1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: I went to Central Park yesterday. Of course, it wasn't 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,559 my first time to go there. I have been to 3 00:00:07,639 --> 00:00:13,199 Central Park many times before I went to Central Park. 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,600 I have been to Central Park. 5 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:24,719 Speaker 2: Let's discuss Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,079 you from New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael. 7 00:00:29,719 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,640 here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. 9 00:00:39,359 --> 00:00:45,600 This is Happy English Podcast Episode seven fifty three Present 10 00:00:45,759 --> 00:00:50,840 Perfect Tense. Recently, a lot of my students and followers 11 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:55,520 have asked me about the difference between sentences like I 12 00:00:55,799 --> 00:01:01,320 lived there and I have lived there. You may have 13 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:05,840 heard these grammar patterns are called the simple past and 14 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:12,519 present perfect. Well, if these have caused you confusion, you've 15 00:01:12,599 --> 00:01:18,359 landed on the right podcast English lesson. Today. I'm going 16 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,879 to help to clear this up for you. We'll start 17 00:01:21,879 --> 00:01:25,840 off simple talking about the simple past, and then move 18 00:01:25,879 --> 00:01:30,799 on to the present perfect Let's dive in. I went 19 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:35,400 to Central Park. This grammar is called the simple past tense, 20 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,760 and when we use the simple past tense, we talk 21 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,959 about a completed action in the past. Here are some examples. 22 00:01:44,439 --> 00:01:48,760 I went to Central Park yesterday, I ate lunch with 23 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:54,519 my coworkers today, I enjoyed my Japanese lesson with psayaka 24 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:59,640 sense this afternoon. You'll notice that in these examples, we 25 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:05,680 know exactly when the completed action happened. Like I went 26 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:12,080 to Central Park yesterday, I ate lunch with my coworkers today, 27 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:18,560 I enjoyed my Japanese lesson with psayakas and say this afternoon. 28 00:02:19,159 --> 00:02:23,120 That's how the simple past tense works. It's a completed 29 00:02:23,159 --> 00:02:28,240 action in the past, and we know when it happened. Now, 30 00:02:28,599 --> 00:02:32,639 let's look at the present perfect tense. I have been 31 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:39,360 to Central Park. The grammar pattern is have followed by 32 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,879 the past participle form of the verb. A basic example 33 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:48,639 of this pattern is like this, I work, I worked, 34 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:56,919 I have worked. I buy, I bought, I have bought, 35 00:02:57,759 --> 00:03:03,400 I go, I went, I have gone. When we use 36 00:03:03,479 --> 00:03:08,960 this grammar, we're talking about our experience sometime in the past. 37 00:03:09,879 --> 00:03:14,439 I have been to Central Park many times before, but 38 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:20,080 unlike the simple past, I don't mention when I went 39 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,879 to Central Park. I'm just telling you about my experience. 40 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,879 I'm telling you that it happened, not when it happened. 41 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:34,000 Here are some other examples. My favorite movie is Casablanca. 42 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,719 I have seen that movie more than ten times. Joe 43 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,400 has never been to New York City. If you want 44 00:03:43,439 --> 00:03:48,840 to ask someone about their experience, you can ask have 45 00:03:49,039 --> 00:03:55,120 you ever, followed by the past participle verb have you 46 00:03:55,199 --> 00:03:58,960 ever been to New York? Have you ever eaten es gargo? 47 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:04,439 Have have you ever gone skydiving? If someone asks you 48 00:04:05,199 --> 00:04:08,639 have you ever done something? There are two ways you 49 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,319 can answer. Have you ever been to New York? Yes, 50 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:11,719 I have. 51 00:04:12,039 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 2: I went there in twenty twenty. Have you ever been 52 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,800 to New York? No, I haven't, but I would love 53 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:17,680 to go there someday. 54 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: In everyday conversational English, it's pretty common to answer a 55 00:04:22,879 --> 00:04:28,040 question like this with more information than just yes or no. 56 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,439 Have you ever eaten a scargo? Yes? 57 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 2: I have, It's really tasty. Have you ever gone skydiving? 58 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 3: No? I haven't. 59 00:04:35,519 --> 00:04:38,519 Speaker 1: It's too dangerous for me. Be careful of one thing. 60 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,839 We use ever in the question, but not the answer. 61 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:49,399 If someone asks where have you traveled in Europe? You 62 00:04:49,439 --> 00:04:53,959 can answer, oh, I have been to Italy, but not 63 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,759 oh I have ever been to Italy using ever like this. 64 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,040 This is a pretty common mistake, so try to avoid 65 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,839 doing that. The other way we use the present perfect 66 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,160 is to talk about something that started in the past 67 00:05:10,639 --> 00:05:15,319 and continues to the present. When we use present perfect 68 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:20,800 this way, we use four. And since I have played 69 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,879 the guitar since I was a kid, this means I 70 00:05:25,079 --> 00:05:27,839 started when I was a kid and I still play 71 00:05:27,879 --> 00:05:33,000 the guitar. Terry has been in New York for nine months. 72 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,240 This means he arrived nine months ago and he's still here. 73 00:05:39,399 --> 00:05:43,600 I have been helping people learn English since nineteen ninety four. 74 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:47,800 And just to be clear, remember that we use four 75 00:05:48,519 --> 00:05:53,639 followed by a time period for a month, for two years, 76 00:05:53,959 --> 00:05:59,720 or for my whole life. We use since followed by 77 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:04,199 one point in time. You can say things like since 78 00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:09,839 last month, since twenty twenty two, or since I was born. 79 00:06:10,439 --> 00:06:13,879 If you want to ask someone with this topic, you 80 00:06:13,959 --> 00:06:18,519 can ask how long have you followed by the past 81 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:22,199 participle verb. How long have you lived in New York? 82 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,680 How long have you been married? 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