Don't Understand Perfect Tenses? Watch This

Hey, welcome back to the English Channel. Today is a special video because I've gotten some requests and comments to explain the perfect tenses in English. So, today's episode, we will tackle the perfect tense in English. We will talk about present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect.

This 15-minute YouTube video is the same thing as a 1-hour English class. How is that? Comprehensible input. So, I'll be speaking slowly and with great detail, so you can understand the concepts for today.

Well, now let's talk about the perfect tenses in English. We're going to start with the present perfect. Before we start, press pause, grab some paper or a notebook, grab some paper or a notebook, a pen or a pencil, and write down some notes.

So, first things first, present perfect. First thing I'll say about the perfect tenses in general, the perfect tenses are used to talk about your or someone else's experience.

So, one confusion we have with the perfect tense is how what is the difference between I lost my keys, past simple, and I have lost my keys.

What's the difference? So, I lost my keys is the past simple, and we use the past simples for actions that started and finished in the past.

And also, there is no connection to the future. If you say, I have lost my keys, the connection to the present is you don't have the keys.

And it's important that you don't have the keys. You can't open your door now. There's There's um a present result.

So, I have lost my keys. So, I can't open the door. The perfect tense normally needs to be followed with why you can't do something in the present. What is the connection between the past and the present? With the perfect tense, present perfect, there is always a connection between the past and the present.

So, it is good grammar to state what is the correction in what is the connection in your sentence. I have a little bit of notes in my phones, as also as always, so I'm going to take a look at these notes quickly and explain you them.

So, we talked about life experiences. So, I have been to London. You're talking about your experience.

You have traveled there before. If you say, I went to London, you're talking about that specific time when you went. You're not talking about your experiences. You're saying, I went to London and I had fish and chips.