You Might Be Misusing the Present Perfect Tense!

The present perfect tense is a tricky one to get right. So many people know how to make it but not when it is appropriate to use. Take this quiz to see if you know when to use it and when NOT to use it!
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I have got them all right :-) I love the different tenses in English. In German that's one of the few easier things: when we speak, we use the Vergangenheit (the Perfekt, similar to the present perfect tense) and when we write, we use the Mitvergangenheit (the Präteritum, similar to the past tense). But this applies mainly to the south of Germany as well as to Austria and Switzerland. In the north the Mitvergangenheit is also used in spoken German.

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That's what I've been trying to teach my students as well. You can't just rely on signal words to determine the correct tense, but you also need to dig deeper into the overall meaning of the sentence.

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It was such a fun way to test my ability to use past tenses! Did all right 😊 a small shot of confidence before my English exam next week.

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Laura, your videos are lovely and really helpful! thank you so much!! by the way, i’ve got 6/6 for your little quiz, nevertheless i haven’t got used to this tense yet :( it definitely needs time to adjust to !

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You haven't understood the use of the present perfect though. You are describing finished actions in the past, so you should have said: I was able to understand all you said. Past tense, not present perfect.

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What helps me to use the present perfect in a right way is using already, yet and just. Especially at work since I have to deal with non german merchants.

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Hi, As far as I remember there is one case when if one refers to specific time like „morning”, „afternoon” can use Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous as long as the morning and afternoon is not finished yet, ex. „I’ve done my presentation this morning” (which means the morning is not finished yet) 😁.

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Wohooo, got all of them right 🥳 But I admit I used to do this wrong all the time in the past (pun intended). In German, simple past and present perfect are more or less interchangable (or at least people use them any way they like :D). Good thing I went to night school and got my Abitur. Otherwise I might still struggle with it lol. My biggest help with learning present perfect was to check if I can add a "so far" to the end of the sentence. If it makes sense, it's present perfect. If not, it's probably simple past. And thank you for mentioning present perfect continuous. I was always wondering what's the difference between "have done" and "have been doing". Now I know 😊

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Absolutely gorgeous video! These examples are really handy and can really help get the hang of the present perfect. Liked and subscribed. Thanks from Ukraine :)

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Brilliant, Laura! I only got wrong "He didn't reply", but your explanation of " He hasn't replied" is very clear, thank you!

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On that one, if the same question was asked in the future it would be correct. E.g after the party if you wanted to know why they didn‘t come, you would say they didn‘t reply :)

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6:45 as a native speaker I have a point to add to this, I find this one a little unusual. It‘s grammatically correct but I would never hear this in everyday speech. It would be more like „Well I went on a walk at 10 and then I cooked (something) at 3“ or „Well I went on a walk at 10, then I was doing some cooking at 3“ Sorry to be really confusing as I understand a lot of the words in those sentences add little to no meaning, but it just sounds more natural to us. The big takeaway I will say is the english love using well at the start of sentences, so if you want to sound more natural I would look out for that and try it :) Btw I‘m free for any questions, as well as if you want me to see if any of your sentences can sound more native

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@@neffexkingdom7000 I couldn‘t tell you a number obviously, but what I can tell you is the south of england is generally more posh, so they will use more advanced words, any in northern england it‘s more basic and slang. Each region does tend to have some slang associated too but don‘t worry if you don‘t understand because you can just ask. As a native I sometimes need to ask when I talk to somebody from a different region

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Love this lesson. Thank you! I'd guess most of the people who tend to overuse present perfect would be German, French, Romanian (and perhaps Italian) speakers since in those languages there's practically no difference in meaning better simple past and present perfect. PS: I swear I've heard native speakers saying "I've went to xyz".

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