Grammar – Past Simple vs. Present Perfect

I COULDN’T GET THE PERFECT PRESENT (HOW MANY TIMES, HOW LONG)
COULD YOU GIVE US MORE EXAMPLES

I want to study english.

Thanks for this explanation. I always did a little confusion between both.

great video james, the video is very clearly and easy to understand, thanks a lot for the explanation :D:D put more more more i want to learn more english i miss canada jajaja and i miss your crazy class jaja

I agree with Patricia. James give us more examples.

Helo James. I love your classes!

Can I give you a sugestion: If you use a regular verb in youe e.g., it will make the comprehension easier for foreigners, because READ is irregular. Isn’t it?

thanks a lot

I’m from Russia. James, I’d like to say that you are such a nice and handsome man. I like your lessons, your vocabulary is easy to understand. How old are you and where do you live?))

hi james thnks for all
I love u
again I I appreciate u for all dear
:X:*

hi sir now i hyave got the difference between the uses of past simple and present perfest however i want to that the uses of past simple with preposition to.thx

I enjoyed alot listning you and feeling perfection in the field of english.I hope you will applicate more and more new methods in teaching of english.
thanks alot
Mr Asadullah Chitrali

when u change have and use off when u speak? and when u say i’ve ?

very clear easy to understand.thank you James.

Thx so much, you did it great for us

Wow thank’s james for your video thank’s alot

James I was a little confused but thanks.

could you correct ofr me this the flash’s concert was/has been fantastic . and why????

Good lessons. You’re cool teacher. Thanks a lot.

so simple and comprehensive…thanks a lot

i is very well. and i provde to you people to do this type of lession. thanks a lot

Thanks for your time…Excellent Video great explanation!!

have any tips on summary writing?

Mr . James

thank you

Dear James,

I have one question: Between Past Simple and Present Perfect, which one happened first?

Thanks,

Hi James, thanks so much for your videos. They really help a lot. But, I wonder if you’ve got the “scripts” of your videos, specially the one on the Past simple x present perfect. I’d like to take this video to my students, but without a script I’m sure they will lose a lot of important information.
Anyway, congratulations on your job. You’re a great teacher.
Bye.
maria helena

Hello, James!
i’ve enjoyed the video! but it’s not even close for what our teachers telling us! especially for the pres perfect)))
thanks truly))
p.s. what about past perfect???

thanks alot

Hi, James!
I was just to give you many thanks for your nice English videos. I enjoy very much your fantastic teaching.

Hi James:)Very useful lesson indeed.I have a question…’as soon as’ and ‘not long after that” which one can be used only with Past Tense or only with Present Perfect?Thanks!

Thanks James, You are a very good teacher.

Hey James Ive really enjoyed your presentation, but how is it, when you want to say the following: Then the shares _____ (fall) steadily for 3 months. It should be present perfect because you ask, for how long, right?

hi, my name is cristian rodrigo bermudez, and I live in mar del plata-argentina.
I like so much your video, are very easy for learning,because you explain very very good.
well…I’ve gotta go,goodbye.
You are the best.:)

Hi, i want to study english with you

hi james
i really enjoy studing english with you.

Hi james,
Great video but give us some examples of present perfect about how long and how many times.

Do you have the questions?

Hi james,
I have a doubt.why U dont use had in I HAVE READ THE ARTICLE

i’m frish in english can i understand and continue

thnx

thank you james,keep it up

could u write the formula of the tenses…??

you are great teacher million thank you l enjoy learning from your video

hi Alex;i’m nadia from Morocco,and i am an English teacher.your way of explaining is really simple and clear as a bell

Hi.. did you say math??
I love math more than English you know !!!
lol
Thank you for the explanation :)

Thank you very much James. You explained it in a simple and concise way. You are the best:)

Looking forward for more lessons’-’
God bless

Do you always use both participles and the auxilary verb have in the present perfect tense?

good class, can u give me some examples of simple past and past perfect

Dear james,
i am very pleased after viewing your video lessions. i am from Bangladesh. i would like to request you to provide me the clear conception during the use of do, did, does in replacing the am, is, are. For example: Do you know him? is it right with the use of “are”?

waiting for kind solve

Thanks so much I really enjoy your lessons….

that was go0od job but u didn’t tell about since or for plz practice on details more

hello it was great .many thanks

i am so happy to find your website it really helps

wow > that’s too nice frome you teacher.
I’v been waching your lesson’s since last year.<<<< how was it??

your videos are the best also you looks away difrrent than when i was young

You are great teacher.

but sometime I’m not sure that I can understand you clearly. Why don’t you have any practice to let us know how understand we are?

Thank you for your funny teaching. ^_^

Hello James,
My name is sarah and I am from Turkey.I am a nurse.I was living in usa since 2008.I was having hard time especially learning present perfect tense.Your teaching is GREAT!!!!
Believe or not I never understood this tense until today.Now I have learned..I am so HAPPY!!!I will continue to listen your english program because JUST GREAT!!
Thank you for making easy to learn ENGLISH!!
THANK YOU ALL OF YOU GUYS!!
Sincerely
Sarah

Thank you

I’m french and I want you to know that you are a great teacher ! I have an exeman next week and I think i’m ready . With your explenation I can understand better and overcome many difficulties that a non-english speaker can meet ! Thanks a lot !!

hi james how are you ? thanks for Explain the simple past and present perfect . but please we need more examples for present perfect .thanks a lot ..

hi james
very good lesson please do like this to all other tenses it was clear my all doubt
thanks alot

Thanks for video class. that makes English easier then before. now I love to learn it.

Thank you

Thank you. I need to learn more about Present Perfect. Would you help me?

I think this is a great site, although it is kind of basic for a lawyer, I like the way you teach and your ability to hit the nail on the head. I think it would be unfair to say who the best lecturer is since you are all great. I will keep visiting the site and am grateful for all the aveilable free lessons. If this site shall endure until I have children then my children should be grounded in this site so that I may be rich if one of them managed to be a writer (best seller) this site is great by any standard. thank you again. like my self the poor Chinese, Afghani, and Russian should be grateful for the free lesson.

Thank you very much for your teaching.this lisson was very helpful lisson.

Hi James

i always confused about past tens and present perfect ,,,,, thanks to you, now i understand how do i use. and please teach us the rest of the Tens ,,,
Thenks

Hi James I really think the way you teach English is fab.really, I am watching your videos and I really understand each and every single thing you say. Rebecca is also good, I like the way she explains things, she is so calm, and takes everything one step at a time!

very nice
but we need more :)

I like tour teachering the best of all!!!

I’m pround of you. I’m russian and I can understand you very nice!!! Thank you!

thanks a lot it was a great explanation, but can please give us more details especially when we use the present perfect in Duration of time and Unspecified time.

thanks again and I like the way that you teach.

thanks

hi everyone,

what if there is no information about the time.

like:

i drunk water with james
or
i ve drunk water with james.

i feel that when i m talking, i m using more the preterit in this situation.
anyone can explain?
thank

Cool!

Hey James
Thanks for the great lessons and i am always trying to follow your nice lessons
May God bless you.

no quiz?

well.this is just it as i had been longing to see such videos for the simple reason that i am a teacher myself…i explore to find variation in teaching methodologies…………..well done!!!!!

Thank you so much James, I really enjoy your lesson.

Hi James! Your exposition is great! Thank you a lot for your excelent work.

thank you so much i apprereciated your teaching

JAMES thnak you so much, your explanation is clear as a bell. Through your lesson, i got the difference of the time i should use the past tense and past perfect.

lol s-i-m-p-l-e p-a-s-t i’ve learnt alot. Thanks James! :)

Hi James! Thanks so much for your lesson. I’ve really learnt how to use past simple and present perfect. I’ve have a qustion, whats the differences between we shall and we should? Anyway thanks for your lesson again! :)

Thanks Dude

Thank you James

Good video
Thanks

Hi James,
Thank you for your explanation of present perfect, this mean is also YOU are perfect too! Many or the most EFL vs ESL teachers lack of illustration to provide clarification towards their students whom are dying for the effective teaching strategies like you.

I have been married one month ago with a English men but they rejected(refusal) my visa because my English test wasn’t good enough I had 3 as a score in listening and the embassy said I need to have 4 not 3 so I have to repeat it again James please try to do more leccons of listening can help me to pass my iltes test again I’m from morocco thank u for ur help u r amazing guy I like you

Thank you very mauch for such s simple explanation! I`ve wondered all my life what is the difference. Now I got it!

I COULDN’T GET THE PERFECT PRESENT (HOW MANY TIMES, HOW LONG)
COULD YOU GIVE US MORE EXAMPLES

thanks for nice, lecture.

hi James I am very gonfused with all the tenses would you please help me.

Dir sir.
I would like to thanks and apperciate u teaching its very good and i am u new student please help me for knowing english language thanks.

Thanks I will be with you

excelent explenation. Thanks

Thanks Mr.James. Now I understand “the present perfect”.

cool !!! thanks…

it is really hard for me to understand is ,,,,

Hi James, I have saw many videos, and I have a question.

What is the best order to see the videos?, or how I can order my objectives to learn english?

Thanks

I like very mucho your work!!!

thank you james your lessons were really useful forme i’m mohamed el mtioui from morocco can you plz talk about the perfect tenses

thank you very much engvid team , hope we will receive useable important lession in future, actually i m a victim of english learner because there is some reason, actually i’am from nepal but now i’am living in abroad with people from different country , and when i went to abroad that i could knew nothing an english how to speak as well how to write so one day someone english people came around me and started scold me but i did know for what he is scolding against me? if i could speak well english i knew how to replay him but it’s complecated for me! after then i realise i must be learn english so i could fight against them who scold me as well others, ever since i have been learling english it’s been couple of years now , with getting help envid english class especially my teacher is mr. james i like you i m really really impress from you, hope i might get usefull lession for me as well who is victim of learn english as im so thank you very much once again thank you very much bye bye bye

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you are cool

hey teacher James, what about questions? I mean, ” what did you do” or ” what have you done” , ”who have done it” or ”who did it” , ”why have you gone there” or ”why did you go there”…
it would be more satisfying if you explained them, please.

thank u so mush teacher james could u expand this more talking about questions and so on thanks in advance

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I am Lao now I am attend at university so I also learned English with you on your website, So I interested your lesson. so may you teach for more.

Dear James pls explain to me again as follows sentence

can i say ,,,i have completed in the morning
i completed in the morning

which are right answer???