Thanks again for your new lesson. A couple of weeks ago I sent an email to an Ausssie friend and I wrote something like" You look kind of sad in the photo you posted, do you ever smile?" And he replied humorously:" Have been known to crack the occasional smile" Don't you find the expression "I've been known"a bit strange? I think he meant in my life I have learnt how to smile.
I've just tried your explanation of present perfect usage with a Chinese postgraduate business student, and he said he'd found it helpful. (By the way, the deletion of the subject in 'Have been known to crack the occasional smile' is a common facet of that form of Aussie irony.)
***** , Dave, try now, please, will you? I have finally found it and now you should be able to reply. D'oh, I could never think that it is inside the Google+ settings. I looked for it on UA-cam instead.
I don't know the difference between this: We can use Present Simple for a routine or regular repeated actions, and the Present Perfect Simple to talk about states or repeated actions over a long period of time up to the present. Is not the same?
thanks a lot for your lessons. now it's clear,I'm about tenses and prepositins, not only for my pupils but also for me. I show your videos and they practice both gramma and listening skills.
I'm really glad to hear it! Thanks for the support. Soon I will make a blog with lots of quizzes and lessons and explanations. So please keep following. Plenty more to come...
I liked your lesson and thanks for the tip. When I use when, I wouldn't use present perfect. It is my lesson for today. I am looking forward for the next grammar lesson!
A: Have you seen Mr Kershaw? B: He was here an hour ago. A: Where has he gone (1)? B: He bought a boat yesterday, so he has gone fishing (2) on the lake. A: Oh, no! The last time he went fishing, he didn't catch anything! B: Was he upset? A: No. He has never caught a fish in his own life! B: Ha! I wished him good luck when he left this morning! A: No chance! Please, can you help me understand if (1) and (2) are correct? Or is the past simple better? Thank you so much for your precious lessons!
Excuse me I wanna ask what is the difference between this: 1.by this time,the paths had become very muddy and there were puddles everywhere 2.by this time,the paths became very muddy and there were a lot of rainfall?
thank you. I gave Joe five apples yesterday. Today I met Joe, and have you eaten the apples I gave you. Have you eaten the apples? = Have you finish the apples? Right? Have you just eaten?=have finished eating? Right? I have bought a bike, but I have just lost it. Right?
Thanks Professor!! Another really nice class!! I'm struggling with verb tenses in story telling. Do you recomend some video? Are you planning to teach us some classes about it? Congrats!
I have a doubt in this example: ' Peter worked / has been working at the post office for the last past month' May I use past simple in this example? I think that "the last past month" is a past time marker, so Peter could has been fired
has been working for the past month. 'for the past month'(unfinished) is NOT 'last month' (finished). Neither is 'in the last year/month/week'(unfinished). They are unfinished periods and so they need the present perfect
MrSkypelessons why " For the past month " is an unfinished period? In my opinion, this sentence describes a period (a whole month) previous to the current one. If today is April, Peter would have been working during March, until 31st
Dave, this situation is confusing me every time I remember it. In a movie in one episode a bad guy breaks into a room and hits the man sitting there. The man cries in pain and says: "You broke my arm!" This is from "The Terminator 2". Why "You broke", not "You have broken"? It is a definite #2 from your hint list, but he uses past simple. Why?
sir can we use for in present and past perfect and past and present tense. eg i have worked for two days. and i had worked for two days. i worked for two days and i work for two days
Hello! Here is a sentence: "Since Christopher Columbus began his journey to America, *he is said to have assumed that* the people he came into contact with upon reaching land were Indians." Does *"he is said to have assumed"* mean that people say that Christopher Columbus assumed that...?
"I have been living here for 3 years" is simply wrong, as he said in his vid. In this case, the word "live" is a stative verb, which means you have to use the present perfect tense.
BlueTocho Not true. I have been living is CORRECT, but so is I have lived. You can use both because LIVE is both a stative verb, and a dynamic verb. FEEL and WORK are also both STATIVE and DYNAMIC, at the same time! They are both correct, and have the same meaning
Thanks again for your new lesson. A couple of weeks ago I sent an email to an Ausssie friend and I wrote something like" You look kind of sad in the photo you posted, do you ever smile?" And he replied humorously:" Have been known to crack the occasional smile" Don't you find the expression "I've been known"a bit strange? I think he meant in my life I have learnt how to smile.
Have you ever been known to smile?
This is what he meant. But he forgot to write 'you'.
MrSkypelessons Thanks a lot!
You said you don't use 'yet' in the continuous. How about 'I haven't been running yet'?
I've just tried your explanation of present perfect usage with a Chinese postgraduate business student, and he said he'd found it helpful. (By the way, the deletion of the subject in 'Have been known to crack the occasional smile' is a common facet of that form of Aussie irony.)
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***** , Dave, try now, please, will you? I have finally found it and now you should be able to reply. D'oh, I could never think that it is inside the Google+ settings. I looked for it on UA-cam instead.
please Mr i need to ask you if both of the simple form and the ing form have the Same signal words or no
please answer
and thank you very much
MrSkypelessons
Hi I should say
I haven't eaten anything today .or
I didn't eat anything today.
Are the both correct?
Many thanks
It would be great if you explain the different between FOR and TO.
Awesome.i like your style of simplifying tenses
I don't know the difference between this: We can use Present Simple for a routine or regular repeated actions, and the Present Perfect Simple to talk about states or repeated actions over a long period of time up to the present. Is not the same?
You are a great teacher. It is such a pleasure learning English with you :)
thanks a lot for your lessons. now it's clear,I'm about tenses and prepositins, not only for my pupils but also for me. I show your videos and they practice both gramma and listening skills.
I'm really glad to hear it! Thanks for the support. Soon I will make a blog with lots of quizzes and lessons and explanations. So please keep following. Plenty more to come...
I do. You give amazing lessons. It'll be great, I mean making a blog, we need such a good quizzes like your lessons are. Thank you once again
could you please make a video on how to use have had and had had ?
and how to use would?
This is one of them. You need to look for the others....they are close......Good Luck!
thank you so much for all the lessons
I've been watching your video for couple moth. I like your teaching especially the tense grammar. Thank you so much~
I liked your lesson and thanks for the tip. When I use when, I wouldn't use present perfect. It is my lesson for today. I am looking forward for the next grammar lesson!
A: Have you seen Mr Kershaw?
B: He was here an hour ago.
A: Where has he gone (1)?
B: He bought a boat yesterday, so he has gone fishing (2) on the lake.
A: Oh, no! The last time he went fishing, he didn't catch anything!
B: Was he upset?
A: No. He has never caught a fish in his own life!
B: Ha! I wished him good luck when he left this morning!
A: No chance!
Please, can you help me understand if (1) and (2) are correct? Or is the past simple better? Thank you so much for your precious lessons!
thank you so so so so much! I'm a international student and struggle with grammar. You are the best, thanks.
Excuse me I wanna ask what is the difference between this:
1.by this time,the paths had become very muddy and there were puddles everywhere
2.by this time,the paths became very muddy and there were a lot of rainfall?
thank you. I gave Joe five apples yesterday.
Today I met Joe, and have you eaten the apples I gave you. Have you eaten the apples? = Have you finish the apples? Right? Have you just eaten?=have finished eating? Right? I have bought a bike, but I have just lost it. Right?
Thanks Professor!! Another really nice class!!
I'm struggling with verb tenses in story telling. Do you recomend some video? Are you planning to teach us some classes about it?
Congrats!
Thank you so so so much , I'm a Arabin girl who is not good in grammar ,but after that I hope be like you someday .
What about the situations when both Present Perfect and Past Simple can be used?
Use either :)
That was too amusing an answer to torture you with any follow-up questions:) Thank you for this video and keep up your great work^^
Sir, where is quiz on this tense?
can we say it was cloudy for last 3 days ?
i have been wachng yiur videi gor 3 days
Hello Dave, thank you so much for the lessons. May i ask you? What is the difference between "I am asking" and "I have been asking"?
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MrSkypelessons
Thank you so much!
Thanks for teaching i'am learning so much i'am teaching básic English free in my house and i hope my friend learn so much thanks
Hello from kazakhstan!!!!))) Dave u r really cool teacher))) i love u lessons
I have a doubt in this example: ' Peter worked / has been working at the post office for the last past month' May I use past simple in this example? I think that "the last past month" is a past time marker, so Peter could has been fired
has been working for the past month.
'for the past month'(unfinished) is NOT 'last month' (finished). Neither is 'in the last year/month/week'(unfinished). They are unfinished periods and so they need the present perfect
MrSkypelessons why " For the past month " is an unfinished period? In my opinion, this sentence describes a period (a whole month) previous to the current one. If today is April, Peter would have been working during March, until 31st
Edgard_ for the past month means 30 days ago, until today. For the past year means 365 days ago until today. They are UNFINISHED.
@@MrSkypelessons Did you mean to say "neither is in the*past* month/year/week here"?
Instead of "last".
Also your lessons are amazing.
what is the difference between I have lived here for 5 years and I have been living here for 5 years? I think live is dynamic verb
Baljeet Sohal , you are correct but native speakers use live and work as a stative verbs also. So the 2 sentences have no real difference in meaning.
Thanks a bunch sir.
Hi,
Thanks so much. You are a really great teaher.
Dave, this situation is confusing me every time I remember it.
In a movie in one episode a bad guy breaks into a room and hits the man sitting there. The man cries in pain and says: "You broke my arm!" This is from "The Terminator 2". Why "You broke", not "You have broken"? It is a definite #2 from your hint list, but he uses past simple. Why?
Ilia Prokhorenko Same answer as your last question Ilya. Both are possible, but they have different meanings.
Thank you, Dave. I'm starting to think, that in situations like this it is not really important which form to use.
Great video, thanks amillion
sir can we use for in present and past perfect and past and present tense. eg i have worked for two days. and i had worked for two days. i worked for two days and i work for two days
Yes, yes, yes, and 'I work for two days' is very rare, but possible. E.g Every year I go to Brazil, and work there for two days...'
thank u so much sir. if i have any confusions ion grammar i write to u. thank u so much and i have been learning your all grammars.once again thank u.
What's the difference between ''I saw him'' and ''I have seen him'' ?
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Hello! Here is a sentence:
"Since Christopher Columbus began his journey to America, *he is said to have assumed that* the people he came into contact with upon reaching land were Indians."
Does *"he is said to have assumed"* mean that people say that Christopher Columbus assumed that...?
+Дмитрий Курляндчик This is not present perfect. It is the perfect infinitive.
+MrSkypelessons Oh, I have to catch up with this topic, thank you!
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the first sentence is correct but the second is not why?
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sir, what's the difference between
i have been living here for 3 years and
i have lived here for 3 years.
"I have been living here for 3 years" is simply wrong, as he said in his vid. In this case, the word "live" is a stative verb, which means you have to use the present perfect tense.
BlueTocho Not true. I have been living is CORRECT, but so is I have lived. You can use both because LIVE is both a stative verb, and a dynamic verb. FEEL and WORK are also both STATIVE and DYNAMIC, at the same time!
They are both correct, and have the same meaning
Rohit Arya. Dude remeber to use PP cont for short activity, like hours, minutes etc. PP simple for long period of time :) Focused on results.
Tnx
Can I say-I have worked in this house since childhood.And since when have you considered me as your friend.........??
thank you very much for these great lessons.