Past Simple and Present Perfect (Part 1) - By Smrt English
00:03 | Let's talk about the past , simple and present . | |
00:05 | Perfect . The past simple is , uh , tool | |
00:08 | we use to express the finished past . The finish | |
00:11 | means that it's over , so look at this example | |
00:13 | . My great grandfather worked in many high class restaurants | |
00:17 | . He's my great grandfather , my grandfather's father . | |
00:19 | So he's probably not alive anymore . That means the | |
00:22 | events are finished or I worked in that restaurant for | |
00:26 | three years . That means I don't work there anymore | |
00:28 | , and I probably won't work there again . It's | |
00:30 | finished , but with the present perfect , we could | |
00:34 | talk about things that began in the past or at | |
00:36 | some part in the past that still have an effect | |
00:38 | on the present . For example , I've worked in | |
00:41 | many fine restaurants . This means I did it in | |
00:43 | the past , but there's a chance I'll probably do | |
00:45 | it again , or I might be doing it right | |
00:47 | now . Now , look at these examples of the | |
00:50 | past simple in the past , perfect to get an | |
00:52 | idea of what we mean . I cut my finger | |
00:55 | . This'll means that at some point before I cut | |
00:57 | my finger . But it's probably okay now , but | |
01:00 | if I say in the present perfect , I've cut | |
01:03 | my finger . That means it's probably still being cut | |
01:06 | . It might be bleeding . He bought a cup | |
01:09 | of coffee . This means before he bought a coffee | |
01:11 | , but he probably or might not have it now | |
01:13 | . But if I say he's bought a cup of | |
01:15 | coffee , that means he's probably got it in his | |
01:17 | hands or with him . Now one of the main | |
01:21 | differences between the past . Simple in the past . | |
01:23 | Perfect is when we use it to express the difference | |
01:26 | between the definite and the indefinite Past definite means something | |
01:30 | that we clearly know or is easy to see , | |
01:33 | where indefinite is less clear . So , for example | |
01:36 | , we met two years ago . That's a definite | |
01:39 | time in the past two years ago , but we | |
01:42 | have met . That just means that sometime before now | |
01:44 | we met . He went to France last year . | |
01:48 | That's a definite period of time . He has been | |
01:50 | to France , the present perfect means at some point | |
01:53 | before . Now he's been there . Did you eat | |
01:56 | sushi last night ? A definite time last night . | |
01:59 | Have you eaten ? Sushi is asking . Do you | |
02:01 | have the experience ? I'm not interested in when Just | |
02:04 | did you have Okay . Now often we use the | |
02:07 | present perfect to introduce the indefinite past . And then | |
02:11 | we'll use past simple to give details about that time | |
02:14 | . So look at this example . I have seen | |
02:16 | that movie , but I didn't like it very much | |
02:19 | . The have seen is present perfect . That's telling | |
02:21 | me telling you that I had the experience , but | |
02:24 | that didn't like it is the details . Why I | |
02:26 | didn't that I didn't like it . Yes , I've | |
02:28 | seen it , but I didn't really like it . | |
02:31 | She has been to Thailand , but she didn't go | |
02:33 | to Bangkok . So the present perfect has been is | |
02:36 | introducing the indefinite past . Where I went , she | |
02:38 | went to Thailand . But the simple the details she | |
02:41 | didn't go to that city are in past simple Now | |
02:45 | . I have never really tried skydiving . I almost | |
02:47 | did once and went up in an airplane . But | |
02:49 | I didn't have enough courage to jump . So the | |
02:52 | in depth , the present perfect , the indefinite past | |
02:54 | . I've never really tried skydiving . Then the did | |
02:57 | the went up and didn't have those air all details | |
03:00 | in the past . Simple . In the next video | |
03:02 | , we'll talk about some common adverbs that we use | |
03:04 | with past , simple and present perfect . Thanks for | |
03:07 | watching , and I'll see you next time |
DESCRIPTION:
Geoff discusses the use of the past simple and present perfect tenses.
OVERVIEW:
Past Simple and Present Perfect (Part 1) is a free educational video by Smrt English.It helps students in grades 4 practice the following standards L.4.1.B.
This page not only allows students and teachers view Past Simple and Present Perfect (Part 1) but also find engaging Sample Questions, Apps, Pins, Worksheets, Books related to the following topics.
1. L.4.1.B : Form and use the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb tenses..