English Grammar – Present Perfect Simple & Present Perfect Continuous

Respect for the video!

HI thank you have very good away to explain the lessone thank you very much I want say this first time I understand the present prefect simple and continuous thank you very and also thank you

good man

Hi teacher, nice tip, but I have one question.
I was thinking about the short activity, What If I said: “I’ve been waiting to get married about twenty years”. would that be right!?
Thanx, keep it on.

Fabiano Oliveira
Brazil

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THANKS ALOT
HAKIM FROM SOUTHER SUDAN

Hi
It is a nice lesson. I liked it a lot. The only thing is that the marker does not look very good. It looks opaque.

Thank you

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Thank you for the lesson!!!

can you help me? i don’t speak and hear English very much. i want to speaks English

Hi James,

what about a similar lesson about PAST PERFECT SIMPLE vs. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS??

tnxx

The best!!

Simple and very funny, when I grow up I’d like to be like you.

thank u but Iwant more practic for present perfict

thank you ,you make it very easy for me

Your are amazing teacher… I really love to learn with you…!!! If you teach me… English will be simple for me…….. thanks thanks…..

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Hi James,

I fond of your lessons. You are such a good teacher. I would like to give you an advice.
I think the “how much money do you have?” sentence is not the best example for present perfect because it was said in present simple.
Thank you so much for giving us these lessons.

Dear Teacher..
I have a problem with this following test I found in Internet .
( Present perfect or Simple present? )

I WILL WRITE IN CAPITAL LETERS AND ” – ” ) what I think I have to write BUT i know it´s WRONG and I do not UNDERSTAND WHY is it wrong. ( the first two sentences, I leaved then in blank.( I just wrote them to understand the hall meaning)

1)Daughter: No, I (come / just)……………. home from school.
2)Mother: You (come)………. home from school two hours ago!

3)Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call) …..”HAVE CALLED “…… when I (arrive) ( why(3) is not Pres.Cont. if i do not know the time she arrived?)

4) Mother: (you / see / not)…” HAVEN´T YOU SEEN”…. Lucy at school in the morning? ( why (4) is not Pres Contin.. if I do not know, if is morning now? )
5)Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not)…..” HAVEN´T NOT HAD the”……. time to talk then ( why (5) is not pres cont.. if may be she just finished to phone?

thank you very much for your answer.!!!! You are a GREAT GREAT GREAT TEACHER !!!!

good day..

I have a question..

what if i say “I’ve been waiting for 10 years”.. will it fall in present perfect simple or in present perfect cont??

It confuses me a lot..!!

YOU ARE TAHE BEST TEACHER , TAHNKS a lot FOR YOUR HELP best wishes

Thanks,Mr James.I wonder to have teacher like you in our class.

thank you sir sow much

Thank’s james so much

This lesson was a litle bit for me thank you James.

i don’t understand when you say about”how much”….you say that for present continous we use “i have been waitING….” (for short time) and for present perfect tense we use “i have been”. But what form must have the verb after “i have been” (for the present perfect tense). He must have “ING form”(and we have no difference with present continous) or “ED form” (i have been waited” for 3 years)…..or other form?…please help me !

No quis :(

No quiz :(

Hi jammes
The way you teach is very much impressive.I am your fan.Thanks to helping us by applying different method on us.
thanks

hi James ?
could i ask you a question about the lesson , which is how can we turn this phrase into passive ??
” i have been waiting you for 20mint . ”

please ,thanks

Sorry, I don´t understand which is the structural of frase. How I can write a sentence in Present Perfect and Presente Perfect continuous. Thanks a Lot!

Thank’s so much james, you’re a great teacher.

thank´s u so much you´re an excellent teacher

thank’s teacher

from Thailand

you make things easier ,you really do.thank you very much.

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

Great teachers are here :)

good day.. i have a question…you have mentioned “how much money do you have” is this a present perfect simple question? or a present simple question? when we are discussing a situation or maybe an event under present perfect simple we should also use a present prefect simple question, am i right or not?

hi james
thanks for the lesson it is very usefull to me.But i have a question…
in the example why did yous say >>> i have been married for twenty years and not ihave been marring >>
thanks lot

Good job James! Thank you.

I have grammar test coming up next friday :)
Thank you for the video !!!
James.. I like the way you explain and how you start this video..
Awesome

you r amazing teacher !!

i ‘ve learnt a lot of things

so thank u very much

Hello…

I have watched your video about present perfect simple and continuous. But i have one question:
Are’nt there any words that i can use in both, my teacher told me 3 words: Work, teach and live, but arent there more than that?
Sorry for my bad english :)

exellent

Hi

what about the past perfect simple and past perfect progressive…? I would really appreciate a lesson on these two tenses.

Thx

this is very good

How you explain it is very nice.

thanx aloooooooooot
I always return to this wbsite whene I have a grammer exam
u explain better than ma teacher ^_^

Hi,
James this is owais i have been watching your videos for a long time. i have some problams or i can say some confusion please tell me what is this “i can’t help” i red a sentence i can’t help teasing my mom.
what does it mean plz tell me ?

I have so much respect for you guys thnk you very much im ready to make my test :)

oh I never met teacher who have the way of teaching same as you before.
I use to confuse about these tense.

Thank you

the way u teach is pecfact one i totally out of this world truley speaking

sir body provide me the rules of tenses on my mail id

i m from india delhi

What about if someone ask me … How long do you live in Canada? my Q is How can tell them?
1 I have been here for 20 years
2 I came here 20 years ago
3 I live here for 20 years

Thanks for the lesson, it very interesting but the quesion’s it’s too small, and also you need to be display the answer.

Thanks too much James your lesson was useful too much now i understand perfectly what is of the meaning of present perfect

THX ITS WAS REALLY USEFUL FOR ME

thanks alot
but please change the marker. it’s too faint, i can hardly see .

hello
how are you doing ?
thank you so much because you are you are good teacher james

thank you

thank you>>>

Please, Is it possible you are putting a test

Thanks..

Very good video.
I’ve seen it three times.

thank you alot james i m moroccan student and you help me a lot.comez mr hames and visit morocco

hi sir james thanks very much

i really enjoyed the lession.thank u very much.

Is very funny this videos and quick… It help me so much……I’m learning with his class teacher….thank you

very nice

very nice :D

the difference between the present perfect simples and continuous ithat the first there is a focus on action the second there is a focus on duratin . thank you very much.

hi master james u ur perfect teacher i saw i diidnt saw it in my life u know i have been learning english for 6 mounths in gollage but iam not got sense in them because of my profssor i really dont like them because i didnt understand on them i wish i wish u had taught me please come in kuwait in british council i wonder jioing with u

Thank you very much for your lesson, it’s very useful enjoy

Hi teacher,
I have a question.
If i said I’ve been teaching English since 2008 and i used that sentence for a long time. is that correct?
Thank you so much teacher.

Thank you very much.super explanation.
Now i got confidence that i can learn lot from this web side.
Good job sir.
Thanks again.

presaent perfect = how much how many– result,long time
present perfect con.= activity,short time

plz answer me the action of the present perfect here is contuniueted t the present i ve been a pupil since 2009

thank you very much, your website is a great help for esl teachers..kudos!!!

please, explain the difference between past perfect and past perfect continous tense..thank you!

thanx for this great lesson but unfortunately i’m still confused

You are the best of the best thanx for your explanaition and good acting play so cool and adorobal you are great

thanxs!!! tenses is really confusing but i guess i’m getting it now
i have question

it …….. for ten hours (rain)
should i take ten hours as long period of time or short
and please do tell me which tense is used here

thanxs!!! tenses is really confusing but i guess i’m getting it now
i have question

it …….. for ten hours (rain)
should i take ten hours as long period of time or short period of time
and please do tell me which tense is used here

Hi…This is my favorite lesson…lol…James u r the best,i listen lesons everyday…Regards from Serbia…

Thank you my teacher Valen could you add all tenses in the lessons please

Hi man! You should learn us the “Who questions”. It’d be nice. And please we need another video about Present Perfect. Keep up the good videos!

the best english teacher i have ever seen. thankyou

thanks a lot…..

Great lesson James. Thank you !

I whish have you as my teacher
if you were my teacher before I WOULD NOT BE IN TROUBLE NOW
TKS
ps I LOVE YOU AS A TEACHER

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Hi James, thanks a lot for your lessons,i really like the way you teaching, i can see when i watching yours videos, you do this with pleasure,you care about all this people who want to learning English!! you born to teaching us lol!! you are the best James, Regards from Brazil

i m learning but want to learn more and more

munir from afghanistan these grammar lessons that you offer are really useful and effective for all English learners. I wish all the teachers the best success and hope to offer a lesson on definite article too.

plz share some inf about clauses and sentence

I honestly find it easier just to say:
“have + verb in the past” = PPS
(means something finished)

“have + Been + verb in the gerund” = PPC
(means something goes on)

James, you get all confused. lol. He has gone. it shows no numbers and it’ss till PPS.

Dear My best teacher,
I try to learn from you every day and thank for your spend useful time to teach me. I do hope that i will become English native specker in the future.
May god bless you
Best wish,
Bunthann Cambodian

thank you teachers

thanks

Hi James,
I`ve watched your classes since two weeks ago. It`s been very helpful. I`ve been enjoying it a lot.
Tks very much!

James, the reason you think ‘read’ and ‘have read’ mean the same is that ‘read’ is correct and ‘have read’ in incorrect. Your understanding of the present perfect is incorrect. You should not put incorrect information out to 200,000 people. Those people need correct information. Write to me and I’ll explain what you need to know.

sir actually i have a question,, there is no knowledge about the word for example where its uses in ………….

have+ing having
gotta
used to be
have got to be
have had together i have had food like something please understand about the above mention grammer topics
i want thanks to you by heart specially the ALEX sir i requesting to you sir please understant about this topic you way of teaching is nice and the voice clearty is so good ..

Thank you very much!!! from Ukrain!

Good class. I´ve noticed that your pronunciation is quite different in this video when you say “read”. It sounds like “ready” just in the begging of the word because the letter “e” sounds strong . It doesn´t seem American language.
Thanks.

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thanks alot. I understand the Grammer from this website
Many Thanks :)

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THANK YOU YOU ARE MY FAVORITE TEACHER .. I AM AN A
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Hello I’m russian. And i’m writing from Turkey now. Thank you for your lesson. Very helps but May I ask u something? Could you speak more slowly?

Excellent!…

Hi! The lessons are very useful but the sound is very poor. We can hardly hear the teacher’s message. I hope that you can improve it. Thank you very much.

Thanks a lot! Good job!!! you helped to improve my grammar. I’ve never seen such kind of explanation. You’re perfect teacher.

Hello my name is carol, i´m brazilian and i need help to my english test how much is a long time ? how much is a short? 1 hour is a long or a short time ? Thanks

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keep teaching good work

thank sir could you give me the meaning of play off

hay teacher .which one is true?
1.how long have u been there?
2.how long do u live there?
tnx

good, thanks a lot

Sir, you said in the lesson.(I have been married for 20 years.
My question is that (married) isn’t it a past tense of marry and how it came in present simple and continuous?

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It was very useful!Thanks a lot!

thank you,I wish to read this lesson ,who really wanna know about grammar .

i have question
is the present perfect progressive
and the present perfect Continuous the same

i have a Q can we use past tense as well as present perfect for completed action e.g. i offered prayer. and i have offered prayer.plz clear me.

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u r such amazing teacher ,u have that unique quality we must understand what u want to say…………..good job thanks

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James, you’re confusing them, e.g, ‘I have been married for twenty years’, only if you are still married. If you are no longer married, you say ‘I was married for 20 years’. It has nothing to do with numbers. It has only to do with continuation. You’re putting out bad information. You DO need help.
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Hi,
Sorry, but one of your examples for the Present Perfect Simple not correct. “How much money do you have?” has nothing to do with the Present Perfect Simple. It’s the Simple Present: something that is true at a certain point in time! Present Perfect Simple is: have/has plus past participle. How much money have you had? would be the Present Perfect Simple.

It’s good notes to know ,Thank you .

Hi Jim,
You are a very good teacher, but when your video class was at 7min35sec, you make me confused.
Which sentences are correct?
1. I have been working here for 3 years
2. I have worked here for 3 years.

hi teacher. really you are good teacher. thank you so much.

Thanks, and happy to see you on this website

Dear James,please don’t use the light colour marker pen,because I can’t read what you wrote on the board.

Where are the exercises???? I need them…:/

“What were you doing at 2 o’clock?
I’ve been reading.”(c)
Priceless :) LOL

But we got the concept and that is the important thing! Thank you!

very good attempt

Hi, James! You’ve helped a lot understand the difference between the Present Perfect Tense and The Present Perfect Continuous. As a Portuguese speaker, those tenses are tricky for Brazilian students to grasp. I’d like to know the difference, if there is any, in sentences such as: “Sorry to keep you waiting. I’ve been fixing the car” and “Sorry to keep you waiting. I was fixing the car”. For me, both mean the same. Hugs.

thamks james this is my first time i saw your programe it,s nice n i like it bt i would like to ask you a question.the grammer is hard for me so how do i start garmmer from beggin up to end?

I have found it so useful ;)
so thanks Alot teacher

Great lessons!You gave some tips to teach my students.Thank you

It is correct if I write: I have been watching the games every Sunday for 20 years ….also if the time is long is correct to use the present perfect continuous?

Hello my teacher,
You are extremely extremely excellent teacher, the present perfect simple and continues make me confusing all of the time , thanks a a lot for your best teaching , best explaining, best example,GOD bless you, GOD bless you, all of you are the great human for us.

I have confused so much. My teacher in one time taught me. He give an example: there are a fight between a lady and a govement officer who force her to move out her home. But she doesn’t agree. So she yell: ” I have been living here for 4 years”. So when do we use ” I have lived here for…time” & ” I have been ling here for…time”

its so good i can speak english because you i love you

Thanx teacher,Good job

Hey teacher ,I’ve never seen teacher as you (great method )Thank’s alot from Suadi Arabian.I h’ve got benefit form that lesson ,please keep goin :)

THANK U

Very good thanks.

pronunciation difficult to understand,sorry

Hi james
When do u have to use present perfect and simple past. It’s gonna be more interesting and funnier if u put it as a video.i’ll be thanking u .
Thanx

thx :D !

Maam, which is correct.
I learn English these days or
I am learning English these days.

i really learn a lot with this page it’s amazing..you’re good teachers :D

good video, but very slowly the down.