game.
I won the game
You're an amazing teacher I wish you could be my mentor
Hello, Emma... I liked so much your class. You are very nice, creative and good teacher. I follow you about 2 months ago and I think that I learn a lot with you. Present Perfect Tense was very easy. Thanks from Chile to you and Audra (sorry if I wrote her name wrong)
You should have used the present perfect in your comment as a way to practice it , so instead of writing "I follow you about 2 months ago", you shoul write "I have been following you for 2 months". Best
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You're a great teacher. This lesson was so good, I've learned a lot with this video and I hope to watch more as soon as I look your list in TH-cam.
About the game, I lost, the last three questions were fatality to me hahaha I've been laughing during that part.
Good job, it's admirable your work
Amazing way to reminde the lesson , keep going
I won, thank you both for your time
So amazing lesson, thank you both so much! Its easier now to remember, I won with just one finger left😁 You and Audra are so adorable! Wish you all the best!😇
Thanks
She is simply the best teacher I have ever had.
Hi Emma. It is to tell you that I have learned a lot with the classes you share, even the pronunciations I have improved. I am Latino living here in the United States. my pronunciation was very bad now I have improved a lot
Thanks for your teachings
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I won the game and thank you emma for helping me with my english love this so much
I think it is extremely difficult for a foreign learner of English to have a clear about the present perfect tense. A teacher can start like this .He can draw the picture of a leaf and say I have drawn the picture of a leaf. Rub the board and say l have cleaned the board. The teacher can ask a boy to close the door. Ask him"What have you done "?He will say "I have closed the door ".Who has closed the door? John has closed the door
The teacher can create more situations and elicit questions and answers Of course the teacher has to teach the form of the verb used in the present perfect tense.
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watch this in 2020, i'm sending so much love from indonesia
xaxa no finger down of my all fingers ...thanks you so much
im glad to see you always... make more videos please
Finally I have found u r channel, it's help to improve my English speaking.these video was amazing 😁
I feel like how this kind of videos get it more interesting. Also I learned new words and expressions. Thanks Emma and sister
I can’t thank you anymore Emma because your all lesson is excellent, powerful and useful.
Her explanation is very clear, too Watandar.🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫👏
Thanks Teacher! I've loved it a lot!!!
I've already experienced most of the things presented on your video. After the game had finished, i had 4 fingers up yet. I really like your method, it has excellence. You learn with fun. Can you make a video about present perfect and present perfect continuous?
I have won the game hahaha. Thank you, This lesson was really interesting, I can understand when you talk.
I follow up all the lesson given by EMMA. I like the way she teaches. Many thanks EMMA
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I love Your vídeos and i fell in love with Your sister Thanks for the practice!!!!
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hi, emma ..i learn english language a lot with you...every day. thank you blessings.
I won and I have 5 left
And your videos are helpful thanks
Hello Ms, Emma and your sister. I love you’re methodology in teaching.
I'm happy to see mam Emma your a good teacher.. I want to learn more English so I always watch your video.
Your way of teaching is so easy to understand.
Emma, I played the game and got two fingers left at the end. So that means I win. Hahaha! Kind of fun game! Your sister Audra is gorgeous!
Hiii how are you
@@ammyvloger5470 Hey! I'm good, thanks. Yourself?
Hello Emma!
I'm the Fourth..!
God bless U.
I have won the game I have 9 fingers up
excellent info and game.. I;lll use this in my present perfect classes.
Hi Emma! I am from Nepal. I love the videos which you developed. It is really helping me to improve my English. I hope I will get chance to speak with you in the future. Thank you
Ms Emma I had a long time without see you
Hi Emma, long time no see, how's it going? We miss your awesome lessons.
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Since I have known you in you tube I always make a follw up and I really understand you. For sure you're up cingrats. I appreciate
I'm Sudanese. I love your methods of teaching
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Hello girl
What a nice vedio
I have been enjoyed with this video , thank you for all your lessons
I loved the class! It was really nice to meet your sister, Emma and the game helped a lot to learn present perfect!
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How are you??
Your video is great
Miss. EMMA,
How are you?
I like your lectures .
They touch my heart.
One of the second to none tutor for me. I really appreciate to your teaching style. Today i also have learnt to much things from this video and also fortunately won this game❣️🙏
Emma your lessons so important to me thanks for you doing.
Hi Emma. The game wasn't fair enough because some questions included bad habits and some didn't.
The game should have been like this: you ask questions about bad things that a person have probably done before and then if their ten fingers go down before others they will lose.
Thanks so much i really enjoyed playing this game and i would like to thank your sister for sharing us this lesson.
I lose hahahaha.. That's an interesting game to play.
Who was it that famous person? :o
I won the game with six fingers up! This game is amazing to practice English! I love it!
I love this game,thank you!!!
I have won the game. Audra has more interesting life!
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OMG. I win 5-0, I noticed that I have a lot of "have never" in my life.
Realy, you are a good teacher in English as ever I seen. Your technique is very good. I love you.
Your are really a wonderful teacher. I like your way so much.
Can you please make a video on how to recognize Phrases and clauses in long sentences with many commas like the ones below.
1. One of these days, maybe soon, this trade war is going to end.
2. It will be a truly multipolar world, with Asia as one of its most domi-nant regions.
3. . Since the 2008 global financial crisis, emerging Asia’s combined GDP has grown 188%, versus 19% in the U.S. and 13% in the EU, according to the IMF.
4. Asia already has more billionaires, at 827, than second-place U.S. at 585, according to the 2018 Forbes billionaires list.
5. Without any grand design or pretense of shared values, Asia has become one of the world’s most economically integrated regions, second only to Europe, despite lacking a regional free trade agreement.
Namaste Madams Good Morning Madam..And thankyou So Much Madams...
I find this class very interesting. Specially the game.
Very very exciting my sister Emma
Your lessons are very enjoyable and educative
How do i start learning English?
Tenses first
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Hi sis Emma, how life is going on? thank you for your lessons😍😍
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Hi, i' m very happy for the way you use to help some people especially to me, I am a Haitian I would like to learn English but I can't find anybody to help me, I see you teach really well, please can you help me in this situation
So happy to see you
And your sister
good luck
Hello
Really helpful your game... Thanks
I lose the game with Audra
Kiss pretty girls 😉
She’s older than emma
Idk
Gracious Emma for your wonderful tutorials.
A good lesson, really. When i was studying English in my past, some people said to me, that i had to keep track such word as "ever" (ever - as indicator of Present Perfect). Because when you see it, you must use Present Perfect Tense one hundred percent ).