Present Perfect Tense vs. Past Simple: Tom’s Story (A comical story of Tom, the ESL student - Video)

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  • @jasonbolster3259
    @jasonbolster3259 6 років тому +679

    People don't get why we say "present perfect" when it happened in the past. When Mum asked the boy , "How was your date?" and he answered, "We broke up," they both used the past simple. This is because they mean a specific action at a specific point in the past. If Mum had asked, "When are you getting married?" he would have answered, "We've broken up," using the present perfect because they mean the present effect of a past action. "We broke up" means "IN THE PAST she walked out in the middle of the date." "We've broken up" means "We NOW aren't in a relationship anymore." "You ate a meal" means "IN THE PAST you did this act of eating." "You have eaten a meal" means "NOW you are not hungry." The past simple means the act. The present perfect means the result, the effect or the new state.

    • @massmasala6191
      @massmasala6191 6 років тому +39

      Good job. better then this UA-camr

    • @tokaahmed3726
      @tokaahmed3726 6 років тому +16

      you are better than the man up in the video

    • @qwerky123
      @qwerky123 6 років тому +17

      Cool! I don't understand this subject but you made it clear.

    • @anonim5052
      @anonim5052 6 років тому +5

      Wow you have explained that in the best way! Do you want to speak? If it will be OK. I learn English and looking for someone to have an easy conversation hah

    • @uyenpham78
      @uyenpham78 6 років тому +4

      Your comment makes the example clearer. Thanks so much.

  • @ostargz
    @ostargz 7 років тому +122

    Love this video, really helpful.
    I'm not native english speaker, for me the easiest way to remember these tense is focus on the adverbs:
    - Present perfect: never, ever, for, since, already, yet
    - Simple past: when, yesterday, last, ago

  • @m.vieira8077
    @m.vieira8077 3 роки тому +55

    The content is great, but the background song is so high.

  • @yaena7281
    @yaena7281 6 років тому +19

    thanks man you explained it better than my teacher did.

  • @spiritualbites4278
    @spiritualbites4278 Рік тому +2

    Amazing! I teach English Grammar; I have found your crisp yet effective tutorial to be a WINNER. 😊

  • @sudarmajayaneththi2575
    @sudarmajayaneththi2575 2 роки тому +3

    please make more videos about this... this is the best explanation about the difference between past tense and present perfect

  • @ЛарисаЮсупова-н8я
    @ЛарисаЮсупова-н8я 2 місяці тому

    So grateful!!!
    This video is amazing!
    Thank for your efforts!

  • @silpa4A8
    @silpa4A8 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for fantastic video.

  • @elifk5498
    @elifk5498 8 років тому +2

    very useful for me. Thanks so much

  • @guidofaria6721
    @guidofaria6721 3 місяці тому

    Simple and very clear.

  • @rogeeifbignall2116
    @rogeeifbignall2116 7 років тому +1

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  • @igorkadzialka9449
    @igorkadzialka9449 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks a lot, thats great , that help mi a lt

  • @reyoo_blahhhhh
    @reyoo_blahhhhh 3 роки тому +1

    Clear voice, good job

  • @ruthelia2740
    @ruthelia2740 6 років тому +9

    great video, good explanations, great visuals, structured, clear. Couldn't be better. Thank you for the great video!

  • @andreemcaldas
    @andreemcaldas Рік тому +1

    Very good. I knew it a little, but now I think I understand it much better.
    I would like to see examples where both forms would be okay. Maybe with comments of native speakers saying which they prefer and why. 🙂

  • @youtubista213dz
    @youtubista213dz 7 років тому +32

    There are 2 acronymes to make difference between present perfect and past simple
    JEANY for present perfect
    Oil way for past
    Just , ever , already , never , yet
    On , in , last , whene , ago , yesterday

    • @oomongzu-com
      @oomongzu-com  7 років тому

      +bianco cuore 😄 Nice. The JEANY one great 👍🏻

    • @notxavier2.041
      @notxavier2.041 7 років тому

      bianco cuore i

    • @tomtommy7943
      @tomtommy7943 7 років тому

      bianco cuore hi Where are you from...are you an algerian

  • @GustDii
    @GustDii 6 років тому +14

    Thanks a lot. Your video is really helpful.

  • @anona3068
    @anona3068 5 років тому +1

    Best explanation for me so far! Super!

  • @nadamohammad8230
    @nadamohammad8230 7 років тому +2

    This is the first time I feel that I completely understand the difference between them. Thanks a lot!

  • @marcelapobletea
    @marcelapobletea 9 місяців тому

    Excellent & very helpful video. Congratulations!!

  • @TatianaVasetskaia
    @TatianaVasetskaia 4 роки тому +7

    It seems contradictory, ‘We just broke up’, because in the same time you teach that we use present perfect with recently happened events. It’s confusing. ‘We broke up at the time of the date’, not just.

  • @anwitabiswas4675
    @anwitabiswas4675 7 років тому +5

    THANK YOU TO MAKE THIS VIDEO! IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

  • @ljenne7931
    @ljenne7931 8 років тому +36

    Good job! Clear. Interesting. Not too wordy. Appropriate subtitles. Good summary at the end. Look forward to using more of these.

  • @wajjeh6737
    @wajjeh6737 4 роки тому +5

    Thanks for this video.. it’s change my thinking from hard to easy about how to I will learn what is the different between this two tenses ...
    Sorry if I made some grammatically mistake in my comment, but I have been learning english since 3 months💡
    All the best ❤️

  • @barack3101
    @barack3101 4 роки тому +2

    Good video

  • @vander3711
    @vander3711 6 років тому +6

    You help me with a test, you won a suscriber

  • @kltu1906
    @kltu1906 5 років тому +4

    you in 9 minuts tech me more than my teacher in a week

  • @marianaguerrero9426
    @marianaguerrero9426 4 роки тому +1

    gracias me ayudo muchisimo

  • @miriasampaio3572
    @miriasampaio3572 7 років тому +7

    Congrats! With this videos we can learn about how, why and when to use the “perfect tense” not just to use it automatically even misunderstanding it.

  • @Xx_MxD_xX
    @Xx_MxD_xX 2 роки тому

    This helped me a lot thank you Now I can ace my test

  • @金裕貞-j9b
    @金裕貞-j9b 5 років тому +8

    please open CC subtitle!!

  • @js_murft
    @js_murft 4 роки тому +5

    thanks, I can sleep well now.

    • @furrocritico6026
      @furrocritico6026 3 роки тому

      vine aqui por la tarea que dejan en las escuela yo usaba a asriel dremurr antes ah que tiempos

    • @js_murft
      @js_murft 3 роки тому

      @@furrocritico6026 nunca hize una pacifista... Solo se de asriel por los videos de youtube xd

    • @furrocritico6026
      @furrocritico6026 3 роки тому

      @@js_murft yo nunca hice la genocida

  • @brownsugar5061
    @brownsugar5061 6 років тому +3

    The video is awsome great work

  • @LearnEnglishwithLee
    @LearnEnglishwithLee 6 років тому +5

    Really clear explanation. I will add it to the playlist on my channel to help my students with this topic. Thanks!

  • @krishpilliparamnesan3495
    @krishpilliparamnesan3495 Рік тому

    Great explain ,advanced tense make complicate for many people ,i try to make clear by watching .Thanks

  • @annateresadedonno4075
    @annateresadedonno4075 8 років тому +2

    Very simple and useful.My students liked it very much. Now I show them your videos for gammar! Thank you very much!!!

    • @oomongzu-com
      @oomongzu-com  8 років тому

      +ANNATERESA DE DONNO Thank you very much for the feedback! Please do show more of our videos to your students in the future! 👍🏻

  • @肖欣欣-x9w
    @肖欣欣-x9w 7 років тому +1

    Interesting way to learn grammar!

  • @ahmedh.130
    @ahmedh.130 3 роки тому

    I was confused about these times before, but you helped me a lot! Thx

  • @alishapersaud5927
    @alishapersaud5927 4 роки тому +1

    Ty very much I really enjoy this video

  • @FunsongsCoUkaction_songs
    @FunsongsCoUkaction_songs 7 років тому +4

    Using it at Bologna University. Thanks a lot - good presentation

  • @Reference-cattles33
    @Reference-cattles33 6 місяців тому

    thank you for your help

  • @landizeqiri5955
    @landizeqiri5955 2 роки тому

    May i ask a question.It’s long time since your friends have last visited us. Is correct this
    sentence.Is present perfect or not.

  • @taliatocholi9598
    @taliatocholi9598 6 років тому +2

    Thank you so much!!!❤️

  • @yoanamavrova
    @yoanamavrova 5 років тому

    Hi . I have a question for the native speakers . For the present is correct to say :
    She has been working as a doctor for 3 years . (she will continue )
    For the past which one is more correct :
    She has worked as a doctor for 3 years
    Or
    She worked as a doctor for 3 years .
    ( she doesn't work it now )

    • @suesoltis7352
      @suesoltis7352 5 років тому

      For the past tense you say: She worked as a doctor for 3 years. The sentence: 'She has worked as a doctor for 3 years.' has the same meaning as: She has been working as a doctor for 3 years. In other words, she still works there. Good question! See link for a more detailed explanation! www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-simple-or-present-perfect-continuous.html

    • @yoanamavrova
      @yoanamavrova 5 років тому

      Sue Soltis Thanks !

  • @cocohcool5383
    @cocohcool5383 7 років тому +6

    The best explanation ever for a PP tense! Thanks, Tom.

  • @siuliojha2891
    @siuliojha2891 8 років тому +3

    good explanation

  • @hyo-ri1816
    @hyo-ri1816 4 роки тому +192

    Like si estan aqui por el classrom xd!
    Edit : OMG nunca tuve tantos likes MAMÁ SOI FAMOSAAA!!!!
    😁

    • @iko2885
      @iko2885 4 роки тому +12

      Como lo supo lo peor es que no entiendo ni madres al vídeo

    • @irmachan5186
      @irmachan5186 4 роки тому +4

      Si pero yo no entiendo nadaaa

    • @hyo-ri1816
      @hyo-ri1816 4 роки тому +3

      @@iko2885 jejeje soy BRUJA Y VEO K ESTAS BIEN PERDIDO Y NO ENTIENDES NI MADREZ

    • @lyion195
      @lyion195 4 роки тому +2

      Lo peor es que dura media vida para una cosa que si te la explican bien ya está.
      Será con mala baba pero es que esto no lo aguanto.

    • @iko2885
      @iko2885 4 роки тому +3

      @@hyo-ri1816 es que no hay subtítulos

  • @parameswarankrishnapillai471

    Sir Great,do you like music while studying.

  • @sanae323
    @sanae323 4 роки тому +1

    A very good video
    Thank u so much

  • @sososy3537
    @sososy3537 7 років тому +2

    thanks 😍

  • @houssinebersellou1616
    @houssinebersellou1616 8 років тому +1

    thank you very much it's very clearly

  • @abdouliemanneh
    @abdouliemanneh 4 роки тому +3

    Great piece! I will suggest you to reduce the valume of the background music.

  • @JoonKimDMD
    @JoonKimDMD 2 роки тому

    I still don't get it. I just broke up is a recent event. Present perfect can be used for recent event so how is it any different from "we've just broken up" ?

  • @muhammadabraar7861
    @muhammadabraar7861 8 років тому +1

    on point !!! thank you very much...

  • @ОльгаВоробьева-щ8ю
    @ОльгаВоробьева-щ8ю 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent lesson!! Great explanation! Thanks a lot.

  • @alexmateo805
    @alexmateo805 7 років тому +3

    Good night teacher I think the video is very educational and also funny because it presents us how to use the present simple and the past simple with examples of everyday life with a story of Tom I really liked this vídeo

  • @noybeno2607
    @noybeno2607 7 років тому +3

    Thank you so much!!! It explains the present perfect simple so good! You helped me a lot.

  • @พลแสงแดด
    @พลแสงแดด 6 років тому +1

    very good

  • @AS-xo4ne
    @AS-xo4ne 2 роки тому

    Many thanks

  • @poonamsharma-qg4eg
    @poonamsharma-qg4eg 4 роки тому +1

    From which country you are?

  • @MuhammadAsif-wq2pm
    @MuhammadAsif-wq2pm 6 років тому +3

    it helps me to clear my sense by visualisation.

  • @ihsankeremseray3088
    @ihsankeremseray3088 5 років тому +8

    ı am turkish ı think this video is so helpful thank you

  • @الشايب-م5ج
    @الشايب-م5ج 7 років тому +1

    thank you to make this veido, it easy to understand it .

  • @4fyn
    @4fyn 4 роки тому +3

    Video this very good for kids 👌
    👇
    👍

    • @ak_ws
      @ak_ws 4 роки тому

      like you xD

  • @lubesharagu
    @lubesharagu 4 роки тому +1

    Than you It Help me a lot

  • @WojciechGlapa
    @WojciechGlapa Рік тому

    I've been to France one day
    I went to France in 2020
    I haven't done it yet
    I didn't do it last night
    Have you JUST swept the floor? It looks so nice
    Did you sweep the floor 20 min ago?

  • @Alweff
    @Alweff 7 років тому +2

    Good job! Very clear! Thank u so much!!!

  • @weshumathobela5413
    @weshumathobela5413 4 роки тому +1

    Good Job 👏🏾👌🏾

  • @fabiacarapi3640
    @fabiacarapi3640 6 років тому +6

    Congratulations for your excellent video

  • @melodyseip542
    @melodyseip542 4 роки тому +1

    I don't think, as a US English speaker, that I use "I've gone to" as you've suggested. I feel that it can be used interchangeably with "I've been to" in US English.

  • @МединаАлиева-т8у
    @МединаАлиева-т8у 7 років тому +5

    Thank u so much!

  • @boysdes5390
    @boysdes5390 5 років тому +2

    Thank you so much for this great video. Because I really understood the full present tense through the video

  • @zmba6924
    @zmba6924 7 років тому +6

    Nice video, I think the lessons in my school is inadequate, so I have to watch some videos like that and buy some books may help me on learning English.

  • @leosummer8828
    @leosummer8828 7 років тому +1

    really good, thx

  • @ALEJANDROLOPEZGARCIA-oz4sb
    @ALEJANDROLOPEZGARCIA-oz4sb 10 місяців тому

    Very good 🎉

  • @Paladin2555
    @Paladin2555 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for explaining this with such clarity. If only more people knew how to utilize this tense correctly. One minor criticism: prepositions do not belong at the end of sentences. Instead of asking "How long have we known each other for?", it should instead be phrased "For how long have we known each other?".

  • @yerina7948
    @yerina7948 7 років тому +1

    i like the lesson and the music

  • @RC-ht8bl
    @RC-ht8bl 6 років тому +1

    Great! Sulaiman really liked it.

  • @300blackmen
    @300blackmen 4 місяці тому +1

    3:15 lil bro is like 12 years old and the woman is like in his 30s 💀

  • @engineerfuadmousa7665
    @engineerfuadmousa7665 7 років тому +162

    Good job , thanks 👍
    but the music in the background is noisy

    • @oomongzu-com
      @oomongzu-com  7 років тому +12

      +Fuad Mousa Thanks! There's a no music version for all our videos. You can find the link in the description :)

    • @isabellealencar8445
      @isabellealencar8445 7 років тому +3

      Fuad Mousa I'm Brazilian, and I saw your video for my test !! I love ❤️

    • @notxavier2.041
      @notxavier2.041 7 років тому +1

      Fuad Mousa i

    • @cjaden
      @cjaden 7 років тому +2

      yeah

    • @carmensarabiaalcanzandolaf7336
      @carmensarabiaalcanzandolaf7336 7 років тому +3

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  • @Mekosurvivio
    @Mekosurvivio 5 років тому +1

    So good ! Can you teach any present perfect tense

    • @Mekosurvivio
      @Mekosurvivio 5 років тому +1

      And You can teach me the Jobs Language focus

  • @АлександрВавилкин-л4е

    I have watched couple of videos and this one has the clearest explanation. Good job!

    • @gerben4436
      @gerben4436 5 років тому +1

      russian learning english

  • @allahrehman3929
    @allahrehman3929 6 років тому +5

    Your style of teaching is very good.Having said that,background music is so irritating kindly stop the noise as I want to concentrate on the topic.

    • @oomongzu-com
      @oomongzu-com  6 років тому +1

      Hi, there’s a “No Music” version of every video. You can find the link in the description.

  • @annaarpon3623
    @annaarpon3623 Рік тому

    Amazing

  • @razor8629
    @razor8629 7 років тому +1

    Very great video, very clear and good animation/descriptions... Good job - THANKS

  • @alanwu82
    @alanwu82 5 років тому +2

    Good

  • @baguiobase4713
    @baguiobase4713 4 роки тому

    Brilliant lesson. This is very useful content.

  • @SonoOccupatiTutti
    @SonoOccupatiTutti 6 років тому +1

    Hi, thanks for the video. One question, min 1.10 you say "we don't know when it HAPPENED". That seems to be the rule itself, shouldn't we say "...it has happened" since we do not know when? Thanks

  • @syrfzkwn3511
    @syrfzkwn3511 4 роки тому +2

    Wow dude thx, i nailed my exam

  • @agotalaczko8628
    @agotalaczko8628 7 років тому +4

    WOW! Thank you very much!!!

  • @rebelrebel5545
    @rebelrebel5545 6 років тому +1

    Awesome! pls continue your teaching.

  • @drsaifulhaq6713
    @drsaifulhaq6713 4 роки тому +1

    Sir deserve for award outstanding explanation

  • @sobiamubashir1567
    @sobiamubashir1567 4 роки тому

    very nice lesson

  • @letstalk2628
    @letstalk2628 3 роки тому

    Thank you! This is very helpful.

  • @ChristinaIgupen
    @ChristinaIgupen 4 роки тому

    Very impressive presentation of tenses.

  • @roksolanazavadetska9909
    @roksolanazavadetska9909 4 роки тому

    a very good explanation;thanks

  • @radyasmenndima6640
    @radyasmenndima6640 4 роки тому

    Thanks for this video.

  • @patryxsterv4523
    @patryxsterv4523 7 років тому +1

    Thanks

  • @buihoang1424
    @buihoang1424 6 років тому +3

    thank you, that is very clear

  • @mohamedoukkas3896
    @mohamedoukkas3896 6 років тому +3

    Thank u so much! It is a formative one. Thanks again.
    Is there any video of urs explains past perfect?