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Hi, everybody.

大家好你们好。

I’m Esther. Welcome to my  

我是埃丝特。欢迎来到我

English grammar course on the tenses. I’m going to teach you how to use the twelve  

关于时态的英语语法课程。我将教你如何使用

tenses in the past, present, and future. It’s a great course, and there’s a lot of  

过去、现在和将来的十二个时态。这是一门很棒的课程，而且有很多

important information. So keep watching.

重要的信息。所以继续看。

Hi, everybody.

大家好你们好。

My name is Esther.

我叫以斯帖。

I'm so excited to teach you the present simple tense in today's video.

我很高兴在今天的视频中教你现在的简单时态。

Now this lesson can be a little difficult,

现在这节课可能有点难，

so I'll do my best to keep it easy and fun for you.

所以我会尽力让你轻松有趣。

My goal is for you to understand how and when to use this grammar by the end of the video.

我的目标是让您在视频结束时了解如何以及何时使用此语法。

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

Let's start with the first usage for the present simple tense.

让我们从一般现在时的第一个用法开始。

The first usage is pretty easy.

第一次使用非常简单。

We use it to talk about facts, truths, and generalizations.

我们用它来谈论事实、真理和概括。

Let's look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

‘The Sun is bright.’

“太阳很亮。”

Now that's a fact.

现在这是事实。

It doesn't change.

它没有改变。

Everybody knows that the Sun is bright.

每个人都知道太阳是明亮的。

It was bright yesterday.

昨天天亮了。

It's bright today.

今天天亮了。

And it will be bright tomorrow.

明天会很光明。

That makes it a fact.

这使它成为事实。

‘Pigs don't fly.’

“猪不会飞。”

That's also a fact.

这也是事实。

Everybody knows that pigs don't fly.

众所周知，猪不会飞。

‘Cats are better than dogs.’

“猫比狗好。”

Now this you may not agree with.

现在这个你可能不同意。

This is my truth.

这是我的真相。

I'm making a generalization about cats and dogs in this example.

在这个例子中，我正在对猫和狗进行概括。

And finally, ‘It's cold in winter.’

最后，“冬天很冷。”

This really depends on where you live, but for a lot of people, or let's say for

这真的取决于你住在哪里，但是对于很多人来说，或者说对于

most people, it is cold in the winter,

大多数人来说，冬天很冷，

so that's the truth for some people.

所以这对某些人来说是事实。

Now let's look back and see what verb I used in the present simple tense.

现在让我们回顾一下我在一般现在时使用的动词。

For the first sentence, we have ‘is’.

对于第一句话，我们有“是”。

I use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’ to talk about the Sun.

我用'be'动词'is'来谈论太阳。

In the next sentence, I use the negative of do - ‘do not’

在下一个句子中，我使用了 do 的否定词 - 'do not'

And you'll notice I use the contraction and put these two words together to make it ‘don't’.

你会注意到我使用了缩略词并将这两个词放在一起使其成为 'don't'。

‘Cats are better than dogs.’

“猫比狗好。”

I use the ‘be’ verb "are" to talk about cats because ‘cats’ is plural.

我使用“be”动词“are”来谈论猫，因为“cats”是复数形式。

And finally, it's cold and winter.

最后，它是寒冷和冬天。

Here I use the ‘be’ verb "is" again,

在这里，我再次使用了“be”动词“is”，

but I use the contraction to combine ‘it’ and ‘is’

但我使用了缩略词将“it”和“is”组合起来

and made ‘it’s’.

，变成了“it's”。

Let's move on to the next usage.

让我们继续下一个用法。

We also use the present simple tense to talk about habits and routines.

我们也使用一般现在时来谈论习惯和惯例。

So things and actions that happen regularly.

所以经常发生的事情和行动。

Let’s look at the examples.

让我们看一下示例。

‘I always eat lunch at noon.’

“我总是在中午吃午饭。”

You'll notice I use the adverb ‘always’ because I'm talking about something that I

你会注意到我使用副词“总是”，因为我在谈论我

do regularly.

经常做的事情。

What is that?

那是什么？

‘Eat lunch at noon.’

“中午吃午饭。”

So I use the present simple tense.

所以我使用一般现在时。

And here I use the verb ‘eat’.

在这里，我使用动词“吃”。

‘I eat…’

“我吃……”

The second example says you play games every day.

第二个例子说你每天都玩游戏。

Do you see the clue that helps you know that this is something that happens regularly?

您是否看到有助于您知道这是经常发生的事情的线索？

It's ‘every day’.

这是“每一天”。

So it's something that happens as a routine or a habit,

所以这是作为例行程序或习惯发生的事情，

so you play games.

所以你玩游戏。

The verb here is ‘play’.

这里的动词是“玩”。

‘You play…’

“你玩……”

The next example says ‘Seth starts work at 9:00 a.m. daily.’

下一个例子是“Seth 每天早上 9:00 开始工作。”

Again this is something that happens regularly.

同样，这是经常发生的事情。

‘Seth goes to work at 9:00 a.m.’ every day.

'Seth 每天早上 9:00 上班'。

Now you'll notice I put a blue line under the ‘s’ in ‘starts’.

现在你会注意到我在“starts”中的“s”下面放了一条蓝线。

Can you figure out why?

你能弄清楚为什么吗？

Well remember that when the subject of a sentence is ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’,

请记住，当句子的主语是“他”、“她”或“它”时，

we need to add an ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the end of the verb in the present simple tense.

我们需要在一般现在时的动词末尾添加一个“s”或“es”。

Seth is a ‘he’, so we need to add an ‘s’.

Seth 是一个'he'，所以我们需要添加一个's'。

‘Seth starts work at 9:00 a.m. daily.’

“赛斯每天早上 9:00 开始工作。”

And the last example: ‘They study English every Monday.’

最后一个例子：“他们每周一学习英语。”

Again, ‘every Monday’ means that they do it regularly,

同样，“每个星期一”意味着他们定期这样做，

and that's why we use the present simple tense.

这就是我们使用现在简单时态的原因。

‘They study…’.

'他们研究…'。

So as a review, remember we use the present simple tense

因此，作为回顾，请记住我们使用现在简单时态

to talk about habits and routines that happen regularly.

来谈论经常发生的习惯和例程。

Let's move on.

让我们继续前进。

We also use the present simple tense with non-continuous verbs.

我们还将现在简单时态与非连续动词一起使用。

These are verbs that we  don't use in the continuous 

这些是我们不以连续

form,

even if they're happening right now.

形式使用的动词，

即使它们现在正在发生。

They're also called stative verbs.

它们也被称为静态动词。

These are connected with thoughts, opinions, feelings, emotions, and our five senses.

这些与思想、意见、感觉、情感和我们的五种感官有关。

Let's look at these examples.

让我们看看这些例子。

‘I love my mom.’

'我爱我妈。'

The verb here is ‘love’.

这里的动词是“爱”。

That's an emotion, so I use the present simple tense.

那是一种情绪，所以我使用现在简单时态。

‘It smells good.’

'闻起来好香。'

‘Smell’ is one of the five senses, so I use the present simple tense.

“嗅觉”是五种感官之一，所以我使用一般现在时。

You'll notice I underlined the ‘s’ because remember the subject is ‘it’.

你会注意到我在“s”下划线，因为记住主题是“it”。

‘Kelly feels happy.’

“凯利感到很高兴。”

This is talking about a feeling.

这是在谈一种感觉。

Again the subject here is ‘Kelly’ which is a ‘she’,

这里的主语再次是“Kelly”，它是一个“她”，

so I added an ‘s’ to the verb.

所以我在动词后面加了一个“s”。

And finally, ‘They need help.’

最后，“他们需要帮助。”

We don't say, ‘they are needing help’ even though it's happening right now.

即使现在正在发生，我们也不会说“他们需要帮助”。

‘Need’ is non-continuous, so we say, ‘they need help’,

“需要”是不连续的，所以我们说，“他们需要帮助”，

so remember you also use the present simple tense with non-continuous verbs,

所以请记住，你也使用现在简单时态和不连续的动词，

connected with thoughts, opinions, feelings, emotions, and our five senses.

与思想、意见、感觉、情绪和我们的五种感官相关联。

Let's move on.

让我们继续前进。

Speakers occasionally use the present simple tense to talk about something that will happen

说话者偶尔会使用一般现在时来谈论

in the near future.

在不久的将来会发生的事情。

Now this can be a little confusing, but we're not using the future tense,

现在这可能有点令人困惑，但我们没有使用将来时，

we're using the present simple tense.

我们使用的是现在简单时。

It's possible to do that and it's actually common for people to do that.

这样做是可能的，而且人们这样做实际上很常见。

Again, for something that will happen in the near future.

再次，对于将在不久的将来发生的事情。

Let's look at the examples.

让我们看一下示例。

‘I have class at 6 p.m.’

“我下午 6 点有课”

‘6 p.m.’ that's pretty soon, so I can say,

“下午 6 点”这很快，所以我可以说，

'I have class.'

“我有课。”

- the present simple tense.

- 现在简单时态。

‘Lisa arrives on Sunday.’

“丽莎星期天到。”

Again the near future, ‘Sunday’.

再次在不久的将来，“星期日”。

So I use the present simple tense.

所以我使用一般现在时。

I added an ‘s’ at the end of arrive, because Lisa, the subject, is a ‘she’.

我在到达末尾添加了一个“s”，因为主语Lisa是一个“她”。

‘We start work soon.’

“我们很快就开始工作了。”

Again, the near future, ‘soon’,

同样，不久的将来，“很快”，

so I use the present simple verb ‘start’.

所以我使用现在的简单动词“开始”。

And finally, ‘My students come tomorrow.’

最后，“我的学生明天来。”

This is something that will happen in the near future,

这是在不久的将来会发生的事情，

so I use the verb ‘come’.

所以我使用动词“来”。

So remember it is possible, and it is common to use the present simple tense

所以请记住这是可能的，并且通常使用现在简单时态

to talk about something that will happen in the near future.

来谈论将在不久的将来发生的事情。

Let's go to the next usage.

让我们进入下一个用法。

Let's talk about a possible negative usage for the present simple tense,

让我们谈谈现在简单时态可能的否定用法，

and that is ‘do not’ and ‘does not’.

那就是“不”和“不”。

The first example says, ‘Mike eats bread.’

第一个例子说，“迈克吃面包。”

I put an ‘s’ at the end of ‘eat’ because the subject is Mike which is a ‘he’.

我在“吃”的末尾加了一个“s”，因为主语是迈克，它是一个“他”。

Now that's not a negative statement.

现在这不是否定的说法。

What happens when I want to turn it into a negative statement?

当我想把它变成否定陈述时会发生什么？

Well I change it like this - ‘Mike doesn't eat bread.’

好吧，我把它改成这样——“迈克不吃面包。”

So you'll notice that I didn't move the ‘s’ here, okay.

所以你会注意到我没有在这里移动's'，好吧。

Instead I added ‘doesn't’.

相反，我添加了“不”。

I took ‘does’ and ‘not’ and I turned it into a contraction by combining the two

我使用了“does”和“not”，然后通过将两者结合起来

and making it ‘doesn't’.

并使其成为“doesn't”，将其变成了一种收缩。

So if the subject is ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’,

因此，如果主语是“他”、“她”或“它”，

we use ‘does not’ or ‘doesn't’ to make it negative.

我们使用“不”或“不”来使其否定。

‘You swim well.’

“你游得很好。”

In this case, I don't need to put an ‘s’ at the end of ‘swim’ because the subject

在这种情况下，我不需要在“游泳”的末尾加上“s”，因为主题

is ‘you’.

是“你”。

If I want to make this sentence negative, I use ‘don't’.

如果我想让这句话否定，我会使用“不要”。

‘You don't swim well.’

“你游得不好。”

I use the contraction for ‘do’ and ‘not’.

我使用“做”和“不”的缩写。

I combine them to make ‘don't’,

我将它们组合成“不要”，

so if the subject is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, or ‘they’,

所以如果主语是“我”、“你”、“我们”或“他们”，

we use ‘do not’ or ‘don't’.

我们使用“不要”或“不要”。

So to review ‘do not’ and ‘does not’ or ‘don't’ and ‘doesn't’

因此，复习“不”和“不”或“不”和“不”

is a possible usage for the negative for present simple

是现在简单

tense.

时否定式的可能用法。

Let's continue on.

让我们继续。

Now I'll talk about one possible question form for the present simple tense

现在我将讨论现在简单时态的一种可能的问题形式，

and that is by using ‘do’ or ‘does’.

即使用“do”或“does”。

So let's look at the example, ‘They live here.’

所以让我们看一个例子，“他们住在这里”。

That's not a question, right?

这不是一个问题，对吧？

'They live here’

'他们住在这里'

In order to turn it into a question, it's really simple.

为了把它变成一个问题，这真的很简单。

All I have to do is add ‘do’ to the beginning and add a question mark at the end.

我所要做的就是在开头添加“do”并在末尾添加一个问号。

‘Do they live here?’

“他们住在这里吗？”

So if the subject is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, or ‘they’,

因此，如果主语是“我”、“你”、“我们”或“他们”，

simply add ‘do’ to the beginning of the question.

只需在问题的开头添加“做”即可。

How about this one, ‘He plays soccer.’

这个怎么样，“他踢足球”。

In this statement, the subject is ‘he’ and that's why you should know by now,

在这个陈述中，主题是“他”，这就是为什么你现在应该知道，

I have an ‘s’ at the end of ‘play’.

我在“play”的末尾有一个“s”。

However, to turn this into a question, I add ‘does’ at the beginning.

然而，为了把它变成一个问题，我在开头添加了“does”。

‘Does he play soccer?’

“他踢足球吗？”

What you'll notice here is that I no longer have the ‘s’ at the end of play.

你会注意到这里我不再有's'在播放结束。

Instead I just used ‘does’ at the beginning,

相反，我只是在开头使用了“does”，

so for ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’, put ‘does’ at the beginning,

所以对于“he”、“she”或“it”，将“does”放在开头，

and don't worry about putting an ‘s’ or ‘es’ at the end of the verb.

不要担心在后面加上“s”或“es”动词的结尾。

So to review, one possible way of forming a question for the present simple tense is

因此，回顾一下，为现在简单时形成问题的一种可能方法是

using ‘do’ or ‘does’ at the beginning.

在开头使用“do”或“does”。

Alright let's move on.

好吧，让我们继续。

Let's start with the first checkup.

让我们从第一次检查开始。

In this checkup, I want you to focus on the ‘be’ verbs.

在这个检查中，我希望你专注于“be”动词。

Remember ‘be’ verbs, in the present simple tense, can be ‘is’, ‘am’, or ‘are’.

记住“be”动词在一般现在时可以是“is”、“am”或“are”。

Take a look at the first sentence.

看第一句话。

It says, ‘She _ blank _ at school.’

它说，“她在学校_空白_。”

The subject of this sentence is ‘she’.

这句话的主语是“她”。

What ‘be’ verb do we use for ‘she’?

我们对“她”使用什么“是”动词？

The correct answer is ‘is’.

正确答案是“是”。

Now if you were thinking of the negative, the

现在，如果你想的是否定的，

correct answer would be ‘she isn't’

正确的答案是“她不是”

or ‘she is not’.

或“她不是”。

That's correct as well.

这也是正确的。

And if we want to use a contraction for ‘she is’, we can say ‘she's at school’

如果我们想对“她是”使用缩写，我们可以说“她在学校”

For the next one, it says, ‘They _ blank _ twenty years old.’

。对于下一个，它说，“他们 _ 空白 _ 二十岁。”

The subject of this sentence is ‘they’.

这句话的主语是“他们”。

What ‘be’ verb do we use for ‘they’?

我们对“他们”使用什么“是”动词？

The correct answer is ‘are’.

正确答案是“是”。

For the negative, you can also use ‘aren't’ or ‘are not’.

对于否定，您也可以使用“不是”或“不是”。

Also if you want to use the contraction for ‘they are’, you can say,

此外，如果您想使用“他们是”的缩写，您可以说

‘They're 20 years old.’

“他们 20 岁”。

The next sentence says, ‘His father _ blank_ busy.’

下一句说，“他的父亲_blank_忙。”

The subject of this sentence is ‘his father’.

这句话的主语是“他的父亲”。

What subject pronoun do we use for ‘his father’?

我们用什么主语代词来表示“他的父亲”？

The correct answer is ‘he’.

正确答案是“他”。

Remember for ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, the ‘be’ verb is ‘is’.

记住对于“he”、“she”、“it”，“be”动词是“is”。

For the negative, we can say ‘isn't’ or ‘is not’.

对于否定的，我们可以说“不是”或“不是”。

And for a contraction, for ‘father’ and ‘is’, we can say, ‘His father's busy.’

对于收缩，对于“父亲”和“是”，我们可以说，“他的父亲很忙。”

Now I want you to try to find the mistakes in this sentence.

现在我想让你试着找出这句话中的错误。

‘We isn't good friends.’

“我们不是好朋友。”

Did you find the mistake?

你发现错误了吗？

This is the mistake.

这是错误。

The subject is ‘we’ and the ‘be’ verb is ‘are’.

主语是“we”，动词“be”是“are”。

Therefore, the correct answer is ‘we are not’,

因此，正确答案是“我们不是”，

or the contraction, ‘we aren't good friends.’

或者缩写为“我们不是好朋友”。

The next sentence.

下一句。

Can you find the mistake?

你能找出错误吗？

‘Are John a teacher?’

“约翰是老师吗？”

Think about the subject of this sentence.

想想这句话的主题。

The subject is ‘John’.

主题是“约翰”。

And ‘John’, the subject pronoun is ‘he’.

而“约翰”，主语代词是“他”。

Therefore, we don't use ‘are’, we use ‘is’.

因此，我们不使用'are'，我们使用'is'。

‘Is John a teacher?’

“约翰是老师吗？”

‘Is John a teacher?’

“约翰是老师吗？”

And finally, ‘It am a puppy.’

最后，“它是一只小狗。”

hmm This one is a big mistake.

嗯这是一个很大的错误。

The subject here is ‘it’.

这里的主题是“它”。

What ‘be’ verb do we use for ‘it’?

我们用什么动词来表示“它”？

The correct answer is ‘is’.

正确答案是“是”。

So we don't say, ‘It am a puppy,’ we say, ‘It is a puppy.’

所以我们不会说，“它是一只小狗”，我们会说，“它是一只小狗”。

Great job guys.

干得好伙计们。

Let's move on to the next checkup.

让我们继续下一个检查。

For the next checkup, I want you to think of some other verbs in the present simple

在下一次检查中，我希望您考虑其他一些现在简单

tense.

时态的动词。

Take a look at the first sentence.

看第一句话。

‘He __ blank __ …’, I want you to think of the verb, ‘like his dinner’.

'He __ blank __ ...'，我想让你想想动词，'like his dinner'。

What do we do to the verb when the subject is ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’?

当主语是“他”、“她”或“它”时，我们对动词怎么办？

Remember we add an ‘s’.

请记住，我们添加了一个“s”。

‘He likes his dinner.’

“他喜欢他的晚餐。”

For the negative, you can also say, ‘He doesn't like his dinner.’

对于负面的，你也可以说，“他不喜欢他的晚餐。”

The next sentence says, ‘My students __ blank __…’, I want you to think of ‘need’,

下一句说，“我的学生 __blank __...”，我想让你想到“需要”，

‘…books’.

“...书籍”。

What is the subject pronoun for ‘my students’?

“我的学生”的主语代词是什么？

The correct answer is ‘they’.

正确答案是“他们”。

If the subject is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, or ‘they’, in the present simple tense,

如果主语是“我”、“你”、“我们”或“他们”，在一般现在时，

we don't change the verb, we keep it as is.

我们不改变动词，保持原样。

So the correct answer is, ‘My students need books.’

所以正确的答案是，“我的学生需要书。”

Now for the negative, you can say, ‘My students don't need books.’

现在对于负面的，你可以说，“我的学生不需要书。”

The next sentence says, ‘I __ blank __…’, think of the verb,

下一句说，'I __ blank __...'，想想动词，

‘…live in London.’

'...live in London。

What do we do here?

我们在这里做什么？

Again the subject is ‘I’, therefore we don't change the verb.

同样，主语是“我”，因此我们不改变动词。

The correct answer is, ‘I live in London.’

正确答案是“我住在伦敦”。

What's the negative?

什么是负面的？

‘I don't live in London.’

“我不住在伦敦。”

For the next part, I would like for you to try to find the mistake in the sentence.

对于下一部分，我希望您尝试找出句子中的错误。

‘He doesn't likes math.’

“他不喜欢数学。”

What's the error here?

这里有什么错误？

Well this is a negative.

好吧，这是一个负面的。

‘He doesn't…’, that's correct.

“他没有……”，这是正确的。

However, we do not add an ‘s’ when we have ‘doesn't’ in front of ‘it’.

但是，当“it”前面有“doesn't”时，我们不会添加“s”。

‘Do he eat candy?’

“他吃糖果吗？”

Here we have a question.

这里我们有一个问题。

The subject of the sentence is ‘he’.

句子的主语是“他”。

For ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, when we're making a sentence in the present simple tense,

对于“他”、“她”、“它”，当我们用一般现在时造句时，

we use ‘does’ not ‘do’.

我们使用“does”而不是“do”。

So the correct answer is, ‘Does he eat candy?’

所以正确的答案是，“他吃糖果吗？”

And finally, ‘Sam is play computer games.’

最后，“山姆正在玩电脑游戏。”

There are two present simple verbs here and we can't have that,

这里有两个现在时的简单动词，我们不能这样，

so the correct way to fix this sentence is to get rid of the ‘is’.

所以修正这句话的正确方法是去掉“是”。

So take that out and say, ‘Sam plays computer games.’

所以把它拿出来说，“山姆玩电脑游戏。”

Add an ‘s’ because the subject is ‘Sam’ which is a ‘he’.

添加一个's'，因为主题是'Sam'，它是一个'he'。

Great job!

做得好！

Let's move on to the next practice.

让我们继续下一个练习。

For this next practice, we're taking a look at routines.

在接下来的练习中，我们来看看例程。

Remember the present simple tense can be used to describe events that happen regularly.

请记住，现在简单时态可用于描述定期发生的事件。

Let's take a look at the first sentence,

让我们看看第一句话，

‘We _ blank _ the bus every day.’

'We _blank _ the bus every day。

And I want you to use the verb ‘take’.

我希望你使用动词“take”。

Here we see the clue word ‘every day’ which shows that this is a routine.

在这里，我们看到线索词“每天”，表明这是例行公事。

The subject of the sentence is ‘we’.

句子的主语是“我们”。

In the present simple tense,

在一般现在时，

remember if the subject is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, or ‘they’,

记住如果主语是“我”、“你”、“我们”或“他们”，

we do not change the verb.

我们不会改变动词。

Therefore the correct answer is, ‘We take the bus every day.’

因此，正确的答案是“我们每天都坐公共汽车”。

In the second sentence it says, ‘He _ blank _ to school every morning.’

在第二句话中，它说：“他每天早上 _blank _ 去学校。”

Again a routine.

又是例行公事。

The subject here is ‘he’.

这里的主语是“他”。

What do we do if the subject is ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’?

如果主语是“他”、“她”或“它”，我们该怎么办？

We add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the verb.

我们在动词后面加上“s”或“es”。

In this example, the verb is ‘go’, so we have to add ‘es’.

在这个例子中，动词是'go'，所以我们必须添加'es'。

‘He goes to school every morning.’

“他每天早上都去上学。”

In the next sentence, it says, ‘Lizzy not play (in parenthesis) tennis.’

在下一句中，它说：“莉齐不打（括号内）网球。”

Here I want you to think about the negative form.

在这里，我希望您考虑否定形式。

Lizzy is a ‘she’.

Lizzy是一个“她”。

The subject pronoun is ‘she’ so what do we do for the negative?

主语代词是“她”，那么我们如何处理否定词？

We say ‘does not’ or the contraction ‘doesn't play tennis’.

我们说“不”或收缩“不打网球”。

We do not add an ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the end of the verb.

我们不会在动词末尾添加“s”或“es”。

Instead we say ‘doesn't’ or ‘does not’.

相反，我们说“不”或“不”。

Now I want you to find a mistake in the next sentence.

现在我要你找出下一句中的一个错误。

‘They watches TV at night.’

“他们晚上看电视。”

Can you figure out what's wrong with the sentence?

你能弄清楚这句话有什么问题吗？

The subject is ‘they’.

主题是“他们”。

Therefore, remember, we do not change the verb.

因此，请记住，我们不会改变动词。

We say ‘watch’.

我们说“看”。

‘They watch TV at night’.

“他们晚上看电视”。

In the next sentence, or question, it says, ‘Does he plays soccer every week?’

在下一个句子或问题中，它说：“他每周都踢足球吗？”

The subject of the sentence is ‘he’.

句子的主语是“他”。

To make a sentence, putting ‘does’ at the beginning is okay,

造句，开头加does是可以的，

However, we don't put an ‘s’ at the end of ‘play’.

但是play后面不加s。

Therefore, the correct answer is to simply say,

因此，正确的答案是简单地说，

‘Does he play soccer every week?’

“他每周都踢足球吗？”

And finally, ‘He always forget his book.’

最后，“他总是忘记他的书。”

In this case, the subject is ‘he’.

在这种情况下，主语是“他”。

Remember, again, for he/she/it we add 's' or 'es' to the end of the verb.

再次记住，对于 he/she/it，我们在动词末尾添加“s”或“es”。

What's the verb in the sentence?

句子中的动词是什么？

It's ‘forget’.

是“忘记”。

Therefore we have to say, ‘He always forgets his book.’

因此我们不得不说，“他总是忘记他的书。”

Great job.

做得好。

Let's move on to the next practice.

让我们继续下一个练习。

In this checkup, we'll take a look at how the present simple tense can be used to describe

在这个检查中，我们将看看如何使用现在简单时态来描述

future events.

未来的事件。

Take a look at the first sentence.

看第一句话。

It says, ‘The airplane _ blank _ tonight.’

它说，'今晚的飞机_空白_。

And we're looking at the verb ‘leave’.

我们正在研究动词“离开”。

What is the subject of the sentence?

句子的主语是什么？

The correct answer is ‘airplane’.

正确答案是“飞机”。

What subject pronoun do we use for ‘airplane’?

我们用什么主语代词来表示“飞机”？

It's ‘it’.

是它'。

Remember in the present simple tense, for ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, we add an ‘s’

请记住，在一般现在时，对于“他”、“她”、“它”，我们

or ‘es’ to the verb.

在动词后面加一个“s”或“es”。

The verb here is ‘leave’ so we simply add an ‘s’.

这里的动词是“离开”，所以我们只需添加一个“s”。

The correct answer is, ‘The airplane leaves tonight.’

正确答案是“今晚飞机起飞”。

In the second sentence, it says, ‘Does the movie _blank_ soon?’

在第二句话中，它说，“电影会_blank_ 很快吗？”

And we're using the verb ‘start’.

我们正在使用动词“开始”。

What is the subject of this sentence?

这句话的主语是什么？

It’s ‘movie’.

是“电影”。

And what subject pronoun do we use for movie?

我们用什么主语代词来形容电影？

It’s ‘it’.

是它'。

So it's like saying, ‘Does it _ blank _ soon?’

所以这就像说，'它会_ 空白_ 很快吗？

Well this is a question, so we already have the correct word in the front - ‘does’.

嗯，这是一个问题，所以我们前面已经有了正确的词——“做”。

For he/she/it, when we're asking a question, we use ‘does’.

对于他/她/它，当我们提出问题时，我们使用“does”。

Now all we have to do is use the same verb in its base form,

现在我们所要做的就是在它的基本形式中使用相同的动词，

so ‘Does the movie start soon?’

所以“电影快开始了吗？”

We do not add an ‘s’ or ‘es’ here.

我们不在这里添加“s”或“es”。

Finally, it says, ‘Viki _ blank _ tomorrow.’

最后，它说，'Viki_blank_明天。

The subject of the sentence is ‘Vicki’.

句子的主题是“Vicki”。

‘Vicki’ is a girl so the subject pronoun is ‘she’.

“Vicki”是一个女孩，所以主语代词是“她”。

You'll remember now that for… in this case, we put ‘works’.

您现在会记得，对于……在这种情况下，我们输入了“作品”。

w-o-r-k-s ‘works’.

作品“作品”。

‘Vicki works tomorrow.’

“维姬明天上班。”

Now let's find the mistakes in the sentence below.

现在让我们找出下面句子中的错误。

‘He do leave at 3:30 p.m.’

'他确实在下午 3:30 离开'

Actually there's only one mistake.

实际上只有一个错误。

Can you find it?

你能找到吗？

‘He do leave at 3:30 p.m.’

“他确实在下午 3:30 离开”

We do not need the ‘do’ here.

我们不需要这里的“做”。

We only use ‘do’ in a question or in the negative form.

我们只在问题或否定形式中使用“do”。

But also the subject is ‘he’, so we would use ‘does’.

但主语也是“he”，所以我们会使用“does”。

Either way we don't need this here.

无论哪种方式，我们在这里都不需要这个。

Well now we have the verb ‘leave’ with the subject ‘he’.

现在我们有了带有主语“he”的动词“leave”。

Do you know what to do?

你知道该怎么做吗？

We simply change this to ‘leaves’.

我们只需将其更改为“叶子”。

Just like we did in the first sentence.

就像我们在第一句话中所做的那样。

‘He leaves at 3:30 p.m.’

“他下午 3 点 30 分离开”

In the next sentence, ‘They don't start school today.’

在下一句中，“他们今天不开始上学。”

We have a negative sentence.

我们有一个否定句。

‘They don't…’, that's correct.

“他们不……”，这是正确的。

‘…do not’ is correct.

“……不要”是正确的。

For subject pronoun ‘they’.

对于主语代词“他们”。

However, in the negative form, we don't have to change the main verb at all.

然而，在否定形式中，我们根本不需要改变主要动词。

Therefore, all we will do is say, ‘They don't start school today.’

因此，我们要做的就是说，“他们今天不开学了。”

No ‘s’.

没有's'。

Finally, ‘Does we eat at noon?’

最后，“我们中午吃饭吗？”

Take a look.

看一看。

What is the subject or subject pronoun in the sentence?

句子中的主语或主语代词是什么？

The correct answer is ‘we’.

正确答案是“我们”。

Think about the question form.

想想问题的形式。

Do we say ‘do’ or ‘does’ in the question form for the subject pronoun ‘we’?

我们在主语代词“我们”的疑问句中说“做”还是“做”？

The correct answer is ‘do’.

正确答案是“做”。

We say ‘do’.

我们说“做”。

So the correct way to say this sentence or question is,

所以说这个句子或问题的正确方式是，

‘Do we eat at noon?’

“我们中午吃饭吗？”

Great job guys.

干得好伙计们。

You're done with the practice.

你已经完成了练习。

Thank you for your hard work.

谢谢你的努力。

Let's move on.

让我们继续前进。

Good job guys.

干得好伙计们。

You put in a lot of practice today.

你今天做了很多练习。

The present simple tense is not easy, and I'm really happy to see how hard you guys

现在的简单时态并不容易，我很高兴看到你们

worked on mastering it.

努力掌握它。

Be sure to check out my other videos and thank you for watching this video.

请务必查看我的其他视频，并感谢您观看此视频。

I'll see you next time.

下次见。

Bye.

再见。

Hi, everybody. I'm Esther.

大家好你们好。我是埃丝特。

I'm so excited to be teaching you the  present continuous tense in this video.

我很高兴能在这个视频中教你现在进行时。

This tense is used to describe: an action that's happening right now,

这个时态用来描述：现在正在发生

a longer action in progress , and something happening in the near future.

的动作，正在进行的较长时间的动作，以及在不久的将来发生的事情。

There's a lot to learn, but don't worry I'll guide you through it.

有很多东西要学，但别担心，我会指导你完成它。

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

The present continuous tense is used to talk  about actions that are happening right now.

现在进行时用于谈论现在正在发生的动作。

For example,

例如，

‘I'm teaching English’ and ‘You are studying English.’

“我正在教英语”和“你正在学习英语”。

Let's take a look at some more examples.

让我们再看一些例子。

The first sentence says, ‘He is watching a movie’.

第一句话说，“他在看电影”。

We start with the subject and a ‘be’ verb.

我们从主语和“be”动词开始。

In this case, the subject is ‘he’.

在这种情况下，主语是“他”。

For ‘he’ / ‘she’ and ‘it’,  we use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

对于“他”/“她”和“它”，我们使用“是”动词“是”。

Then you'll notice I added an ‘-ing’  to the end of the verb ‘watch’.

然后你会注意到我在动词“watch”的末尾添加了一个“-ing”。

‘He is watching a movie.’

“他在看电影。”

The next sentence says, ‘Tim is playing a computer game.’

下一句说，“蒂姆在玩电脑游戏。”

He's doing that right now.

他现在正在这样做。

Tim is a ‘he’, therefore, again  we use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

Tim 是一个“他”，因此，我们再次使用“be”动词“is”。

And again you'll notice I added  ‘-ing’ to the end of the verb.

你会再次注意到我在动词末尾添加了“-ing”。

The next sentence says,

下一句说：

‘The machine is making a noise.’

“机器发出噪音。”

Now pay attention to the subject, ‘the machine’.

现在注意主题“机器”。

What is the proper pronoun?

什么是合适的代词？

The answer is ‘it’, therefore  we use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

答案是“它”，因此我们使用“be”动词“is”。

‘The machine is making a noise.’

“机器发出声音。”

We can also say, ‘It is making a noise’. Or the contraction, ‘It's making a noise’.

我们也可以说，“它在制造噪音”。或收缩，“它在制造噪音”。

And finally, ‘Tom and Ben are speaking English’.

最后，“汤姆和本在说英语”。

In this case, you'll notice  that we use the ‘be’ verb ‘are’.

在这种情况下，您会注意到我们使用了“be”动词“are”。

Can you figure out why?

你能弄清楚为什么吗？

That's because Tom and Ben - the subject pronoun for these two is ‘they’.

那是因为汤姆和本——这两个人的主语代词是“他们”。

‘They are speaking English.’

“他们说的是英语。”

Let's move on to the next usage.

让我们继续下一个用法。

The present continuous tense is also used to describe a longer action in progress.

现在进行时也用于描述正在进行的较长时间的动作。

Even though you might not be  doing the action right now.

即使您现在可能没有执行该操作。

Let's take a look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The first sentence says,

第一句话说，

‘I'm reading an interesting book these days.’

“我最近在读一本有趣的书。”

In this case, the subject is  ‘I’, so the ‘be’ verb is ‘am’.

在这种情况下，主语是“I”，所以“be”动词是“am”。

In this example, we use the contraction  ‘I'm’ by putting ‘I’ and ‘am’ together.

在此示例中，我们通过将“I”和“am”放在一起来使用缩写“I'm”。

Again, you'll notice there's  an ‘-ing’ after the verb.

同样，您会注意到动词后面有一个“-ing”。

The next sentence says,

下一句说：

‘You are studying to become an English teacher.’

“你正在学习成为一名英语老师。”

The subject here is ‘you’,

这里的主语是'you'，

therefore the ‘be’ verb is ‘are’.

因此'be'动词是'are'。

Next, ‘Steven is preparing for the IELTS exam.’

接下来，“史蒂文正在准备雅思考试。”

The subject here is ‘Steven’ which is a ‘he’,

这里的主语是'Steven'，它是一个'he'，

therefore we use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

因此我们使用'be'动词'is'。

And finally, ‘John and June are working at a company.’

最后，“约翰和琼在一家公司工作。”

If you look at the subject ‘John and June’, the pronoun for that is ‘they’.

如果您查看主题“约翰和六月”，则其代词是“他们”。

That's why we use the ‘be’ verb ‘are’.

这就是我们使用“be”动词“are”的原因。

‘They are working at a company.’

“他们在一家公司工作。”

Let's move on to the next usage.

让我们继续下一个用法。

The present continuous is also used  to talk about near future plans.

现在进行时也用于谈论近期的计划。

Let's take a look.

让我们来看看。

‘She is meeting some friends tonight.’

“她今晚要见一些朋友。”

That's going to happen in the near future.

这将在不久的将来发生。

You'll notice that we have 'she', so the ‘be’ verb is ‘is’.

你会注意到我们有'she'，所以'be'动词是'is'。

And then we added an ‘-ing’ to the end of the verb ‘meet’.

然后我们在动词“meet”的末尾添加了一个“-ing”。

The next example says, ‘We are going on vacation in July.’

下一个例子说，“我们将在七月度假。”

The subject here is ‘we’, therefore we use the ‘be’ verb ‘are’.

这里的主语是“我们”，因此我们使用“be”动词“are”。

We can also use a contraction and say, ‘We're going on vacation in July.’

我们也可以使用缩略语说，“我们将在七月度假。”

Again, another near future plan.

再次，另一个近期的计划。

The next example says,

下一个例子说，

‘David is learning to drive tomorrow.’

“大卫明天要学开车。”

‘tomorrow’ is the near future.

“明天”是不远的将来。

‘David’ is the subject.

“大卫”是主题。

‘David’ is a ‘he’, so we use ‘is’.

“大卫”是一个“他”，所以我们使用“是”。

And lastly, ‘Vicki and I are teaching English next week.’

最后，“Vicki 和我下周要教英语。”

‘Vicky and I’… If we think about the subject pronoun is ‘we’.

“Vicky and I”……如果我们考虑主语代词是“我们”。

That's why we used ‘are’. ‘We are teaching.’

这就是我们使用“are”的原因。 “我们在教书。”

Let's move on.

让我们继续前进。

Now let's talk about the negative  form of the present continuous tense.

现在让我们谈谈现在进行时的否定形式。

I have some examples here.

我这里有一些例子。

These two examples are for actions that are happening right now, or longer actions.

这两个示例适用于当前正在发生的操作或更长的操作。

These last two are for near future plans.

最后两个用于近期计划。

Let's take a look.

让我们来看看。

The first sentence says, ‘I am not having fun.’

第一句话说，“我不开心。”

Now that's not true for me because I am having fun,

现在这对我来说不是真的，因为我很开心，

but in this example I am not having fun.

但在这个例子中我没有开心。

You'll notice that the word ‘not’ goes  between the ‘be’ verb and the ‘verb -ing’.

您会注意到“不”一词位于“be”动词和“动词-ing”之间。

In the second example it says, ‘Jane isn't doing her homework.’

在第二个例子中，它说，“简没有做作业。”

Here we use the contraction ‘isn't’ for ‘is not’,

这里我们使用缩略词'isn't'来表示'is not'，

so just like the first sentence, we put ‘not’ between ‘is’ and ‘verb -ing’.

所以就像第一句一样，我们将'not'放在'is'和'verb -ing'之间。

The next sentence says, ‘You're not seeing him tonight.’

下一句话说，“你今晚见不到他。”

Here we have a contraction for ‘you are’.

在这里，我们对“你是”有一个缩写。

‘You're not seeing him tonight.’

“你今晚见不到他。”

And finally, ‘We are not running tomorrow morning.’

最后，“我们明天早上不跑步。”

Here we have the subject ‘we’, therefore, we use the ‘be’ verb ‘are’.

这里我们有主语“我们”，因此，我们使用“be”动词“are”。

Don’t forget to add a ‘not’ after that to make it negative.

不要忘记在其后添加一个“不”以使其成为负数。

Let's move on.

让我们继续前进。

Now let's talk about how to form ‘be’ verb  questions in the present continuous tense.

现在让我们谈谈如何在现在进行时形成“be”动词问题。

The first example here says,

这里的第一个例子说，

‘Is he waiting for you?’ or ‘Is he waiting for you?’

“他在等你吗？”或“他在等你吗？”

We start with the ‘be’ verb.

我们从“be”动词开始。

Take a look at the subject though.

还是看一下题目吧。

The subject is ‘he’ and that's why we start with the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

主语是“他”，这就是我们以“be”动词“is”开头的原因。

‘Is he waiting for you?’

“他在等你吗？”

You can answer, ‘Yes, he is.’ or ‘No he isn't.’

你可以回答，'是的，他是。或“不，他不是。”

The second sentence says,

第二句话说，

‘Are you coming to class?’

“你要来上课吗？”

The subject here is ‘you’ and  that's why we start with ‘are’.

这里的主题是“你”，这就是我们以“是”开头的原因。

‘Are you coming to class?’

“你来上课吗？”

You can answer, ‘Yes I am.’ or ‘No, I'm not.’

你可以回答，'是的，我是。或“不，我不是。”

The next question says, ‘Is he preparing to study in Canada?’

下一个问题是，“他准备在加拿大学习吗？”

The subject is ‘he’, and so we start with ‘is’.

主语是“他”，所以我们从“是”开始。

The answer can be, ‘Yes, he is.’ or it can also be ‘No, he isn't.’

答案可以是，“是的，他是。”或者也可以是“不，他不是”。

Finally the last question says, ‘Are they going out tonight?’

最后最后一个问题是，“他们今晚要出去吗？”

The subject here is ‘they’, and so we start with ‘are’.

这里的主语是“他们”，所以我们从“是”开始。

The answer can be ‘Yes, they are.’ or ‘No, they aren't.’

答案可以是“是的，他们是”。或“不，他们不是。”

Let's move on.

让我们继续前进。

Now let's talk about the WH question  form for the present continuous tense.

现在让我们谈谈现在进行时的WH问题形式。

I have some examples here

我在这里有一些例子

and you'll notice that we start with the WH questions:

，你会注意到我们从 WH 问题开始：

what, where, when, who, why, and how.

什么、在哪里、何时、谁、为什么和如何。

What comes after?

之后是什么？

You'll notice it's the ‘be’ verbs: ‘are’, ‘is’, and if the subject is ‘I’, ‘am’.

你会注意到它是'be'动词：'are'，'is'，如果主语是'I'，'am'。

So after that you have the subject and then the verb -ing.

所以在那之后你有主语，然后是动词-ing。

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

我们来看看第一句话。

‘What are you doing?’

'你在干什么？'

I'm asking about right now.

我现在就问。

For example, ‘I'm teaching English.’

例如，“我在教英语。”

‘Where are you going?’ ‘I'm going to the store.’

'你要去哪里？' '我正要去商店。'

‘When is it starting?’ ‘It's starting at 3.’

“什么时候开始？” “从 3 点开始。”

I can be talking about a movie a show anything can be ‘it’.

我可以谈论一部电影，一个节目任何东西都可以是“它”。

‘Who is she talking to?’ ‘She's talking to Bob.’

“她在跟谁说话？” “她在和鲍勃说话。”

‘Why is she crying?’ ‘She's crying because she's sad.’

“她为什么哭？” “她哭是因为她很难过。”

And finally, ‘How is it going?’ ‘It's going well.’

最后，“进展如何？” '进行得顺利。'

For this checkup of the present continuous tense,

对于现在进行时的检查，

we'll look at how this tense can be used to  describe an action that's happening right now.

我们将看看如何使用这种时态来描述正在发生的动作。

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

我们来看看第一句话。

‘You -blank- learning English.’

“你——空白——学习英语。”

Remember for this tense, we start  with the subject and the ‘be’ verb

记住这个时态，我们从主语和“be”动词开始

and then the verb ‘-ing’.

，然后是动词“-ing”。

We already have the verb ‘-ing’ here, so we need the ‘be’ verb.

我们这里已经有了动词“-ing”，所以我们需要动词“be”。

The subject in the first sentence is ‘you’.

第一句话的主语是“你”。

For ‘you’, ‘we’, and ‘they’,  we use the ‘be’ verb - ‘are’,

对于“你”、“我们”和“他们”，我们使用“be”动词——“are”，

so the correct answer is,

所以正确答案是

‘You are learning English’ right now.

“你现在正在学习英语”。

The next sentence says,

下一句说，

‘She _blank_ not watching TV.’

“她_blank_不看电视。”

This is the negative form of  the present continuous tense.

这是现在进行时的否定形式。

We have the word ‘not’ before the verb ‘-ing’,

我们在动词'-ing'之前有'not'这个词，

However, we're missing the ‘be’ verb again.

但是，我们又错过了'be'动词。

What is the be verb to use  if the subject is ‘she’?

如果主语是“她”，be动词应该用什么？

the correct answer is ‘is’.

正确答案是“是”。

‘She is not watching TV.’

“她没有看电视。”

This one says, ‘I _blank_ studying now.’

这个人说，“我现在_blank_学习。”

The subject here is ‘I’.

这里的主题是“我”。

Again think of the ‘be’ verb that goes before the subject ‘I’.

再想想在主语“我”之前的“be”动词。

The ‘be’ verb is ‘am’.

“be”动词是“am”。

‘I am studying now.’

“我现在正在学习。”

We can also use a contraction and say, ‘I'm studying now’

我们也可以使用缩略语说“我现在正在学习”

If we wanted to turn this into the negative form,

如果我们想把它变成否定形式，

we can also say, ‘I'm not studying now.’

我们也可以说“我现在不在学习”。

Now, take a look at the next  sentence and find the mistake.

现在，看看下一句，找出错误。

‘Layla is watch a movie.’

“莱拉正在看电影。”

Here we have the subject and the subject pronoun for Layla would be ‘she’.

这里我们有主语，Layla 的主语代词是“她”。

We have the correct ‘be’ verb - ‘is’,

我们有正确的“be”动词-“is”，

However, you'll notice we forgot  the ‘-ing’ at the end of the verb.

但是，您会注意到我们忘记了动词末尾的“-ing”。

We need to say, ‘watching’.

我们需要说，“观看”。

‘Layla is watching a movie.’

“莱拉正在看电影。”

The next sentence says,

下一句说，

‘They playing soccer now.’

“他们现在在踢足球。”

What's missing?

少了什么东西？

If you got it the correct answer is we need the ‘be’ verb – ‘are’

如果你得到它，正确的答案是我们需要“be”动词——“are”

because the subject is ‘they’.

，因为主语是“they”。

‘They are playing soccer now.’

“他们现在正在踢足球。”

And finally, ‘What do you do?’

最后，“你做什么？”

If you want to ask somebody  what they're doing right now,

如果你想问某人他们现在在做什么，

you say, 'what’... and the ‘be’ verb – ‘are... you.. doing?’

你会说，'what'...和'be'动词——'are...you..doing？

‘What are you doing?’

'你在干什么？'

Let's move on to the next practice.

让我们继续下一个练习。

For this checkup we'll talk about the present continuous tense

对于这次检查，我们将讨论现在进行时

and how it can be used to describe an action that started in the past and continues today.

以及如何使用它来描述从过去开始并持续到今天的动作。

It's a longer action.

这是一个更长的动作。

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

我们来看看第一句话。

‘He _blank_ studying economics.’

“他_blank_学习经济学。”

Remember for this tense, we take the  subject, a ‘be’ verb, and then verb ‘-ing’.

记住这个时态，我们取主语，一个“be”动词，然后是动词“-ing”。

Here we already have the verb ‘-ing’, ‘studying’.

在这里，我们已经有了动词“-ing”，“学习”。

So what are we missing?

那么我们缺少什么？

The ‘be’ verb.

“是”动词。

The correct ‘be’ verb for  the subject ‘he’ is ‘is’.

主语“he”的正确“be”动词是“is”。

So, ‘He is studying economics.’

所以，“他正在学习经济学。”

The next sentence says, ‘They're _blank_ for the fight.’

下一句话说，“他们是_blank_的战斗。”

The verb we want to use is ‘train’.

我们要使用的动词是“train”。

Now we already have the 'be' verb here.

现在我们这里已经有了“be”动词。

It's in the contraction ‘there’  because it's ‘they are’.

它在收缩“那里”，因为它是“他们在”。

All we have to do now is add ‘-ing’ to the verb.

我们现在要做的就是在动词后面加上“-ing”。

‘They're training for the fight these days.’

“他们这些天正在为战斗进行训练。”

And ‘We _blank_ teaching at the school.’

和“我们_blank_在学校教书。”

Again we're missing the ‘be’ verb.

我们再次错过了“be”动词。

What is the ‘be’ verb for ‘we’?

“我们”的“be”动词是什么？

The correct answer is ‘are’.

正确答案是“是”。

‘We are teaching at the school.’

“我们在学校教书。”

Now let's look for the  mistakes in the next sentence.

现在让我们找出下一句中的错误。

‘Ben is study to become a doctor.’

“本正在学习成为一名医生。”

Can you find the error?

你能找到错误吗？

Well we have the subject and we have the proper ‘be verb’.

好吧，我们有主语，我们有正确的“be动词”。

What we're missing is the ‘-ing’ at the end of ‘study’.

我们缺少的是“学习”结束时的“-ing”。

The correct answer is, ‘Ben is studying to become a doctor’.

正确答案是“本正在学习成为一名医生”。

Let's look at the next sentence.

让我们看下一句话。

‘I don't reading that book.’

“我不看那本书。”

hmm ‘I don't reading that book.’

嗯，“我不读那本书。”

To form the negative in the present continuous, we don't use ‘do’ or ‘does’

为了在现在进行时形成否定，我们不使用“do”或“does”

We use the ‘be’ verb. What is the be verb for ‘I’?

我们使用“be”动词。 “我”的be动词是什么？

The correct answer is ‘am’.

正确答案是“是”。

‘I am not reading that book.’

“我不看那本书。”

There is no contraction for ‘am not’.

“不是”没有收缩。

Finally, ‘They are to learn English.’

最后，“他们要学英语。”

We have the subject and we have the correct ‘be’ verb,

我们有主语，我们有正确的“be”动词，

but remember we need verb ‘-ing’.

但请记住我们需要动词“-ing”。

Therefore, the correct answer is,

因此，正确答案是

‘They are learning English.’

“他们正在学习英语”。

Let's move on to the next checkup.

让我们继续下一个检查。

For this checkup we'll take a look at how the present continuous tense

对于这个检查，我们将看看如何使用现在

can be used to talk about future plans.

进行时来谈论未来的计划。

Let's take a look.

让我们来看看。

The first sentence says, ‘They're play a game tonight.’

第一句话说，“他们今晚要玩游戏。”

The verb we want to use is ‘play’.

我们要使用的动词是“玩”。

Remember we start with the subject  and here we have it, ‘they’.

请记住，我们从主题开始，在这里我们有它，“他们”。

Then we have the ‘be’ verb.

然后我们有'be'动词。

In this case we used a contraction  for ‘they are – ‘they’re’.

在这种情况下，我们对“他们是”使用了缩写词——“他们是”。

That's correct.

这是正确的。

After that we have to add ‘-ing’ to the end of the verb,

之后我们必须在动词末尾添加“-ing”，

so the correct answer is, ‘They're playing a game tonight.’

所以正确答案是“他们今晚在玩游戏”。

The next sentence says, 'We _blank_ not studying tomorrow.’

下一句说，“我们_blank_明天不学习。”

Looks good but there's a word that's missing.

看起来不错，但是少了一个字。

This is the negative form because we have ‘not’.

这是否定形式，因为我们有“不”。

We simply need the ‘be’ verb for ‘we’.

我们只需要“我们”的“be”动词。

The correct ‘be’ verb is ‘are’. ‘We are not studying tomorrow.’

正确的“be”动词是“are”。 “我们明天不学习。”

The next sentence says, ‘Lynn is _blank_ out tonight.’

下一句说，“林恩今晚_blank_出去了。”

and we want to use the verb ‘go’.

我们想使用动词'go'。

Remember 'Lynn' and then the ‘be’ verb – ‘is’.

记住“Lynn”，然后是“be”动词——“is”。

That's correct. All we have to do is add ‘-ing’.

这是正确的。我们所要做的就是添加'-ing'。

‘Lynn is going out tonight.’

“林恩今晚要出去。”

To make this negative you can say,

为了使这个否定，你可以说，

‘Lynn is not going out tonight.’ or ‘Lynn isn't going out tonight.’

“林恩今晚不出去。”或者“林恩今晚不出去。”

The next sentence says, ‘Laura isn't study this evening.’

下一句说，“劳拉今晚不学习。”

Can you find the mistake?

你能找出错误吗？

Remember we have to add  ‘-ing’ to the end of the verb,

请记住，我们必须在动词末尾添加“-ing”，

so we need to say,

所以我们需要说，

‘Laura isn't studying this evening.’

“劳拉今晚不学习。”

The next sentence says,

下一句说：

‘My sons will playing chess later.’

“我的儿子们稍后会下棋。”

We are talking about a future plan,

我们正在谈论一个未来的计划，

so you might be tempted to use ‘well’ or ‘will’, I'm sorry.

所以你可能会想用“well”或“will”，对不起。

However, instead of saying ‘will’, we use the ‘be’ verb.

但是，我们不使用“will”，而是使用“be”动词。

‘My sons are playing chess later.’

“我的儿子们稍后下棋。”

And finally, ‘She's not to eating dinner tonight.’

最后，“她今晚不吃晚饭。”

There's an extra word in here that we don't need.

这里有一个我们不需要的额外词。

What is it?

它是什么？

It's ‘to’.

是'到'。

Remember, subject - ‘be’ verb, not verb ‘-ing’.

请记住，主语 - 'be' 动词，而不是动词 '-ing'。

We do not need ‘to’ in this sentence.

在这句话中我们不需要“to”。

All right well that's the end of this checkup.

好了，这次检查到此结束。

Let's move on.

让我们继续前进。

Good job, everyone.

干得好，大家。

You just completed the lesson  on the present continuous tense.

你刚刚完成了现在进行时的课程。

This tense is not easy but you did a great job.

这种时态并不容易，但你做得很好。

And keep watching to learn more.

并继续观看以了解更多信息。

I know English can be difficult but with practice and effort you will improve.

我知道英语可能很难，但通过练习和努力，你会提高。

I promise.

我保证。

See you in the next video.

下个视频见。

Hi, everyone.

大家好。

I'm Esther.

我是埃丝特。

In this video, I'm going to introduce the present perfect tense.

在这个视频中，我将介绍现在完成时。

This tense can be used to talk about an action that happened in the past,

这个时态可以用来谈论过去发生的一个动作，

but when it happened is not very important or it’s unknown.

但是什么时候发生的不是很重要或者是未知的。

It can also be used to talk about an action that started in the past and continues in

它也可以用来谈论从过去开始并持续

the present.

到现在的动作。

We really want to emphasize how long that action has been happening.

我们真的想强调这一行动已经发生了多长时间。

And finally, we use this tense to talk about a recent action.

最后，我们用这个时态来谈论最近的一个动作。

There's a lot to learn and a lot of important information, so keep watching.

有很多要学的东西和很多重要的信息，所以请继续关注。

Let's talk about one usage of the present perfect tense.

让我们谈谈现在完成时的一种用法。

This tense can be used to talk about an action that happened in the past.

这个时态可以用来谈论过去发生的动作。

But when it happened is not important or not known.

但它何时发生并不重要或不知道。

However, this action is  important to the conversation 

但是，此操作 对现在 的对话很重要

right now.

。

Let's take a look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The first one says, ‘I have been to Canada.’

第一个说，“我去过加拿大。”

What we do here is we start with the subject, ‘I’.

我们在这里所做的是从“我”这个主题开始。

For ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, and ‘they’, we follow with ‘have’.

对于“我”、“你”、“我们”和“他们”，我们后面跟着“有”。

After that we use the past participle of the verb.

之后我们使用动词的过去分词。

In this case, the verb is ‘be’.

在这种情况下，动词是'be'。

And so the past participle is ‘been’.

所以过去分词是'been'。

‘I have been to Canada.’

“我去过加拿大。”

The next sentence says, ‘My cousins have seen the movie.’

下一句说：“我的表兄弟看过这部电影。”

My cousins is a ‘they’.

我的堂兄弟是“他们”。

And so again, we follow with ‘have’.

再一次，我们跟着“有”。

And the past participle of see is ‘seen’.

而see的过去分词是'seen'。

‘They have seen the movie.’

“他们看过这部电影。”

Or ‘My cousins have seen the movie.’

或者“我的表兄弟看过这部电影。”

The next example says, ‘Chad has gone home.’

下一个例子说，“乍得回家了。”

Chad is a ‘he’.

乍得是一个“他”。

For ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, we follow with ‘has’.

对于“他”、“她”、“它”，我们跟在“有”之后。

Then, the past participle ‘gone’ is for the verb ‘go’.

然后，过去分词“gone”用于动词“go”。

‘Chad has gone home.’

“乍得回家了。”

And finally, ‘My phone has been fixed.’

最后，“我的手机已经修好了。”

My phone is an ‘it’.

我的手机是“它”。

Therefore, I use ‘has’.

因此，我使用“有”。

And then I need the past participle of ‘be’ – ‘been’.

然后我需要“be”的过去分词——“been”。

‘My phone has been fixed.’

“我的电话已经修好了。”

Let's move on to the next usage.

让我们继续下一个用法。

The present perfect tense is also used to describe an action that started in the past

现在完成时也用于描述从过去开始

and continues in the present.

并在现在继续的动作。

‘for’ and since’ are common expressions used with the present perfect tense.

“for”和“since”是现在完成时的常用表达方式。

Let's take a look at these examples.

让我们来看看这些例子。

‘I have worked there since 2002.’

“我从 2002 年开始就在那里工作。”

You'll notice we start with the subject.

你会注意到我们从主题开始。

If it's ‘I’, ‘you’ or ‘we’, we have ‘have’.

如果是“我”、“你”或“我们”，我们就有“拥有”。

Then the past participle of the verb.

然后是动词的过去分词。

In this case - ‘worked’.

在这种情况下 - '工作'。

What you'll notice here is that we also have ‘since 2002’.

您会在这里注意到的是，我们也有“自 2002 年以来”。

This shows when the action started, so with the expression ‘since’, you need to use

这显示了操作开始的时间，因此对于表达式“since”，您需要使用

a specific point in time.

特定的时间点。

The next example does the same thing.

下一个例子做同样的事情。

‘You have had a car since last year.’

“从去年开始，你就有了一辆车。”

Again, we use ‘since’, so we have a specific point in time - ‘last year’.

同样，我们使用“自从”，所以我们有一个特定的时间点——“去年”。

Take a look at the next example.

看看下一个例子。

‘Anna has liked him for weeks.’

“安娜喜欢他好几个星期了。”

In this case the subject is ‘Anna’.

在这种情况下，主题是“安娜”。

Which is a ‘she’, and so we use ‘has’.

这是一个'she'，所以我们使用'has'。

Then the past participle ‘liked’.

然后是过去分词“喜欢”。

However, at the end of the sentence, we see ‘for weeks’.

但是，在句子的末尾，我们看到“for week”。

Not ‘since weeks’.

不是“自几周以来”。

When we use ‘for’, we talk about the duration.

当我们使用“for”时，我们谈论的是持续时间。

We explain how long this action has been true.

我们解释了这个动作已经持续了多久。

And finally, ‘We have eaten lunch here for 3 months.’

最后，“我们在这里吃了三个月的午餐。”

Again, the sentence ends with ‘for 3 months’.

同样，这句话以“for 3 months”结尾。

So we show the duration.

所以我们显示持续时间。

Let's move on to the next usage.

让我们继续下一个用法。

In addition, the present perfect tense can be used to describe an action that recently

此外，现在完成时可以用来描述最近

stopped.

停止的动作。

Let’s take a look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

‘I have just been to the doctor,’

'I have just been to the doctor,'

So just like for all the other usages, we start with the subject,

So just like for all the other usages, we start with the subject,

‘have’ or ‘has’, and the past participle.

'have' or 'has', and the past participle.

But you'll notice here, I used the word ‘just’ between ‘have’ and the verb.

But you'll notice here, I used the word 'just' between 'have' and the verb.

‘I have just been to the doctor.’

'I have just been to the doctor.'

This shows that it happened very recently.

This shows that it happened very recently.

The next example says, ‘James has just seen his new baby.’

The next example says, 'James has just seen his new baby.'

Again, just goes in between ‘have’ or ‘has’ and the verb.

Again, just goes in between 'have' or 'has' and the verb.

Take a look at the next example.

Take a look at the next example.

It says, ‘She has already been to China.’

It says, 'She has already been to China.'

‘already’ is another word you can use to show that this action recently happened.

'already' is another word you can use to show that this action recently happened.

However, ‘already’ can also be moved to the end of the sentence.

However, 'already' can also be moved to the end of the sentence.

So it's perfectly fine to say, ‘She has been to China already.’

So it's perfectly fine to say, 'She has been to China already.'

And in the last example, ‘We have recently visited Tom.’

And in the last example, 'We have recently visited Tom.'

Again, you can put this word between ‘have’ or ‘has’ and the verb.

Again, you can put this word between 'have' or 'has' and the verb.

Or you can also put it at the end of the sentence.

Or you can also put it at the end of the sentence.

‘We have visited Tom recently.’

'We have visited Tom recently.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Let's take a look at the negative form of the present perfect tense.

Let's take a look at the negative form of the present perfect tense.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

The first one says, ‘I have not been to Europe.’

The first one says, 'I have not been to Europe.'

What you'll notice in the first sentence is that we simply put a 'not' between ‘have’

What you'll notice in the first sentence is that we simply put a 'not' between 'have'

and ‘been’.

and 'been'.

‘I have not been to Europe.’

'I have not been to Europe.'

You can also use a contraction and say ‘I haven't been to Europe.’

You can also use a contraction and say 'I haven't been to Europe.'

The next sentence says, ‘It has not rained for 3 months.’

The next sentence says, 'It has not rained for 3 months.'

Again, we put the ‘not’ between the ‘has’ and the verb.

Again, we put the 'not' between the 'has' and the verb.

‘It has not rained for 3 months.’

'It has not rained for 3 months.'

Here we have a time expression to show the duration.

Here we have a time expression to show the duration.

The next example says, ‘Teddy hasn't driven for 2 years.’

The next example says, 'Teddy hasn't driven for 2 years.'

We used the contraction here for ‘has’ and ‘not’ – ‘hasn't’.

We used the contraction here for 'has' and 'not' – 'hasn't'.

And then we use the time expression ‘for 2 years’ at the end of the sentence.

And then we use the time expression 'for 2 years' at the end of the sentence.

And finally, the last sentence says, ‘My sons haven't played soccer since 2010.’

And finally, the last sentence says, 'My sons haven't played soccer since 2010.'

We see another contraction here for ‘have not’ – ‘haven't’.

We see another contraction here for 'have not' – 'haven't'.

‘My sons haven't played soccer since 2010.’

'My sons haven't played soccer since 2010.'

This time expression uses ‘since’.

This time expression uses 'since'.

And so we mention a specific point and time.

And so we mention a specific point and time.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now let's take a look at the ‘have’ or ‘has’ question form of the present perfect

Now let's take a look at the 'have' or 'has' question form of the present perfect

tense.

tense.

Take a look at the board.

Take a look at the board.

The first sentence says, ‘Mike has eaten lunch.’

The first sentence says, 'Mike has eaten lunch.'

That is a statement.

That is a statement.

Now to turn it into a question, it's quite easy.

Now to turn it into a question, it's quite easy.

All you have to do is put ‘has’ at the beginning.

All you have to do is put 'has' at the beginning.

Then you follow with the subject and then the past participle.

Then you follow with the subject and then the past participle.

You'll notice that the placement of the past participle doesn't change.

You'll notice that the placement of the past participle doesn't change.

We've simply changed the order of the first 2 words.

We've simply changed the order of the first 2 words.

‘Has Mike eaten lunch?’

'Has Mike eaten lunch?'

‘Has Mike eaten lunch?’

'Has Mike eaten lunch?'

And you can answer by saying ‘Yes, he has.’ or ‘No, he hasn't.’

And you can answer by saying 'Yes, he has.' or 'No, he hasn't.'

The next sentence says, ‘They have watched the video.’

The next sentence says, 'They have watched the video.'

This is a statement.

This is a statement.

If we want to turn it into a question, again, we change the order of the first two words.

If we want to turn it into a question, again, we change the order of the first two words.

‘Have they…?’

'Have they…?'

And the past participle verb stays in the same place.

And the past participle verb stays in the same place.

‘Have they watched the video?’

'Have they watched the video?'

‘Have they watched the video?’

'Have they watched the video?'

You can answer this question by saying, ‘Yes, they have.’

You can answer this question by saying, 'Yes, they have.'

or ‘No, they haven't.’

or 'No, they haven't.'

Good job, guys.

Good job, guys.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, I'll briefly introduce how to ask WH questions in the present perfect tense.

Now, I'll briefly introduce how to ask WH questions in the present perfect tense.

Take a look at the board.

Take a look at the board.

I have ‘where’, ‘what’, ‘who’, and ‘how’.

I have 'where', 'what', 'who', and 'how'.

These go at the beginning of the question.

These go at the beginning of the question.

Let's take a look at the first example.

Let's take a look at the first example.

‘Where has Tim been?’

'Where has Tim been?'

You'll notice we followed the WH word with ‘has’ or ‘have’.

You'll notice we followed the WH word with 'has' or 'have'.

In this case, I used ‘has’ because the subject is ‘Tim’, and Tim is a ‘he’.

In this case, I used 'has' because the subject is 'Tim', and Tim is a 'he'.

And then we followed that with the past participle of the verb.

And then we followed that with the past participle of the verb.

‘Where has Tim been?’

'Where has Tim been?'

And I can answer by saying, ‘Tim has been home.’

And I can answer by saying, 'Tim has been home.'

or ‘Tim has been on vacation.’

or 'Tim has been on vacation.'

Something like that.

类似的东西。

The next question says, what countries have you visited?

The next question says, what countries have you visited?

I can answer by saying, ‘I have visited China.’

I can answer by saying, 'I have visited China.'

or ‘I have visited Mexico.’

or 'I have visited Mexico.'

You can also use the contraction ‘I’ve’.

You can also use the contraction 'I've'.

‘I've visited China.’

'I've visited China.'

The next question says, ‘Who has she talked to?’

The next question says, 'Who has she talked to?'

You can answer by saying, ‘She has talked to her mom.’ or ‘She has talked to her

You can answer by saying, 'She has talked to her mom.' or 'She has talked to her

teacher.’

teacher.'

The next question says, ‘How long have you been married?’

The next question says, 'How long have you been married?'

‘I've been married for 3 years.’

'I've been married for 3 years.'

That's one answer that you can give.

That's one answer that you can give.

Great job, everybody.

Great job, everybody.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

For this checkup, we'll take a look at the present perfect tense.

For this checkup, we'll take a look at the present perfect tense.

Which describes an action that happened at

Which describes an action that happened at

an unknown or indefinite time in the past.

an unknown or indefinite time in the past.

Let's look at the first sentence.

Let's look at the first sentence.

‘She _blank_ read that book.’

'She _blank_ read that book.'

The subject in this sentence is ‘she’.

The subject in this sentence is 'she'.

For he/she/it, in this tense we say, ‘has’.

For he/she/it, in this tense we say, 'has'.

‘She has’.

'She has'.

Now, take a look at the verb.

Now, take a look at the verb.

It looks like ‘read’.

It looks like 'read'.

But remember we need to use the past participle of the verb.

But remember we need to use the past participle of the verb.

So It's actually ‘read’.

So It's actually 'read'.

‘read’ and ‘read’ are spelled the same.

'read' and 'read' are spelled the same.

‘She has read that book.’

'She has read that book.'

The second sentence says, ‘They _blank_ visit China.’

The second sentence says, 'They _blank_ visit China.'

‘visit’ is the verb that you want to use here.

'visit' is the verb that you want to use here.

For ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’ and ‘they’, we use ‘have’.

For 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they', we use 'have'.

Not ‘has’.

Not 'has'.

‘They have’

'They have'

Now, what's the past participle of visit?

Now, what's the past participle of visit?

The answer is ‘visited’.

The answer is 'visited'.

‘They have visited China.’

'They have visited China.'

Next, ‘We _blank_ see that concert.’

Next, 'We _blank_ see that concert.'

Again, for ‘I’, ‘you’, we’ and ‘they’ – we use ‘have’.

Again, for 'I', 'you', we' and 'they' – we use 'have'.

‘We have’.

'We have'.

Now, the past participle of ‘see’ is 'seen'.

Now, the past participle of 'see' is 'seen'.

‘We have seen that concert.’

'We have seen that concert.'

Now, let's look for the mistake in the next sentence.

Now, let's look for the mistake in the next sentence.

‘Rick have been to Cuba.’

'Rick have been to Cuba.'

Take a look at the subject, ‘Rick’.

Take a look at the subject, 'Rick'.

Rick is a ‘he’.

Rick is a 'he'.

So instead of ‘have’, we need to change this to ‘has’.

So instead of 'have', we need to change this to 'has'.

‘Rick has been to Cuba.’

'Rick has been to Cuba.'

‘Sally and I hasn't finished work.’

'Sally and I hasn't finished work.'

The subject in this sentence is ‘Sally’ and ‘I’.

The subject in this sentence is 'Sally' and 'I'.

The pronoun for that is ‘we’.

The pronoun for that is 'we'.

‘We hasn't finished work.’

'We hasn't finished work.'

That still sounds weird, right?

That still sounds weird, right?

We have to change this to ‘have not’ or the contraction ‘haven't’.

We have to change this to 'have not' or the contraction 'haven't'.

And finally, ‘I did go to the doctor.’

And finally, 'I did go to the doctor.'

Now this sentence makes sense, but it's not the present perfect tense.

Now this sentence makes sense, but it's not the present perfect tense.

We have to change it.

We have to change it.

Remember, we use ‘have’ for the subject, ‘I’.

Remember, we use 'have' for the subject, 'I'.

But we're not done.

But we're not done.

What is the past participle of ‘go’?

What is the past participle of 'go'?

It is ‘gone’.

It is 'gone'.

‘I have gone to the doctor.’

'I have gone to the doctor.'

Great job.

Great job.

Let's move on to the next checkup.

Let's move on to the next checkup.

In this checkup, we'll talk about the present perfect tense

In this checkup, we'll talk about the present perfect tense

and how it can be used to describe an action that started in the past and is still true

and how it can be used to describe an action that started in the past and is still true

today.

today.

The first sentence says, ‘I _blank_ known Carly since 1994.’

The first sentence says, 'I _blank_ known Carly since 1994.'

The subject is ‘I’.

The subject is 'I'.

And we already have the past participle of the verb, ‘know’.

And we already have the past participle of the verb, 'know'.

Which is ‘known’.

Which is 'known'.

What are we missing?

What are we missing?

The correct answer is ‘have’.

The correct answer is 'have'.

For ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’ and ‘they’, we use ‘have’ after the subject.

For 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they', we use 'have' after the subject.

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘He has been here _blank_ 2 p.m.’

'He has been here _blank_ 2 pm'

Now the first part is all there.

Now the first part is all there.

‘He has been’.

'He has been'.

However, remember that for the present perfect tense,

However, remember that for the present perfect tense,

we use ‘for’ or ‘since’ to talk about how long that action has been true.

we use 'for' or 'since' to talk about how long that action has been true.

In this case, we use ‘since’.

In this case, we use 'since'.

Because 2 p.m. is a specific period in time.

Because 2 pm is a specific period in time.

Next it says, ‘She _blank_ liked Tom since June.’

Next it says, 'She _blank_ liked Tom since June.'

The subject is ‘she’.

The subject is 'she'.

And we have the past participle of the verb ‘like’, which is 'liked'.

And we have the past participle of the verb 'like', which is 'liked'.

What are we missing?

What are we missing?

Again, we need ‘have’ or ‘has’.

Again, we need 'have' or 'has'.

Because the subject is ‘she’...

Because the subject is 'she'...

Can you figure out which one you need?

Can you figure out which one you need?

The correct answer is ‘has’.

The correct answer is 'has'.

‘She has liked Tom since June.’

'She has liked Tom since June.'

Now, I want you to find a mistake in the next sentence.

Now, I want you to find a mistake in the next sentence.

‘I have worked here six months ago.’

'I have worked here six months ago.'

Can you find a mistake here?

Can you find a mistake here?

‘I have worked’ - that's correct.

'I have worked' - that's correct.

However, in the present perfect tense, we don't use ‘ago’.

However, in the present perfect tense, we don't use 'ago'.

This is talking about more the past.

This is talking about more the past.

We want to talk about ‘since’ or ‘for’ instead.

We want to talk about 'since' or 'for' instead.

Now ‘six months’ is not a specific time.

Now 'six months' is not a specific time.

So we don't use ‘since’.

So we don't use 'since'.

Instead, we talk about the duration.

Instead, we talk about the duration.

So we need ‘for’.

So we need 'for'.

We'll say, ‘I have worked here for six months.’

We'll say, 'I have worked here for six months.'

Let's take a look at the next sentence.

Let's take a look at the next sentence.

‘Jen have a cold for two weeks.’

'Jen have a cold for two weeks.'

At first glance, this doesn't seem that wrong.

At first glance, this doesn't seem that wrong.

But remember, Jen is a ‘she’.

But remember, Jen is a 'she'.

So we need ‘has’.

So we need 'has'.

‘Jen has’.

'Jen has'.

But wait a minute, ‘Jen has have a cold’?

But wait a minute, 'Jen has have a cold'?

That's not right either.

That's not right either.

We need the past participle of ‘have’.

We need the past participle of 'have'.

What is the past participle?

What is the past participle?

The correct answer is ‘had’.

The correct answer is 'had'.

‘Jen has had a cold for two weeks.’

'Jen has had a cold for two weeks.'

And finally, ‘We haven't went home since Friday.’

And finally, 'We haven't went home since Friday.'

This one is a little tricky.

This one is a little tricky.

The subject is ‘we’.

The subject is 'we'.

‘We have... have not’.

'We have... have not'.

That's correct.

That's correct.

The contraction is ‘haven't’.

The contraction is 'haven't'.

‘We haven't’.

'We haven't'.

Now the problem is, we have this verb ‘went’.

Now the problem is, we have this verb 'went'.

That's in the past simple tense.

That's in the past simple tense.

We need the past participle of ‘go’.

We need the past participle of 'go'.

The correct answer is ‘gone’.

The correct answer is 'gone'.

‘We haven't gone home since Friday.’

'We haven't gone home since Friday.'

Good job, guys.

Good job, guys.

Let's move on to the next checkup.

Let's move on to the next checkup.

In this checkup, we'll take a look at the present perfect tense.

In this checkup, we'll take a look at the present perfect tense.

And how it is used to describe an action that finished recently.

And how it is used to describe an action that finished recently.

We'll be focusing on the words, ‘just’, ‘already’ and ‘recently’ to show this.

We'll be focusing on the words, 'just', 'already' and 'recently' to show this.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

‘She has just _blank_ that book.’

'She has just _blank_ that book.'

And we're using the verb, ‘read’.

And we're using the verb, 'read'.

Remember, we take the subject, ‘she’.

Remember, we take the subject, 'she'.

And for ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘it’, we say ‘has’.

And for 'he', 'she' and 'it', we say 'has'.

So that's correct.

So that's correct.

Now we need the past participle of ‘read’.

Now we need the past participle of 'read'.

And that is ‘read’.

And that is 'read'.

‘She has just read that book.’

'She has just read that book.'

You'll notice I use the word, ‘just’ right before the past participle.

You'll notice I use the word, 'just' right before the past participle.

Next it says, ‘They have already’ and the verb is ‘wake up’.

Next it says, 'They have already' and the verb is 'wake up'.

If the subject is ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’, we use ‘has’.

If the subject is 'he', 'she', or 'it', we use 'has'.

But if the subject is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’ or ‘they’, we use ‘have’.

But if the subject is 'I', 'you', 'we' or 'they', we use 'have'.

So that's correct.

So that's correct.

‘They have’.

'They have'.

Also we have the word ‘already’ here to show that it happened recently

Also we have the word 'already' here to show that it happened recently

or that it finished recently.

or that it finished recently.

Now the verb is ‘wake up’.

Now the verb is 'wake up'.

We need the past participle of ‘wake up’,

We need the past participle of 'wake up',

and that is ‘woken up’.

and that is 'woken up'.

So the answer is,

So the answer is,

‘They have already woken up.’

'They have already woken up.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘We have recently _blank_ work.’

'We have recently _blank_ work.'

And the verb is ‘finish’.

And the verb is 'finish'.

‘We have’, that's correct.

'We have', that's correct.

And we have the word 'recently' to show when the action finished.

And we have the word 'recently' to show when the action finished.

And now we need to find the past participle of the verb ‘finish’.

And now we need to find the past participle of the verb 'finish'.

The correct answer is.

The correct answer is.

‘We have recently finished, -ed, work.’

'We have recently finished, -ed, work.'

Now try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘Morty has eaten just.’

'Morty has eaten just.'

This sounds a little strange, right?

This sounds a little strange, right?

That's because ‘just’ needs to come before the verb.

That's because 'just' needs to come before the verb.

Therefore, the answer is ‘Morty has just eaten.’

Therefore, the answer is 'Morty has just eaten.'

The next sentence says, ‘Karen has recently be sick.’

The next sentence says, 'Karen has recently be sick.'

Karen is a ‘she’.

Karen is a 'she'.

So ‘has’ is correct.

So 'has' is correct.

And there we have ‘recently’.

And there we have 'recently'.

Now we need the past participle of the verb.

Now we need the past participle of the verb.

‘be’ is our verb and the past participle of ‘be’ is ‘been’.

'be' is our verb and the past participle of 'be' is 'been'.

‘Karen has recently been sick.’

'Karen has recently been sick.'

And finally, ‘I have gone already to the dentist.’

And finally, 'I have gone already to the dentist.'

This is similar to another question we looked at just before.

This is similar to another question we looked at just before.

‘I have gone already to the dentist.’

'I have gone already to the dentist.'

The placement of ‘already’ is a little awkward.

The placement of 'already' is a little awkward.

So we can say, ‘I have already gone.’

So we can say, 'I have already gone.'

So we can put ‘already’ before the verb,

So we can put 'already' before the verb,

‘I have already gone to the dentist’

'I have already gone to the dentist'

Or we can put this at the end,

Or we can put this at the end,

‘I have gone to the dentist already.’

'I have gone to the dentist already.'

Both of those are correct.

Both of those are correct.

Now, good job.

Now, good job.

That is the end of the checkup.

That is the end of the checkup.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Excellent job, everyone.

Excellent job, everyone.

You just learned about the present perfect tense.

You just learned about the present perfect tense.

There was a lot to learn, but you did a wonderful job.

There was a lot to learn, but you did a wonderful job.

Keep studying English.

Keep studying English.

I know that It's hard, but you will get better with time, effort and practice.

I know that It's hard, but you will get better with time, effort and practice.

I'll see you in the next video.

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Hi, everyone.

大家好。

Welcome to the video.

Welcome to the video.

In this video, I’ll introduce the Present Perfect Continuous English Tense.

In this video, I'll introduce the Present Perfect Continuous English Tense.

This tense can be used to talk about an action

This tense can be used to talk about an action

that started in the past and continues in the present.

that started in the past and continues in the present.

It can also be used to talk about an action that hasn't happened recently.

It can also be used to talk about an action that hasn't happened recently.

And finally, it can also be used to talk about an action that recently stopped.

And finally, it can also be used to talk about an action that recently stopped.

There's a lot to learn, so keep watching.

There's a lot to learn, so keep watching.

You can use the present perfect continuous tense

You can use the present perfect continuous tense

to talk about an action that started in the past and continues in the present.

to talk about an action that started in the past and continues in the present.

We want to emphasize duration

We want to emphasize duration

and you can do that by using ‘for’ or ‘since’ in your sentence.

and you can do that by using 'for' or 'since' in your sentence.

Let's take a look at some examples.

Let's take a look at some examples.

‘Charles has been studying English for an hour.’

'Charles has been studying English for an hour.'

Take a look at the subject, ‘Charles’.

Take a look at the subject, 'Charles'.

The subject pronoun for Charles is ‘he’.

The subject pronoun for Charles is 'he'.

And that's why we say ‘has’.

And that's why we say 'has'.

After that, we add ‘been’ and then verb ‘-ing’.

After that, we add 'been' and then verb '-ing'.

In this case, ‘studying.’

In this case, 'studying.'

You'll also notice that at the end of the sentence we have for an hour.

You'll also notice that at the end of the sentence we have for an hour.

That shows how long this  action has been happening.

That shows how long this action has been happening.

When you use ‘for’, you emphasize the duration. ‘for an hour’.

When you use 'for', you emphasize the duration. 'for an hour'.

‘Charles has been studying English for an hour.’

'Charles has been studying English for an hour.'

Let's take a look at the next sentence.

Let's take a look at the next sentence.

‘Lily has been playing the piano for 2 years.’

'Lily has been playing the piano for 2 years.'

In this case, Lily is a ‘she’ and that's why, again, we say ‘has’.

In this case, Lily is a 'she' and that's why, again, we say 'has'.

You'll notice again, we have ‘been’ and then verb ‘-ing’.

You'll notice again, we have 'been' and then verb '-ing'.

In this case, ‘playing’.

In this case, 'playing'.

At the end of this sentence, we also used ‘for’.

At the end of this sentence, we also used 'for'.

and then ‘two years’.

and then 'two years'.

So again, we're showing how long this has been happening.

So again, we're showing how long this has been happening.

The next sentence is a little different.

The next sentence is a little different.

‘It has been growing since June.’

'It has been growing since June.'

So it can be something like a plant.

So it can be something like a plant.

The plant or it has been growing since June.

The plant or it has been growing since June.

Here we use ‘since’, not ‘for’.

Here we use 'since', not 'for'.

What's the difference?

What's the difference?

We use a specific point in time with since.

We use a specific point in time with since.

We don't say ‘Since two hours’.

We don't say 'Since two hours'.

No, we say ‘When the action started since June.’

No, we say 'When the action started since June.'

And finally, ‘Dan and I have been working since 6 a.m.’

And finally, 'Dan and I have been working since 6 am'

The subject pronoun for ‘Dan and I’ is ‘We’.

The subject pronoun for 'Dan and I' is 'We'.

Therefore we use ‘have’.

Therefore we use 'have'.

At the end of the sentence, we have ‘since 6 a.m.’

At the end of the sentence, we have 'since 6 am'

Remember that with ‘since’, we talked about a specific point in time when the action

Remember that with 'since', we talked about a specific point in time when the action

started.

started.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

The present perfect continuous can also be used without emphasizing duration.

The present perfect continuous can also be used without emphasizing duration.

In this case, we mean ‘lately’.

In this case, we mean 'lately'.

This action has been happening ‘lately’,

This action has been happening 'lately',

and so we can use the word ‘lately’ or ‘recently’ to explain this.

and so we can use the word 'lately' or 'recently' to explain this.

Let's take a look at some examples.

Let's take a look at some examples.

‘You have been missing many classes lately.’

'You have been missing many classes lately.'

You'll notice that at the end of the sentence I use the word ‘lately'

You'll notice that at the end of the sentence I use the word 'lately'

to describe when this action has been happening.

to describe when this action has been happening.

You can also use lately at the beginning of the sentence.

You can also use lately at the beginning of the sentence.

For example, ‘Lately, you have been missing many classes.’

For example, 'Lately, you have been missing many classes.'

The next example says, ‘Recently, Toby has been running every day.’

The next example says, 'Recently, Toby has been running every day.'

In this sentence, we used ‘recently’ at the beginning

In this sentence, we used 'recently' at the beginning

to show when does action has been happening.

to show when does action has been happening.

You can also use ‘recently’ at the end of the sentence.

You can also use 'recently' at the end of the sentence.

‘Toby has been running everyday recently.’

'Toby has been running everyday recently.'

In this example, the subject is Toby and so we use ‘has’ after Toby.

In this example, the subject is Toby and so we use 'has' after Toby.

Because Toby is a ‘he’.

Because Toby is a 'he'.

The next example says, ‘Lately, Dana has been swimming a lot.’

The next example says, 'Lately, Dana has been swimming a lot.'

Again, we use ‘lately’ at the beginning of this sentence,

Again, we use 'lately' at the beginning of this sentence,

but you can also use it at the end.

but you can also use it at the end.

Dana is a ‘she’ and so we followed this subject with ‘has’.

Dana is a 'she' and so we followed this subject with 'has'.

And finally, ‘We've been practicing English together recently.’

And finally, 'We've been practicing English together recently.'

‘We’ is the subject of this sentence and so we use ‘have’.

'We' is the subject of this sentence and so we use 'have'.

Here, we use the contraction ‘We’ve’.

Here, we use the contraction 'We've'.

‘We have’ become ‘We've’.

'We have' become 'We've'.

‘We've been practicing English together recently.’

'We've been practicing English together recently.'

We can put ‘recently’ at the end,

We can put 'recently' at the end,

or we can say ‘Recently we've been practicing English together.’

or we can say 'Recently we've been practicing English together.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

The present perfect continuous tense and also be used to talk about an action that recently

The present perfect continuous tense and also be used to talk about an action that recently

stopped and has a present result.

stopped and has a present result.

Let's take a look at the example.

Let's take a look at the example.

‘I'm tired because I have been running.’

'I'm tired because I have been running.'

The second part of the sentence, ‘I have been running’

The second part of the sentence, 'I have been running'

is using the present perfect continuous tense.

is using the present perfect continuous tense.

This is the action that recently stopped.

This is the action that recently stopped.

And as a result, ‘I'm tired’.

And as a result, 'I'm tired'.

This is the present result.

This is the present result.

What's happening now, because of this.

What's happening now, because of this.

‘I'm tired.’.

'I'm tired.'.

The next example says, ‘The street is wet because it has been raining.’

The next example says, 'The street is wet because it has been raining.'

This is very similar to the first sentence.

This is very similar to the first sentence.

Here, we know that it has been raining.

Here, we know that it has been raining.

And this action recently stopped.

And this action recently stopped.

As a result, in the present, The street is wet.

As a result, in the present, The street is wet.

The street is wet right now because of this action.

The street is wet right now because of this action.

The next example says, ‘You don't understand because you haven't been listening.’

The next example says, 'You don't understand because you haven't been listening.'

You'll notice here that we use the negative.

You'll notice here that we use the negative.

Here's the contractions, ‘haven't’ or ‘have not’

Here's the contractions, 'haven't' or 'have not'

because of this action,  you haven't been listening,

because of this action, you haven't been listening,

now you don't understand.

now you don't understand.

In the last example, we switch the order a little bit.

In the last example, we switch the order a little bit.

‘I've been studying all night.’

'I've been studying all night.'

There is the present perfect continuous tense.

There is the present perfect continuous tense.

This is the action that stopped recently.

This is the action that stopped recently.

And here is the result.

And here is the result.

‘Now, I'm exhausted.’

'Now, I'm exhausted.'

Great job, everyone.

Great job, everyone.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Let's take a look at the negative form of the present perfect continuous tense.

Let's take a look at the negative form of the present perfect continuous tense.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

‘I have not been feeling well these days.’

'I have not been feeling well these days.'

At the end of the sentence we have ‘these days’ to show that this is an action that's

At the end of the sentence we have 'these days' to show that this is an action that's

been happening recently.

been happening recently.

In the negative form, we have to have ‘not’.

In the negative form, we have to have 'not'.

The ‘not’ goes after have or has.

The 'not' goes after have or has.

In this case, the subject is ‘I’, so I use ‘have’.

In this case, the subject is 'I', so I use 'have'.

‘I have not been feeling well these days.’

'I have not been feeling well these days.'

We can also use a contraction ‘haven't’ or ‘have not’.

We can also use a contraction 'haven't' or 'have not'.

‘I haven't been feeling well these days.’

'I haven't been feeling well these days.'

The next sentence says, ‘Sue has not been cooking lately.’

The next sentence says, 'Sue has not been cooking lately.'

We have ‘lately’ at the end of this sentence,

We have 'lately' at the end of this sentence,

We can also put ‘lately’ at the beginning of the sentence.

We can also put 'lately' at the beginning of the sentence.

The important part of this sentence is to put ‘not’ after ‘has’.

The important part of this sentence is to put 'not' after 'has'.

Why did we use ‘has’?

Why did we use 'has'?

Because the subject is ‘Sue’ which is a 'she'.

Because the subject is 'Sue' which is a 'she'.

For ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, we use ‘has’.

For 'he', 'she', 'it', we use 'has'.

Again, we can use a contraction ‘hasn't’ for has not.

Again, we can use a contraction 'hasn't' for has not.

‘Sue hasn't been cooking lately.’

'Sue hasn't been cooking lately.'

The next sentence says, ‘Jeff hasn't been eating healthy food recently.’

The next sentence says, 'Jeff hasn't been eating healthy food recently.'

Again, the ‘recently’ can be used at the beginning or end of this sentence.

Again, the 'recently' can be used at the beginning or end of this sentence.

We have the contestant ‘hasn't’ here for you.

We have the contestant 'hasn't' here for you.

‘hasn't’ is a contraction for ‘has not’.

'hasn't' is a contraction for 'has not'.

We have ‘has’ because the subject is Jeff which is ‘he’.

We have 'has' because the subject is Jeff which is 'he'.

And finally, ‘They haven't been speaking for over a year.’

And finally, 'They haven't been speaking for over a year.'

In this case, ‘for over a year’ shows duration.

In this case, 'for over a year' shows duration.

Remember with ‘for’, you show how long something has been happening.

Remember with 'for', you show how long something has been happening.

In this case, we have a contraction ‘haven't’ or ‘have not’.

In this case, we have a contraction 'haven't' or 'have not'.

Great job, everybody.

Great job, everybody.

let's move on.

let's move on.

Now, let's take a look at how to form the ‘have’ or ‘has’ question

Now, let's take a look at how to form the 'have' or 'has' question

for the present perfect continuous tense.

for the present perfect continuous tense.

The first sentence says, ‘He has been reading for an hour,’

The first sentence says, 'He has been reading for an hour,'

Now, to turn this into a question,

Now, to turn this into a question,

all we have to do is change the order of the first two words.

all we have to do is change the order of the first two words.

So ‘He has’ becomes ‘Has he’.

So 'He has' becomes 'Has he'.

‘Has he been reading for an hour?’

'Has he been reading for an hour?'

You'll notice that the second part of the sentence doesn't change.

You'll notice that the second part of the sentence doesn't change.

‘Has he been reading for an hour?’

'Has he been reading for an hour?'

To answer, you can simply say, ‘Yes, he has.’ or ‘No, he hasn't.’

To answer, you can simply say, 'Yes, he has.' or 'No, he hasn't.'

The next sentence says, ‘They have been sleeping since 8 p.m.’

The next sentence says, 'They have been sleeping since 8 pm'

Again, the second part of the sentence stays the same,

Again, the second part of the sentence stays the same,

and in the beginning, we just switch the first two words.

and in the beginning, we just switch the first two words.

‘They have’ become ‘Have they’.

'They have' become 'Have they'.

‘Have they been sleeping since 8 p.m.?’

'Have they been sleeping since 8 pm?'

To answer, you can say, ‘Yes, they have.’

To answer, you can say, 'Yes, they have.'

or ‘No. they haven't.’

or 'No. they haven't.'

Great job, everybody.

Great job, everybody.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, let's take a look at how to form WH questions in the present perfect continuous tense.

Now, let's take a look at how to form WH questions in the present perfect continuous tense.

Here, we have some WH question words.

Here, we have some WH question words.

‘what’, ‘where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’.

'what', 'where', 'why' and 'how'.

Let's take a look at the first question.

Let's take a look at the first question.

‘What have you been doing lately?’

'What have you been doing lately?'

I can answer by saying, ‘I have been working.’

I can answer by saying, 'I have been working.'

or ‘I have been studying.’

or 'I have been studying.'

I can also use the contraction ‘I've’.

I can also use the contraction 'I've'.

‘I've been working.’

'I've been working.'

‘I've been studying.’

'I've been studying.'

The next question says, ‘Where have you been traveling?’

The next question says, 'Where have you been traveling?'

‘I have been traveling in Europe.’

'I have been traveling in Europe.'

or ‘I've been traveling in Europe.’

or 'I've been traveling in Europe.'

‘Why has he been feeling sad?’

'Why has he been feeling sad?'

You can answer by saying, ‘He's been feeling sad.’

You can answer by saying, 'He's been feeling sad.'

That's the contraction ‘he has’, he's been feeling sad because his pet died.

That's the contraction 'he has', he's been feeling sad because his pet died.

or ‘He has been feeling sad because he broke up with his girlfriend.’

or 'He has been feeling sad because he broke up with his girlfriend.'

Something like that.

类似的东西。

And ‘How has she been doing?’

And 'How has she been doing?'

‘How has she been doing?’

'How has she been doing?'

I can say, ‘She's been doing well.’

I can say, 'She's been doing well.'

‘She's’ is a contraction for ‘she has’.

'She's' is a contraction for 'she has'.

Great job, everyone.

Great job, everyone.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

In this checkup, we will talk about the present perfect continuous tense.

In this checkup, we will talk about the present perfect continuous tense.

This tense can be used to describe an event

This tense can be used to describe an event

that started in the past and continues in the present.

that started in the past and continues in the present.

Let's take a look.

Let's take a look.

The first sentence says,

The first sentence says,

‘He has _blank_ all week,’

'He has _blank_ all week,'

And the verb is ‘sleep’.

And the verb is 'sleep'.

For this tense, what we do is we first look at the subject, ‘he’.

For this tense, what we do is we first look at the subject, 'he'.

For ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘it’, we put ‘has’.

For 'he', 'she' and 'it', we put 'has'.

Then, we add ‘been’. ‘has been’.

Then, we add 'been'. 'has been'.

Finally we add ‘-ing’ to the end.

Finally we add '-ing' to the end.

‘He has been sleeping all week.’

'He has been sleeping all week.'

The next sentence says, ‘You haven't _blank_ for a year.’

The next sentence says, 'You haven't _blank_ for a year.'

and the verb is ‘travel’.

and the verb is 'travel'.

Now, this is the negative form.

Now, this is the negative form.

So you see the contraction - ‘haven't’.

So you see the contraction - 'haven't'.

‘You have not’ or ‘You haven't’.

'You have not' or 'You haven't'.

Again, what we do after that is add ‘been’.

Again, what we do after that is add 'been'.

Then, do you remember what to do?

Then, do you remember what to do?

Add ‘-ing’ to the verb.

Add '-ing' to the verb.

‘You haven't been traveling for a year.’

'You haven't been traveling for a year.'

Next, it says ‘They _blank_ working all day.’

Next, it says 'They _blank_ working all day.'

So the verb ‘-ing’ has already been provided for you.

So the verb '-ing' has already been provided for you.

Now, take a look at the subject.

Now, take a look at the subject.

The subject is ‘they’.

The subject is 'they'.

Should we use ‘have’? or should we use ‘has’?

Should we use 'have'? or should we use 'has'?

The correct answer is ‘have’.

The correct answer is 'have'.

Then what do you put?

Then what do you put?

Remember, we put ‘been’.

Remember, we put 'been'.

‘They have been working all day.’

'They have been working all day.'

Now if you want to make this negative, you can say,

Now if you want to make this negative, you can say,

‘They haven't been working all day.’

'They haven't been working all day.'

Now find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘My friends have been watch TV.’

'My friends have been watch TV.'

‘My friends have been watch TV.’

'My friends have been watch TV.'

What's the mistake?

What's the mistake?

Remember, we need to add ‘-ing’ to the end of the verb.

Remember, we need to add '-ing' to the end of the verb.

So we should say,

So we should say,

‘My friends have been watching TV.’

'My friends have been watching TV.'

Next, ‘Sal did talking for 10 minutes.’

Next, 'Sal did talking for 10 minutes.'

Hmm..

Hmm..

Sal is a ‘he'.

Sal is a 'he'.

And ‘talking’ is already there for you.

And 'talking' is already there for you.

So what's in the middle of those two words is the mistake.

So what's in the middle of those two words is the mistake.

For ‘he’, we use ‘has’.

For 'he', we use 'has'.

So we say ‘has been’.

So we say 'has been'.

‘Sal has been talking for 10 minutes.’

'Sal has been talking for 10 minutes.'

And finally,

And finally,

‘He has been to eat for an hour.’

'He has been to eat for an hour.'

Hmm..

Hmm..

‘He has been’ That's correct.

'He has been' That's correct.

However, in this sentence, the base form of the verb ‘eat’ was used.

However, in this sentence, the base form of the verb 'eat' was used.

Instead, remember we need ‘-ing’.

Instead, remember we need '-ing'.

This is the correct answer.

This is the correct answer.

‘He has been eating for an hour.’

'He has been eating for an hour.'

All right, good job. and let's move on to the next practice.

All right, good job. and let's move on to the next practice.

In this practice, we'll take a look at the present perfect continuous tense,

In this practice, we'll take a look at the present perfect continuous tense,

And see how it expresses an action that has been happening recently or lately.

And see how it expresses an action that has been happening recently or lately.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

‘She has _blank_ bad lately.’

'She has _blank_ bad lately.'

And the verb is ‘feel’.

And the verb is 'feel'.

Remember for ‘she’, we use ‘has’.

Remember for 'she', we use 'has'.

Then don't forget we need to have ‘been’.

Then don't forget we need to have 'been'.

‘She has been’

'She has been'

After that, we add ‘-ing’ to the verb.

After that, we add '-ing' to the verb.

The correct sentence is,

The correct sentence is,

‘She has been feeling bad lately.’

'She has been feeling bad lately.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘We haven't _blank_ much recently.’

'We haven't _blank_ much recently.'

And the verb is ‘cook’.

And the verb is 'cook'.

This is a negative sentence.

This is a negative sentence.

So we say, ‘We have not’ or the contraction - ‘haven't’.

So we say, 'We have not' or the contraction - 'haven't'.

‘We haven't’ Don't forget ‘been’, and then verb ‘-ing’.

'We haven't' Don't forget 'been', and then verb '-ing'.

‘We haven't been cooking much recently.’

'We haven't been cooking much recently.'

Finally, we move on, let's try to find the mistake.

Finally, we move on, let's try to find the mistake.

‘We has been riding bikes to school recently.’

'We has been riding bikes to school recently.'

What's the mistake in this sentence?

What's the mistake in this sentence?

The subject here is ‘We’.

The subject here is 'We'.

For ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’ and ‘they’, we have to say ‘have been’, not ‘has

For 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they', we have to say 'have been', not 'has

been’.

been'.

‘We have been riding bikes to school recently.’

'We have been riding bikes to school recently.'

And for the last one,

And for the last one,

‘Jenny lately hasn't been helping me.’

'Jenny lately hasn't been helping me.'

The lately is placed wrong in this sentence.

The lately is placed wrong in this sentence.

We have to say,

We have to say,

‘Lately, Jenny hasn't been helping me.’

'Lately, Jenny hasn't been helping me.'

or we can also say,

or we can also say,

‘Jenny hasn't been helping me lately.’

'Jenny hasn't been helping me lately.'

Let's move on to the next checkup.

Let's move on to the next checkup.

In this checkup, we'll talk about the present perfect continuous tense

In this checkup, we'll talk about the present perfect continuous tense

and how it expresses an action that stopped recently

and how it expresses an action that stopped recently

but has a present result.

but has a present result.

The first sentence says,

The first sentence says,

‘I _blank_ . That's why I'm so sweaty.’

'I _blank_ . That's why I'm so sweaty.'

The verb here is ‘exercise’.

The verb here is 'exercise'.

And the subject is ‘I’.

And the subject is 'I'.

Do we use ‘has’ or ‘have’ for the subject ‘I’?

Do we use 'has' or 'have' for the subject 'I'?

The correct answer is ‘have’.

The correct answer is 'have'.

Then, we put ‘been’ and then verb ‘-ing’.

Then, we put 'been' and then verb '-ing'.

Okay, so the correct answer is,

Okay, so the correct answer is,

‘I have been exercising.

'I have been exercising.

That's why I'm so sweaty.’

That's why I'm so sweaty.'

That's the result.

That's the result.

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘I'm covered in flour because I _blank_.’

'I'm covered in flour because I _blank_.'

And the verb is ‘bake’.

And the verb is 'bake'.

Take a look.

看一看。

I have ‘I'm covered in flour because’

I have 'I'm covered in flour because'

So this first part is the result.

So this first part is the result.

I need to show the action that stopped recently in the present perfect continuous tense.

I need to show the action that stopped recently in the present perfect continuous tense.

Again, the subject is ‘I’.

Again, the subject is 'I'.

So we use ‘have been’.

So we use 'have been'.

Then, all we do is add ‘-ing’ to the end of baking.

Then, all we do is add '-ing' to the end of baking.

‘I have been baking.’

'I have been baking.'

So again,

So again,

‘I'm covered in flour because I have been baking.’

'I'm covered in flour because I have been baking.'

And we can use the contraction and say,

And we can use the contraction and say,

‘I've been baking.’

'I've been baking.'

Now, find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now, find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘She has think a lot, so she has a headache.’

'She has think a lot, so she has a headache.'

Take a look.

看一看。

The result is that ‘she has a headache.’

The result is that 'she has a headache.'

So we need to use the present perfect continuous for the first part.

So we need to use the present perfect continuous for the first part.

‘She has’ is correct.

'She has' is correct.

What's missing?

What's missing?

Don't forget the ‘been’.

Don't forget the 'been'.

Also don't forget that we need to add ‘-ing’ to the verb.

Also don't forget that we need to add '-ing' to the verb.

‘She has been thinking a lot, so she has a headache.’

'She has been thinking a lot, so she has a headache.'

Look at the next sentence and find the mistake.

Look at the next sentence and find the mistake.

‘I'm so hungry because I have been diet.’

'I'm so hungry because I have been diet.'

The only mistake here is that someone forgot to put the ‘-ing’ at the end of the verb, ‘diet’.

The only mistake here is that someone forgot to put the '-ing' at the end of the verb, 'diet'.

The correct answer is,

The correct answer is,

‘I'm so hungry because I have been dieting.’

'I'm so hungry because I have been dieting.'

Great job, everyone.

Great job, everyone.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Thank you so much for watching this  grammar course on the present tense. 

Thank you so much for watching this grammar course on the present tense.

Now, I want you to watch the next  grammar course on the past tense. 

Now, I want you to watch the next grammar course on the past tense.

I’ll see you there.

我会在那里见你。

Hi, everyone.

大家好。

In this video, I will introduce the past simple English tense.

In this video, I will introduce the past simple English tense.

This grammar tense can help you explain a past general state, action, or habit.

This grammar tense can help you explain a past general state, action, or habit.

There's a lot to learn and it's a very important tense, so keep watching.

There's a lot to learn and it's a very important tense, so keep watching.

In this video, I will talk about the 'be' verb

In this video, I will talk about the 'be' verb

in the past simple tense.

in the past simple tense.

The 'be' verb in the past simple tense can be used to describe a past general state.

The 'be' verb in the past simple tense can be used to describe a past general state.

We use the 'be' verbs, ‘was’ and ‘were’ in this tense.

We use the 'be' verbs, 'was' and 'were' in this tense.

Take a look at the examples.

Take a look at the examples.

‘I was scared.’

'I was scared.'

‘James', or he 'was a teacher.’

'James', or he 'was a teacher.'

‘She was sad.’

'She was sad.'

‘My dog was hungry.’

'My dog was hungry.'

‘My dog’ can be ‘it’.

'My dog' can be 'it'.

So for ‘I’, ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, we use the past tense 'be' verb, ‘was’.

So for 'I', 'he', 'she', 'it', we use the past tense 'be' verb, 'was'.

However, for ‘you’, ‘we’ and ‘they’, we use ‘were’.

However, for 'you', 'we' and 'they', we use 'were'.

‘You were a good student.’

'You were a good student.'

‘Your parents, or they were at the park.’ and ‘We were at home for two hours.’

'Your parents, or they were at the park.' and 'We were at home for two hours.'

In this last sentence, you see that the duration is emphasized.

In this last sentence, you see that the duration is emphasized.

Great job.

Great job.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now I will talk about regular verbs in the past simple tense.

Now I will talk about regular verbs in the past simple tense.

Take a look at these examples.

Take a look at these examples.

‘Liam played a game.’

'Liam played a game.'

Liam is a ‘he’,

Liam is a 'he',

but really it doesn't matter for regular verbs in the past simple tense.

but really it doesn't matter for regular verbs in the past simple tense.

Because no matter what the subject is, all we have to do is add ‘d’ or ‘ed’

Because no matter what the subject is, all we have to do is add 'd' or 'ed'

to the end of the verb.

to the end of the verb.

Here the verb is ‘play’, so I added ‘-ed’.

Here the verb is 'play', so I added '-ed'.

‘Liam played a game.’

'Liam played a game.'

‘The car, or it needed gas.’

'The car, or it needed gas.'

The verb here is ‘need’.

The verb here is 'need'.

For the past simple tense, I added ‘-ed’.

For the past simple tense, I added '-ed'.

‘We watched a movie.’

'We watched a movie.'

Again, an ‘ed’ at the of ‘watch’.

Again, an 'ed' at the of 'watch'.

‘You exercised for an hour.’

'You exercised for an hour.'

In this case, the verb is ‘exercise’.

In this case, the verb is 'exercise'.

I only need to add a ‘d’ to make it the past tense.

I only need to add a 'd' to make it the past tense.

And finally, ‘They usually worked after school.’

And finally, 'They usually worked after school.'

The verb is ‘work’.

The verb is 'work'.

And I added an ‘ed’ to make it in the past tense.

And I added an 'ed' to make it in the past tense.

The word ‘usually’ shows that this was a habit.

The word 'usually' shows that this was a habit.

Remember, the past simple tense can be used to show past habits.

Remember, the past simple tense can be used to show past habits.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, I'll talk about irregular verbs in the past simple tense.

Now, I'll talk about irregular verbs in the past simple tense.

Remember, for regular verbs, we only add ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to make a verb into the past tense.

Remember, for regular verbs, we only add 'd' or 'ed' to make a verb into the past tense.

However, for irregular verbs, we have to change the verb in a different way.

However, for irregular verbs, we have to change the verb in a different way.

Let's take a look at some examples.

Let's take a look at some examples.

‘I ate with my friend.’

'I ate with my friend.'

The verb here is ‘ate’.

The verb here is 'ate'.

‘ate’ is the past simple tense of ‘eat’.

'ate' is the past simple tense of 'eat'.

The next example says, ‘Nara wrote a story.’

The next example says, 'Nara wrote a story.'

The verb is ‘write’.

The verb is 'write'.

And because it's irregular to change it into the past tense, we change the verb to ‘wrote’.

And because it's irregular to change it into the past tense, we change the verb to 'wrote'.

‘You often came home late.’

'You often came home late.'

The verb here is ‘come’ and it's been changed to ‘came’.

The verb here is 'come' and it's been changed to 'came'.

You'll notice that we had the word ‘often’ to show a habit.

You'll notice that we had the word 'often' to show a habit.

‘We bought a camera.’

'We bought a camera.'

The verb here is ‘buy’ and it's been changed to ‘bought’ to show the past simple tense.

The verb here is 'buy' and it's been changed to 'bought' to show the past simple tense.

And finally, ‘My parents sent me money for a year.’

And finally, 'My parents sent me money for a year.'

Here the verb ‘sent’ is the past tense of ‘send’.

Here the verb 'sent' is the past tense of 'send'.

Here we also see ‘for a year’, this shows duration.

Here we also see 'for a year', this shows duration.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now I will talk about the negative form for the 'be' verb in the past simple tense.

Now I will talk about the negative form for the 'be' verb in the past simple tense.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

The first one says, ‘I was not hungry.’

The first one says, 'I was not hungry.'

For the past simple tense, the negative 'be' verb

For the past simple tense, the negative 'be' verb

I f the subject is ‘I’, ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘it’, we say ‘was not’.

I f the subject is 'I', 'he', 'she' or 'it', we say 'was not'.

For example, ‘I was not’ or ‘she was not’ or the contraction ‘wasn't’.

For example, 'I was not' or 'she was not' or the contraction 'wasn't'.

‘I wasn't’.

'I wasn't'.

‘She wasn't’.

'She wasn't'.

So let's look again, ‘I was not hungry.’

So let's look again, 'I was not hungry.'

‘She wasn't home today.’

'She wasn't home today.'

Now, if the subject is ‘you’, ‘we’ or ‘they’,

Now, if the subject is 'you', 'we' or 'they',

We say ‘were not’ or the contraction ‘weren't’.

We say 'were not' or the contraction 'weren't'.

‘The children, or they were not quiet.’

'The children, or they were not quiet.'

‘The children were not quiet.’

'The children were not quiet.'

And then, ‘The dog', or it was not, or 'wasn't playful.’

And then, 'The dog', or it was not, or 'wasn't playful.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, let's talk about how to form the negative in the past simple tense for non-'be' verbs,

Now, let's talk about how to form the negative in the past simple tense for non-'be' verbs,

regular or irregular.

regular or irregular.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

‘I did not like him.’

'I did not like him.'

What we do for non-'be' verbs is simply put ‘did not’ after the subject.

What we do for non-'be' verbs is simply put 'did not' after the subject.

And you'll notice that for the verb, we don't make any changes.

And you'll notice that for the verb, we don't make any changes.

We keep the base verb.

We keep the base verb.

‘He didn't catch the ball.’

'He didn't catch the ball.'

Again, it's ‘he did not’, but here we used a contraction,

Again, it's 'he did not', but here we used a contraction,

‘He didn't catch the ball.’

'He didn't catch the ball.'

‘They didn't dance.’

'They didn't dance.'

Again, here's the contraction for ‘did not’.

Again, here's the contraction for 'did not'.

And you'll notice that for the verb, we didn't change it at all.

And you'll notice that for the verb, we didn't change it at all.

Here's an irregular verb, and here's a regular verb, we keep them in the base form.

Here's an irregular verb, and here's a regular verb, we keep them in the base form.

And finally, ‘We didn't think about that.’

And finally, 'We didn't think about that.'

Again, we simply say ‘did not’ or ‘didn't’.

Again, we simply say 'did not' or 'didn't'.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now I will introduce two ways to form questions for the past simple tense.

Now I will introduce two ways to form questions for the past simple tense.

Take a look at the first example.

Take a look at the first example.

‘He was angry.’

'He was angry.'

In this first sentence, we see the 'be' verb ‘was’.

In this first sentence, we see the 'be' verb 'was'.

It's quite easy.

It's quite easy.

All you have to do to turn this into a question is switch the order the first two words.

All you have to do to turn this into a question is switch the order the first two words.

‘Was he angry?’

'Was he angry?'

You can answer by saying ‘Yes, he was.’ or ‘No, he wasn't.’

You can answer by saying 'Yes, he was.' or 'No, he wasn't.'

The next sentence also has a 'be' verb.

The next sentence also has a 'be' verb.

‘They were comfortable.’

'They were comfortable.'

So again, switch the first two words.

So again, switch the first two words.

‘Were they comfortable?’

'Were they comfortable?'

The answers can be, ‘Yes, they were.’

The answers can be, 'Yes, they were.'

or ‘No, they weren't.’

or 'No, they weren't.'

However, look at the third sentence.

However, look at the third sentence.

‘Sam lived here.’

'Sam lived here.'

There is no 'be' verb in this sentence.

There is no 'be' verb in this sentence.

Instead, we see the action verb ‘lived’.

Instead, we see the action verb 'lived'.

So what we do is no matter what the subject,

So what we do is no matter what the subject,

we start the question with ‘did’.

we start the question with 'did'.

‘Did Sam live here?’

'Did Sam live here?'

You'll notice that the verb no longer is in the past tense.

You'll notice that the verb no longer is in the past tense.

We use the base form of the verb.

We use the base form of the verb.

‘Did Sam live here?’

'Did Sam live here?'

You can say ‘Yes, he did.’

You can say 'Yes, he did.'

or ‘No, he didn't.’

or 'No, he didn't.'

The last sentence is similar.

The last sentence is similar.

‘They won the contest last year.’

'They won the contest last year.'

The verb here is ‘won’, that's not a 'be' verb.

The verb here is 'won', that's not a 'be' verb.

So again, we start the question with ‘did’ .

So again, we start the question with 'did' .

And then the subject ‘they’, we use the base form of the verb and that's ‘win’.

And then the subject 'they', we use the base form of the verb and that's 'win'.

‘Did they win the contest last year?’

'Did they win the contest last year?'

You can say, ‘Yes, they did.’

You can say, 'Yes, they did.'

or ‘No, they didn't.’

or 'No, they didn't.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now I'll introduce how to create an answer WH questions in the past simple tense.

Now I'll introduce how to create an answer WH questions in the past simple tense.

Take a look at the board.

Take a look at the board.

We have some WH words here.

We have some WH words here.

‘What’ ‘When’

'What' 'When'

‘Where’ and ‘Why’

'Where' and 'Why'

You'll notice that after each WH word comes the word ‘did’.

You'll notice that after each WH word comes the word 'did'.

‘What did’ ‘When did’

'What did' 'When did'

‘Where did’ and ‘Why did’.

'Where did' and 'Why did'.

What comes after that the subject and then the base form of the verb.

What comes after that the subject and then the base form of the verb.

So, let's take a look.

So, let's take a look.

‘What did you do last night?’

'What did you do last night?'

‘What did you do last night?’

'What did you do last night?'

I can answer by saying something like, ‘I watched a movie.’

I can answer by saying something like, 'I watched a movie.'

Or ‘I read a book.’

Or 'I read a book.'

You'll notice that the answer is in the past simple tense.

You'll notice that the answer is in the past simple tense.

‘When did you get home last night?’

'When did you get home last night?'

‘I got home at 10 p.m.’

'I got home at 10 pm'

‘Where did they eat lunch?’

'Where did they eat lunch?'

‘They ate lunch at home.’

'They ate lunch at home.'

Again, ‘ate’ is the past tense of ‘eat’.

Again, 'ate' is the past tense of 'eat'.

Answer in the past simple tense.

Answer in the past simple tense.

And finally, ‘Why did the company hire him?’

And finally, 'Why did the company hire him?'

‘The company hired him because he's a hard worker.’

'The company hired him because he's a hard worker.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

In this first checkup, we'll take a look at

In this first checkup, we'll take a look at

practice questions using the 'be' verb in the past simple tense.

practice questions using the 'be' verb in the past simple tense.

Remember the 'be' verbs in the past simple tense are ‘was’ or ‘were’.

Remember the 'be' verbs in the past simple tense are 'was' or 'were'.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

‘He __ at work earlier.’

'He __ at work earlier.'

The subject here is ‘we’.

The subject here is 'we'.

So do we use ‘was’ or ‘were’?

So do we use 'was' or 'were'?

The correct answer is ‘was’.

The correct answer is 'was'.

‘He was at work earlier.’

'He was at work earlier.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘We _____ very happy yesterday.’

'We _____ very happy yesterday.'

If the subject is ‘we’, remember the be verb is ‘were’.

If the subject is 'we', remember the be verb is 'were'.

‘We were very happy yesterday.’

'We were very happy yesterday.'

Next, ‘My parents or they __ worried about me.’

Next, 'My parents or they __ worried about me.'

If it's 'they', remember we have to say ‘were’.

If it's 'they', remember we have to say 'were'.

‘My parents were worried about me.’

'My parents were worried about me.'

If I want to use the negative, I can also say ‘My parents weren't worried about me.’

If I want to use the negative, I can also say 'My parents weren't worried about me.'

And that's possible.

And that's possible.

Now I want you to find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now I want you to find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘We wasn't good students.’

'We wasn't good students.'

We wasn't good students.

We wasn't good students.

Can you figure out what's wrong?

Can you figure out what's wrong?

The subject here is ‘we’, so we don't say ‘was not’.

The subject here is 'we', so we don't say 'was not'.

We need to say ‘were not’ or the contraction ‘weren't’.

We need to say 'were not' or the contraction 'weren't'.

‘We weren't good students,’ is the correct answer.

'We weren't good students,' is the correct answer.

The next one says, ‘Were she a teacher?’

The next one says, 'Were she a teacher?'

Now, this is a question so the be verb comes at the beginning.

Now, this is a question so the be verb comes at the beginning.

That's correct, but the subject here is ‘she’.

That's correct, but the subject here is 'she'.

Therefore, we need to start with ‘was’.

Therefore, we need to start with 'was'.

‘Was she a teacher?’

'Was she a teacher?'

And finally,

And finally,

‘They wasn't at school.’

'They wasn't at school.'

The subject is ‘they’, so the answer is

The subject is 'they', so the answer is

‘They weren't at school.’

'They weren't at school.'

You can use the contraction ‘weren't’ or ‘were not’.

You can use the contraction 'weren't' or 'were not'.

Let's move on to the next checkup.

Let's move on to the next checkup.

Now, let's practice regular verbs in the past simple tense.

Now, let's practice regular verbs in the past simple tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Take a look at the first sentence.

‘He ____ at home.’

'He ____ at home.'

The verb is ‘study’.

The verb is 'study'.

Remember, when changing a regular verb into

Remember, when changing a regular verb into

the past tense, we add ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to the end of the

the past tense, we add 'd' or 'ed' to the end of the

verb.

However, there's a separate rule for words that end in ‘y’.

verb.

However, there's a separate rule for words that end in 'y'.

Such as, ‘study’.

Such as, 'study'.

We drop the ‘y’ and we add ‘ied’.

We drop the 'y' and we add 'ied'.

So the correct answer is,

So the correct answer is,

‘He studied at home.’

'He studied at home.'

The next sentence says, ‘We __ pencils.’

The next sentence says, 'We __ pencils.'

We want to use negative because it says ‘not use’.

We want to use negative because it says 'not use'.

Remember for the negative, we always use ‘did not’, no matter what the subject.

Remember for the negative, we always use 'did not', no matter what the subject.

You can also use the contraction ‘didn't’.

You can also use the contraction 'didn't'.

Now, what do we do to the verb?

Now, what do we do to the verb?

We keep it as ‘is’.

We keep it as 'is'.

We do not change it.

We do not change it.

‘We didn't’ or ‘We did not’ use pencils.

'We didn't' or 'We did not' use pencils.

The next sentence says, ‘His friends or they walk to the gym.’

The next sentence says, 'His friends or they walk to the gym.'

What's the past tense of ‘walk’?

What's the past tense of 'walk'?

We simply have to add ‘ed’ because it's a regular verb.

We simply have to add 'ed' because it's a regular verb.

‘His friends walked to the gym.’

'His friends walked to the gym.'

Now, find a mistake in the next sentence.

Now, find a mistake in the next sentence.

‘She didn't likes math.’

'She didn't likes math.'

‘didn't’ is correct.

'didn't' is correct.

However, remember we keep the verb as ‘is’ in the base form.

However, remember we keep the verb as 'is' in the base form.

So we don't say ‘likes’.

So we don't say 'likes'.

We say ‘like’.

We say 'like'.

‘She didn't like math.’

'She didn't like math.'

The next sentence says, ‘Did it rained this morning?’

The next sentence says, 'Did it rained this morning?'

Now this is a question.

Now this is a question.

In a question, it’s right to start the sentence with ‘Did’.

In a question, it's right to start the sentence with 'Did'.

‘Did it rained?’

'Did it rained?'

Do you notice the mistake?

Do you notice the mistake?

Remember, we do not use the past tense form in the question.

Remember, we do not use the past tense form in the question.

We use the base form of the verb.

We use the base form of the verb.

‘Did it rain this morning?’

'Did it rain this morning?'

And finally, ‘They not play the piano.’

And finally, 'They not play the piano.'

The verb is an action verb.

The verb is an action verb.

So we need a ‘did’ in front of ‘not’.

So we need a 'did' in front of 'not'.

‘They did not play the piano.’

'They did not play the piano.'

Let's move on to the next checkup.

Let's move on to the next checkup.

Now, I'll talk about irregular verbs in the past simple tense.

Now, I'll talk about irregular verbs in the past simple tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Take a look at the first sentence.

‘He __ to school.’

'He __ to school.'

And the verb is ‘run’.

And the verb is 'run'.

‘run’ is an irregular verb, so the past tense form is ‘ran’.

'run' is an irregular verb, so the past tense form is 'ran'.

‘He ran to school.’

'He ran to school.'

The next sentence says, ‘We __ flowers.’

The next sentence says, 'We __ flowers.'

We want to use the negative because here it says ‘not grow’.

We want to use the negative because here it says 'not grow'.

Remember, no matter what the subject in the negative form,

Remember, no matter what the subject in the negative form,

we say ‘did not’

we say 'did not'

or ‘didn't’.

or 'didn't'.

Then we keep the verb in its base form.

Then we keep the verb in its base form.

‘We did not grow’ or ‘We didn't grow flowers.’

'We did not grow' or 'We didn't grow flowers.'

The next sentence says, ‘Where __ you teach last year?’

The next sentence says, 'Where __ you teach last year?'

This is a question.

This is a question.

Again, all we need to put is ‘did’.

Again, all we need to put is 'did'.

‘Where did you teach last year?’

'Where did you teach last year?'

It doesn't matter what the subject is.

It doesn't matter what the subject is.

We always go with ‘did’.

We always go with 'did'.

Next, try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

Next, try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘He didn't sold newspapers.’

'He didn't sold newspapers.'

Remember, in the negative, ‘didn't’ is correct for whatever subject there is.

Remember, in the negative, 'didn't' is correct for whatever subject there is.

However, we need to keep the verb in its base form.

However, we need to keep the verb in its base form.

So the correct answer is, ‘He didn't sell newspapers.’

So the correct answer is, 'He didn't sell newspapers.'

The next sentence says, ‘Did she sing a song?’

The next sentence says, 'Did she sing a song?'

You'll notice it's a similar problem here.

You'll notice it's a similar problem here.

‘sang’ is the irregular past tense form of ‘sing’.

'sang' is the irregular past tense form of 'sing'.

But in a question, if it starts with ‘did’,

But in a question, if it starts with 'did',

we use the base form.

we use the base form.

‘Did she sing a song?’

'Did she sing a song?'

And finally, ‘We taked it home.’

And finally, 'We taked it home.'

Does that sound right?

Does that sound right?

‘taked’ is not correct.

'taked' is not correct.

The past tense of ‘take’ is ‘took’.

The past tense of 'take' is 'took'.

‘We took it home.’

'We took it home.'

Great job, everyone.

Great job, everyone.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Wow, we learned a lot in this video.

Wow, we learned a lot in this video.

Keep studying and reviewing the past simple tense.

Keep studying and reviewing the past simple tense.

It's an essential tense that will help you talk about the past.

It's an essential tense that will help you talk about the past.

Keep studying English and I'll see you in the next video.

Keep studying English and I'll see you in the next video.

Bye. 

再见。

Hi, everybody.

大家好你们好。

I'm Esther.

I'm Esther.

In this video.

In this video.

I will introduce the past continuous tense.

I will introduce the past continuous tense.

This tense can be used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past.

This tense can be used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past.

It can also be used to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past.

It can also be used to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past.

There's a lot to learn so let's get started.

There's a lot to learn so let's get started.

Let's take a look at the first usage of the past continuous tense.

Let's take a look at the first usage of the past continuous tense.

This tense can be used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past.

This tense can be used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past.

Let's take a look at these examples.

Let's take a look at these examples.

‘I was walking in the park in the evening.’

'I was walking in the park in the evening.'

So first we start with the subject, ‘I’.

So first we start with the subject, 'I'.

For I, he, she, and it, we follow with ‘was’.

For I, he, she, and it, we follow with 'was'.

‘I was’

'I was'

And then we add an ‘ING’ to the end of the verb.

And then we add an 'ING' to the end of the verb.

‘I was walking’

'I was walking'

Now take a look at the whole sentence.

Now take a look at the whole sentence.

‘I was walking in the park in the evening.’

'I was walking in the park in the evening.'

You can see that this was an ongoing action and it happened in the past.

You can see that this was an ongoing action and it happened in the past.

Let's look at the next example.

Let's look at the next example.

‘She was living here last year.’

'She was living here last year.'

Here, the subject is ‘she’.

Here, the subject is 'she'.

So again we use ‘was’ and then ‘verb-ing’.

So again we use 'was' and then 'verb-ing'.

Here we have another expression that shows that this action was happening in the past.

Here we have another expression that shows that this action was happening in the past.

‘The dog,’ or ‘it’, ‘was eating dinner five minutes ago.’

'The dog,' or 'it', 'was eating dinner five minutes ago.'

The subject here is ‘the dog’ which can be replaced by the pronoun ‘it’.

The subject here is 'the dog' which can be replaced by the pronoun 'it'.

And so we follow with ‘was’.

And so we follow with 'was'.

And finally, ‘Andy and Jim,’ we can replace this with ‘they’.

And finally, 'Andy and Jim,' we can replace this with 'they'.

For ‘you’, ‘we’ and ‘they’, we use ‘were’.

For 'you', 'we' and 'they', we use 'were'.

‘They were’, or ‘Andy and Jim were working at 9:00 p.m.’

'They were', or 'Andy and Jim were working at 9:00 pm'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

The past continuous tense is also used to describe an ongoing

The past continuous tense is also used to describe an ongoing

action in the past that was interrupted by another action.

action in the past that was interrupted by another action.

This interrupting action is used in the past simple tense with the word ‘when’.

This interrupting action is used in the past simple tense with the word 'when'.

Let's take a look at this example.

Let's take a look at this example.

‘I was playing cards when you called.’

'I was playing cards when you called.'

Again we start with the subject ‘was’ or ‘were’,

Again we start with the subject 'was' or 'were',

and then ‘verb-ing’,

and then 'verb-ing',

so this is the action that was ongoing in the past,

so this is the action that was ongoing in the past,

‘I was playing cards’

'I was playing cards'

The interrupting action in this sentence is ‘you called’.

The interrupting action in this sentence is 'you called'.

You'll notice I use the word ‘when’ to show the interrupting action’

You'll notice I use the word 'when' to show the interrupting action'

And I used it in the past simple tense, ‘called’.

And I used it in the past simple tense, 'called'.

Let's take a look at the next sentence.

Let's take a look at the next sentence.

‘The cat' or 'it' was eating when Eric came home.’

'The cat' or 'it' was eating when Eric came home.'

Again the action in progress is ‘the cat was eating’.

Again the action in progress is 'the cat was eating'.

And ‘Eric came home’, you'll notice the past simple tense.

And 'Eric came home', you'll notice the past simple tense.

This is the interrupting action used with the word ‘when’.

This is the interrupting action used with the word 'when'.

‘We were sleeping when Anne arrived.’

'We were sleeping when Anne arrived.'

Again we have the ongoing action in the past.

Again we have the ongoing action in the past.

The subject here is ‘we’.

The subject here is 'we'.

And so we used ‘were’ and then ‘verb-ing’.

And so we used 'were' and then 'verb-ing'.

‘When Anne arrived’ is the interrupting action.

'When Anne arrived' is the interrupting action.

And finally, ‘Alicia and I’, or ‘We' were walking when we saw Mark.’

And finally, 'Alicia and I', or 'We' were walking when we saw Mark.'

‘When we saw Mark’ is the interrupting action that interrupted the ongoing ‘Alicia

'When we saw Mark' is the interrupting action that interrupted the ongoing 'Alicia

and I were walking’.

and I were walking'.

It's also important to note that we can also switch the order of the sentence around and

It's also important to note that we can also switch the order of the sentence around and

say,

‘When you called, I was playing cards,’

say,

'When you called, I was playing cards,'

or ‘When Eric came home, the cat was eating.’

or 'When Eric came home, the cat was eating.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Another usage for the past continuous tense is to talk about two actions that were

Another usage for the past continuous tense is to talk about two actions that were

happening at the same time in the past.

happening at the same time in the past.

We use the past continuous tense for both actions with the word ‘while’.

We use the past continuous tense for both actions with the word 'while'.

Let's take a look at some examples.

Let's take a look at some examples.

The first sentence says, ‘While I was playing soccer, she was watching

The first sentence says, 'While I was playing soccer, she was watching

me.’

me.'

You'll notice that both actions are in the past continuous tense.

You'll notice that both actions are in the past continuous tense.

‘I was playing soccer’ and ‘She was watching me’.

'I was playing soccer' and 'She was watching me'.

The word ‘while’ at the beginning shows that these actions were happening at the sametime.

The word 'while' at the beginning shows that these actions were happening at the sametime.

‘While you were reading, I was preparing dinner.’

'While you were reading, I was preparing dinner.'

Again both actions are expressed in the past continuous tense.

Again both actions are expressed in the past continuous tense.

The word ‘while’ shows that they were happening at the same time.

The word 'while' shows that they were happening at the same time.

‘While Her husband’ or ‘he’, ‘was driving

'While Her husband' or 'he', 'was driving

she was taking pictures.’

she was taking pictures.'

Both actions are in the past continuous tense.

Both actions are in the past continuous tense.

And finally,

And finally,

‘While we were eating, the music was playing.’

'While we were eating, the music was playing.'

Both actions were happening at the same time.

Both actions were happening at the same time.

Now, you'll notice that in my examples the word ‘while’ comes at the beginning,

Now, you'll notice that in my examples the word 'while' comes at the beginning,

however, it's important to note that you can move the word ‘while’ around in several

however, it's important to note that you can move the word 'while' around in several

ways.

ways.

For example, instead of saying this,

For example, instead of saying this,

‘While I was playing soccer, she was watching me.’

'While I was playing soccer, she was watching me.'

I can move ‘while’ to the middle of the sentence.

I can move 'while' to the middle of the sentence.

‘I was playing soccer while she was watching me.’

'I was playing soccer while she was watching me.'

I can put the ‘while’ between the two actions.

I can put the 'while' between the two actions.

Or I can also change the sentence around and say,

Or I can also change the sentence around and say,

‘While she was watching me, I was playing soccer.’

'While she was watching me, I was playing soccer.'

So it doesn't matter which action comes first with the ‘while’ if you put it in the

So it doesn't matter which action comes first with the 'while' if you put it in the

beginning.

beginning.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now let's talk about the negative form of the past continuous tense.

Now let's talk about the negative form of the past continuous tense.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

‘She was not reading last night.’

'She was not reading last night.'

The subject is ‘she’ and so we use ‘was’.

The subject is 'she' and so we use 'was'.

However, before the ‘verb-ing’, we add ‘not’.

However, before the 'verb-ing', we add 'not'.

‘She was not reading last night.’

'She was not reading last night.'

I can use a contraction and say,

I can use a contraction and say,

‘She wasn't reading last night.’

'She wasn't reading last night.'

‘We were not listening to music this morning.’

'We were not listening to music this morning.'

In this case, the subject is ‘we’ and so we use ‘were’.

In this case, the subject is 'we' and so we use 'were'.

Again ‘not’ comes before the ‘verb-ing’.

Again 'not' comes before the 'verb-ing'.

‘We were not listening to music this morning.’

'We were not listening to music this morning.'

Again I can use a contraction and say,

Again I can use a contraction and say,

‘We weren't listening to music this morning.’

'We weren't listening to music this morning.'

And the next one says, ‘He wasn't watching TV when his dad came

And the next one says, 'He wasn't watching TV when his dad came

home.’

home.'

In this example, the contraction is already there for you,

In this example, the contraction is already there for you,

‘He wasn't watching TV’.

'He wasn't watching TV'.

You'll notice the word ‘when’.

You'll notice the word 'when'.

Remember ‘when’ + ‘a past simple tense verb’ shows an interrupting action,

Remember 'when' + 'a past simple tense verb' shows an interrupting action,

so, ‘When his dad came home he wasn't watching TV.’

so, 'When his dad came home he wasn't watching TV.'

He was doing something else.

He was doing something else.

And finally,

And finally,

‘They weren't talking while the game was playing.’

'They weren't talking while the game was playing.'

The word ‘while’ is in this sentence.

The word 'while' is in this sentence.

Remember that shows 2 past ongoing actions happening at the same time,

Remember that shows 2 past ongoing actions happening at the same time,

so ‘While the game was playing they weren't talking’.

so 'While the game was playing they weren't talking'.

They were doing something else.

They were doing something else.

Let's move on now.

Let's move on now.

Let's talk about how to form ‘be’ verb questions for the past continuous tense.

Let's talk about how to form 'be' verb questions for the past continuous tense.

Take a look at the first statement.

Take a look at the first statement.

It says,

It says,

‘It was raining this morning.’

'It was raining this morning.'

In order to turn this into a question, it's quite easy,

In order to turn this into a question, it's quite easy,

all we have to do is change the order of the first two words.

all we have to do is change the order of the first two words.

Instead of ‘It was’, I now say ‘Was it’ to make it a question.

Instead of 'It was', I now say 'Was it' to make it a question.

You'll notice that the rest of the words stay in the same place.

You'll notice that the rest of the words stay in the same place.

‘Was it raining this morning?’

'Was it raining this morning?'

You can answer by saying, ‘Yes, it was.’ or ‘No, it wasn't.’

You can answer by saying, 'Yes, it was.' or 'No, it wasn't.'

The next statement says,

The next statement says,

‘They were living there when the fire happened.’

'They were living there when the fire happened.'

To turn this into a big question, again we just switched the order of the first two words.

To turn this into a big question, again we just switched the order of the first two words.

Instead of ‘They were’, we say ‘Were they’.

Instead of 'They were', we say 'Were they'.

And again, the rest of the words can stay in the same place.

And again, the rest of the words can stay in the same place.

‘Were they living there when the fire happened?’

'Were they living there when the fire happened?'

And you can answer by saying,

And you can answer by saying,

‘Yes, they were’ or ‘No, they weren't.’

'Yes, they were' or 'No, they weren't.'

Let's continue on.

Let's continue on.

Now I'll go into how to make WH questions for the past continuous tense.

Now I'll go into how to make WH questions for the past continuous tense.

You'll notice that the examples here all begin with some WH words.

You'll notice that the examples here all begin with some WH words.

For example, ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘why’, and ‘who’.

For example, 'what', 'where', 'why', and 'who'.

Let's take a look at the first question.

Let's take a look at the first question.

‘What were they doing last night?”

'What were they doing last night?”

The subject of this sentence is ‘they’.

The subject of this sentence is 'they'.

So what you do is after the WH word you put the proper ‘be’ verb.

So what you do is after the WH word you put the proper 'be' verb.

In this case, ‘were’.

In this case, 'were'.

‘What were they doing last night?’

'What were they doing last night?'

You'll notice that after the subject comes the ‘verb-ing’.

You'll notice that after the subject comes the 'verb-ing'.

‘What were they doing last night?’

'What were they doing last night?'

I can answer by saying, ‘They were playing games’ or

I can answer by saying, 'They were playing games' or

‘They were reading a book’.

'They were reading a book'.

The next question says,

The next question says,

‘Where was he working last week?’

'Where was he working last week?'

In this case the subject is ‘he’ and so the be verb to use is ‘was’.

In this case the subject is 'he' and so the be verb to use is 'was'.

‘Where was he working last week?’

'Where was he working last week?'

I can say, ‘He was working in Canada.’

I can say, 'He was working in Canada.'

‘Why was she crying when she finished the book?’

'Why was she crying when she finished the book?'

In this case, the subject is ‘she’ and so I put ‘was’ after ‘why’.

In this case, the subject is 'she' and so I put 'was' after 'why'.

‘Why was she crying when she finished the book?’

'Why was she crying when she finished the book?'

I can say, ‘She was crying because the ending was sad.’

I can say, 'She was crying because the ending was sad.'

And finally,

And finally,

‘Who were the children staying with while their mom was working?’

'Who were the children staying with while their mom was working?'

In this case, ‘the children’ is a ‘they’

In this case, 'the children' is a 'they'

so we follow 'who' with ‘were’.

so we follow 'who' with 'were'.

‘Who were they’ or

'Who were they' or

‘Who were the children staying with while their mom was working?’

'Who were the children staying with while their mom was working?'

To answer, I can say, ‘The children’ or

To answer, I can say, 'The children' or

‘They were staying with their dad.’

'They were staying with their dad.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

In this section, let's do a checkup for the past continuous tense.

In this section, let's do a checkup for the past continuous tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Take a look at the first sentence.

‘Last night they were blank at school.’

'Last night they were blank at school.'

I want you to try to fill in the blank with the negative for the verb ‘stay’.

I want you to try to fill in the blank with the negative for the verb 'stay'.

‘not stay’

'not stay'

What do you think it is?

What do you think it is?

Remember, for the negative of the past continuous,

Remember, for the negative of the past continuous,

all you have to do is put ‘not’ and then ‘verb-ing’ after the 'be' verb.

all you have to do is put 'not' and then 'verb-ing' after the 'be' verb.

‘They were not staying at school last.’

'They were not staying at school last.'

‘Last night, they were not staying at school.’

'Last night, they were not staying at school.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘Two days ago you blank soccer.’

'Two days ago you blank soccer.'

Again try the negative for the verb ‘play’.

Again try the negative for the verb 'play'.

‘Two days ago blank not play soccer.’

'Two days ago blank not play soccer.'

In this case, the first thing that's missing is the ‘be’ verb.

In this case, the first thing that's missing is the 'be' verb.

If the subject is ‘you’, can you think of which be verb needs to be put in there?

If the subject is 'you', can you think of which be verb needs to be put in there?

The correct answer is ‘were’.

The correct answer is 'were'.

And then, we say ‘not’.

And then, we say 'not'.

What happens after that?

What happens after that?

Remember, ‘verb-ing’.

Remember, 'verb-ing'.

So ‘you were not playing’

So 'you were not playing'

‘two days ago, you were not playing soccer’

'two days ago, you were not playing soccer'

You can also use a contraction and say,

You can also use a contraction and say,

‘You weren't playing soccer.’

'You weren't playing soccer.'

Now try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘Yesterday, she were reading at home.’

'Yesterday, she were reading at home.'

hmmm

hmmm

The subject of this sentence is ‘she’ so the ‘be’ verb to use is not ‘were’.

The subject of this sentence is 'she' so the 'be' verb to use is not 'were'.

It's 'was'.

It's 'was'.

‘Yesterday, she was reading at home.’

'Yesterday, she was reading at home.'

In the next sentence it says, ‘Tomorrow, they were seeing their friends.’

In the next sentence it says, 'Tomorrow, they were seeing their friends.'

hmmm

hmmm

‘They’ and ‘were’

'They' and 'were'

That's correct.

That's correct.

And we have the ‘verb-ing’

And we have the 'verb-ing'

So what's the mistake?

So what's the mistake?

Remember the past continuous is for the past.

Remember the past continuous is for the past.

‘Tomorrow’ is not the past.

'Tomorrow' is not the past.

So instead, we need to put a word that shows the past.

So instead, we need to put a word that shows the past.

For example, I can say, ‘yesterday’.

For example, I can say, 'yesterday'.

‘Yesterday, they were seeing their friends.’

'Yesterday, they were seeing their friends.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, let's start a checkup of the ‘when’ usage

Now, let's start a checkup of the 'when' usage

of the past continuous tense.

of the past continuous tense.

Take a look at the first example.

Take a look at the first example.

It says, ‘Andrea and John’ blank when they bank hurt.’

It says, 'Andrea and John' blank when they bank hurt.'

Remember ‘when’ shows an interrupting action.

Remember 'when' shows an interrupting action.

It needs to be used with the past simple tense.

It needs to be used with the past simple tense.

So let's first look at the second blank.

So let's first look at the second blank.

‘When they blank hurt’

'When they blank hurt'

What's the past tense of the verb ‘get’?

What's the past tense of the verb 'get'?

The answer is ‘got’.

The answer is 'got'.

Now let's take a look at the action that was in progress in the past.

Now let's take a look at the action that was in progress in the past.

‘Andrea and John’ or ‘they’

'Andrea and John' or 'they'

Well what comes after ‘they’?

Well what comes after 'they'?

‘were’.

'were'.

‘Andrea and John were’

'Andrea and John were'

Then remember we need to add -ing to the verb.

Then remember we need to add -ing to the verb.

‘They were skiing’ or ‘Andrea and John were skiing when they got hurt’.

'They were skiing' or 'Andrea and John were skiing when they got hurt'.

The next example says, ‘It blank not raining when the game blank’.

The next example says, 'It blank not raining when the game blank'.

And I want you to use the verb ‘start’ for the second blank.

And I want you to use the verb 'start' for the second blank.

Take a look ‘when the game blank’ what's the past tense of ‘start’?

Take a look 'when the game blank' what's the past tense of 'start'?

‘started’

'started'

Now let's look at the first part of the sentence.

Now let's look at the first part of the sentence.

The subject is ‘it’.

The subject is 'it'.

So what ‘be’ verb do we use for 'it'?

So what 'be' verb do we use for 'it'?

‘was’

'was'

‘It was not raining when the game started.’

'It was not raining when the game started.'

Now find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘I wasn't study at the library yesterday’.

'I wasn't study at the library yesterday'.

The subject here is ‘I’ and so the ‘be’ verb ‘was’ is correct.

The subject here is 'I' and so the 'be' verb 'was' is correct.

Here there's a contraction, ‘I wasn't’ for ‘I was not’.

Here there's a contraction, 'I wasn't' for 'I was not'.

Now the problem is with the verb.

Now the problem is with the verb.

Remember we need to put ‘–ing’ at the end of the verb.

Remember we need to put '–ing' at the end of the verb.

‘I wasn't studying at the library yesterday.’

'I wasn't studying at the library yesterday.'

And finally, ‘We did meet our friends last weekend.’

And finally, 'We did meet our friends last weekend.'

That sounds right, but remember we're doing the past continuous tense.

That sounds right, but remember we're doing the past continuous tense.

Take a look again.

Take a look again.

The subject is ‘we’.

The subject is 'we'.

We need a ‘be’ verb.

We need a 'be' verb.

‘were’

'were'

Then what happens?

Then what happens?

Remember, we need to add an ‘-ing’ to the end of the verb,

Remember, we need to add an '-ing' to the end of the verb,

so we take out ‘did’ and say, ‘We were meeting our friends last weekend.’

so we take out 'did' and say, 'We were meeting our friends last weekend.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, for this checkup, we'll look at the ‘while’ usage of the past continuous tense.

Now, for this checkup, we'll look at the 'while' usage of the past continuous tense.

Take a look at the first example.

Take a look at the first example.

‘While I blank someone blank my bike.’

'While I blank someone blank my bike.'

When we use ‘while’ in the past continuous tense,

When we use 'while' in the past continuous tense,

we're showing that two actions happened at the same time in the past

we're showing that two actions happened at the same time in the past

or they were happening at the same time in the past.

or they were happening at the same time in the past.

So we need to use the past continuous for both actions.

So we need to use the past continuous for both actions.

‘While I blank’

'While I blank'

I want you to use ‘shop’ in the first blank.

I want you to use 'shop' in the first blank.

Remember, the subject here is ‘I’ so I need to use the ‘be’ verb ‘was’.

Remember, the subject here is 'I' so I need to use the 'be' verb 'was'.

Then ‘verb-ing’.

Then 'verb-ing'.

‘While I was shopping’

'While I was shopping'

Now ‘someone’ can be a ‘he’ or ‘she’.

Now 'someone' can be a 'he' or 'she'.

Therefore, again we need to use ‘was’

Therefore, again we need to use 'was'

and then the ‘verb-ing’ of ‘steal’.

and then the 'verb-ing' of 'steal'.

‘While I was shopping, someone was stealing my bike.’

'While I was shopping, someone was stealing my bike.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘While he blank’

'While he blank'

I want you to use the verb ‘cook’.

I want you to use the verb 'cook'.

The subject is ‘he’ and so I need to use ‘was cooking’.

The subject is 'he' and so I need to use 'was cooking'.

‘While he was cooking, his girlfriend was cleaning.’

'While he was cooking, his girlfriend was cleaning.'

Did you get that?

Did you get that?

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

Try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘Jane was looking for us while we get off the plane.’

'Jane was looking for us while we get off the plane.'

The first part of the sentence is correct.

The first part of the sentence is correct.

‘Jane was looking’

'Jane was looking'

Now the second part of the sentence.

Now the second part of the sentence.

Notice it's not in the past continuous tense.

Notice it's not in the past continuous tense.

‘While we get off the plane’

'While we get off the plane'

So what we need to do is say, ‘were getting’.

So what we need to do is say, 'were getting'.

‘Jane was looking for us while we were getting off the plane.’

'Jane was looking for us while we were getting off the plane.'

The next sentence says, 'I was watching TV while my wife sleep’

The next sentence says, 'I was watching TV while my wife sleep'

Again this part of the sentence did not use the past continuous tense.

Again this part of the sentence did not use the past continuous tense.

My wife is a ‘she’ and so I need to say ‘was sleeping’.

My wife is a 'she' and so I need to say 'was sleeping'.

‘I was watching TV while my wife was sleeping.’

'I was watching TV while my wife was sleeping.'

Great job, everyone.

Great job, everyone.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Good job, everybody in learning the past  

Good job, everybody in learning the past

continuous tense.

continuous tense.

This tense can be a little difficult and a little tricky.

This tense can be a little difficult and a little tricky.

Especially when it comes to the ‘when’ and ‘while’ usage.

Especially when it comes to the 'when' and 'while' usage.

It'll take some practice to really master it, but I know you can do it.

It'll take some practice to really master it, but I know you can do it.

Keep studying English and I'll see you in the next video. 

Keep studying English and I'll see you in the next video.

Hi, everybody.

大家好你们好。

I'm Esther.

I'm Esther.

In this video, I will introduce the past perfect tense.

In this video, I will introduce the past perfect tense.

This tense is used to describe an action that took place at a specific time in the past.

This tense is used to describe an action that took place at a specific time in the past.

This tense can be a little tricky, but don't worry I will guide you through it.

This tense can be a little tricky, but don't worry I will guide you through it.

There's so much to learn and it's a very important tense.

There's so much to learn and it's a very important tense.

So keep watching.

So keep watching.

Let's take a look at the first usage of the past perfect tense.

Let's take a look at the first usage of the past perfect tense.

This tense can be used to describe an action in the past

This tense can be used to describe an action in the past

that happened before another action in the past.

that happened before another action in the past.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

‘I have visited China before I moved there.’

'I have visited China before I moved there.'

No matter what the subject you follow with ‘had’,

No matter what the subject you follow with 'had',

So that's easy.

So that's easy.

‘I had’ ‘Steve had’

'I had' 'Steve had'

‘The plane had’ and ‘We had’.

'The plane had' and 'We had'.

Then, we follow with the past participle of the verb.

Then, we follow with the past participle of the verb.

In this case, it's ‘visited’.

In this case, it's 'visited'.

‘I had visited China.’

'I had visited China.'

Now you'll notice that the second verb is in the past simple tense.

Now you'll notice that the second verb is in the past simple tense.

‘I moved there.’

'I moved there.'

And I'll talk about that a little bit more later on.

And I'll talk about that a little bit more later on.

‘Steve had bought the book.’

'Steve had bought the book.'

Again, ‘subject’, ‘had’ and ‘past participle’.

Again, 'subject', 'had' and 'past participle'.

In this case, the verb is ‘buy’.

In this case, the verb is 'buy'.

‘Steve had bought the book before he read it.’

'Steve had bought the book before he read it.'

Again, we have the simple tense of ‘read’ which is ‘read’.

Again, we have the simple tense of 'read' which is 'read'.

And finally, ‘The plane had left by the time I got to the airport.’

And finally, 'The plane had left by the time I got to the airport.'

Again, the first part of this sentence is in the past perfect tense.

Again, the first part of this sentence is in the past perfect tense.

‘The plane had left’.

'The plane had left'.

This is the past participle of ‘leave’.

This is the past participle of 'leave'.

The second verb says, ‘I got to the airport.’

The second verb says, 'I got to the airport.'

‘got’ is the past tense of ‘get’.

'got' is the past tense of 'get'.

Now what these three sentences have in common is that you'll see, ‘before’.

Now what these three sentences have in common is that you'll see, 'before'.

‘before’ or ‘by the time’.

'before' or 'by the time'.

They all mean the same thing.

They all mean the same thing.

The verb that is in the past perfect tense happened first.

The verb that is in the past perfect tense happened first.

The verb that's in the past simple tense happen after.

The verb that's in the past simple tense happen after.

So again, for the first example.

So again, for the first example.

‘before I move there’ That happened later.

'before I move there' That happened later.

Before that, ‘I had already visited China.’

Before that, 'I had already visited China.'

Do you understand how that works?

Do you understand how that works?

Let's take a look at the last example.

Let's take a look at the last example.

‘When they arrived, we had already started the game.’

'When they arrived, we had already started the game.'

So maybe they were late or something had happened.

So maybe they were late or something had happened.

But ‘When they arrived’, this is the past simple tense.

But 'When they arrived', this is the past simple tense.

So this happened second.

So this happened second.

‘We had already started the game.’

'We had already started the game.'

This action had already started.

This action had already started.

It started before this action.

It started before this action.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Earlier I mentioned that the past perfect tense can be used to describe an action

Earlier I mentioned that the past perfect tense can be used to describe an action

that happened in the past before another action in the past.

that happened in the past before another action in the past.

We can do the same thing but also emphasize the duration.

We can do the same thing but also emphasize the duration.

How long that first action happened.

How long that first action happened.

We do this by using four and a duration.

We do this by using four and a duration.

Let's take a look.

Let's take a look.

‘I had owned my computer for two months before it broke.’

'I had owned my computer for two months before it broke.'

This is very similar to the first usage.

This is very similar to the first usage.

‘I had’ and the past participle of the verb.

'I had' and the past participle of the verb.

This part shows the action that happened earlier in the past.

This part shows the action that happened earlier in the past.

The second part, ‘it broke’.

The second part, 'it broke'.

The past simple tense verb shows the action in the past

The past simple tense verb shows the action in the past

that happened later than the first action.

that happened later than the first action.

However, you'll notice that this sentence has a duration, ‘for two months’.

However, you'll notice that this sentence has a duration, 'for two months'.

‘I had owned my computer for two months before it broke.’

'I had owned my computer for two months before it broke.'

All I'm doing here is showing how long the first action had been true.

All I'm doing here is showing how long the first action had been true.

Let's take a look at the next example.

Let's take a look at the next example.

‘Jim had been lonely for a long time until he got a puppy.’

'Jim had been lonely for a long time until he got a puppy.'

Again, we have subject ‘had’, past participle.

Again, we have subject 'had', past participle.

And then we have the past simple ‘he got a puppy’.

And then we have the past simple 'he got a puppy'.

All we're doing here is emphasizing how long first action had been true.

All we're doing here is emphasizing how long first action had been true.

He had been lonely for a long time.

He had been lonely for a long time.

That is until the later action, ‘he got a puppy.’

That is until the later action, 'he got a puppy.'

And finally, ‘She and I had been friends for many years before she became my wife.’

And finally, 'She and I had been friends for many years before she became my wife.'

The first part of the sentence is the past perfect.

The first part of the sentence is the past perfect.

It happened before she became my wife.

It happened before she became my wife.

But I want to explain how long that had been true for many years.

But I want to explain how long that had been true for many years.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now I'll introduce how to form the negative in the past perfect tense.

Now I'll introduce how to form the negative in the past perfect tense.

Take a look at the board.

Take a look at the board.

The first sentence says, ‘I had not eaten at the restaurant before I went yesterday.’

The first sentence says, 'I had not eaten at the restaurant before I went yesterday.'

Again, we have the past perfect tense here and the past simple tense here.

Again, we have the past perfect tense here and the past simple tense here.

This one is the action that happened earlier in the past

This one is the action that happened earlier in the past

And this one over here is the action that happened later in the past.

And this one over here is the action that happened later in the past.

However, because this is the negative, what I'm going to do is add a 'not' between

However, because this is the negative, what I'm going to do is add a 'not' between

the ‘had’ and the past participle of the verb.

the 'had' and the past participle of the verb.

So I say, ‘I have not eaten’.

So I say, 'I have not eaten'.

Or I can use the contraction

Or I can use the contraction

and say, ‘I hadn't eaten at the restaurant before I went yesterday.’

and say, 'I hadn't eaten at the restaurant before I went yesterday.'

The next sentence is very similar.’

The next sentence is very similar.'

‘She had not been to the circus before she went last week.’

'She had not been to the circus before she went last week.'

Here's the action that happened earlier in the past,

Here's the action that happened earlier in the past,

and here's the action that happened later in the past.

and here's the action that happened later in the past.

However, again, because it's negative,

However, again, because it's negative,

I put a 'not' between ‘had’ and the past participle of the verb.

I put a 'not' between 'had' and the past participle of the verb.

Also, I can use the contraction and say, ‘She hadn't been to the circus.’

Also, I can use the contraction and say, 'She hadn't been to the circus.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘The cat hadn't chased the bird for very long before it flew away.’

'The cat hadn't chased the bird for very long before it flew away.'

Remember, we can show duration,

Remember, we can show duration,

or how long the first action was true.

or how long the first action was true.

by using 'for' and a duration.

by using 'for' and a duration.

Because this is the negative form,

Because this is the negative form,

again, I use 'had not' after the subject and before the past participle of the verb

again, I use 'had not' after the subject and before the past participle of the verb

In this case, the contraction ‘hadn't’ is already there for you.

In this case, the contraction 'hadn't' is already there for you.

‘We hadn't known each other for three months before we married.’

'We hadn't known each other for three months before we married.'

That's a pretty short time.

That's a pretty short time.

It shows the duration by saying ‘for’, How long?

It shows the duration by saying 'for', How long?

‘three months’

'three months'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, let's take a look at questions using ‘had’ in the past perfect tense.

Now, let's take a look at questions using 'had' in the past perfect tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Take a look at the first sentence.

It says, ‘She had eaten lunch by noon.’

It says, 'She had eaten lunch by noon.'

Now, to turn this into a question is quite easy.

Now, to turn this into a question is quite easy.

All you have to do is change the order of the first two words.

All you have to do is change the order of the first two words.

So instead of ‘she had’, we say ‘Had she’.

So instead of 'she had', we say 'Had she'.

‘Had she eaten lunch by noon?’

'Had she eaten lunch by noon?'

You can say, ‘Yes, she had.’

You can say, 'Yes, she had.'

or ‘No, she hadn't.’

The next sentence says, ‘It had rained before they left.’

or 'No, she hadn't.' The next sentence says, 'It had rained before they left.'

Again simply switched the order of the first two words.

Again simply switched the order of the first two words.

Instead of ‘It had’, say ‘Had it’ to make a question.

Instead of 'It had', say 'Had it' to make a question.

‘Had it rained before they left?’

'Had it rained before they left?'

To reply you can say, ‘Yes, it had.’

To reply you can say, 'Yes, it had.'

or ‘No, it hadn't.’

or 'No, it hadn't.'

Let's move on now.

Let's move on now.

I'll go into how to form ‘WH’ questions in the past perfect tense.

I'll go into how to form 'WH' questions in the past perfect tense.

Let's take a look.

Let's take a look.

Here we see at the beginning of each question a 'WH' word.

Here we see at the beginning of each question a 'WH' word.

‘where’, ‘who’, ‘what’, and ‘how’.

'where', 'who', 'what', and 'how'.

Let's take a look at the first question.

Let's take a look at the first question.

‘Where had he traveled before?’

'Where had he traveled before?'

You'll notice that after each ‘WH’ word, we have ‘had’.

You'll notice that after each 'WH' word, we have 'had'.

And then the subject and then the past participle of the verb.

And then the subject and then the past participle of the verb.

‘Where had he traveled before?’

'Where had he traveled before?'

The next question says, ‘Who had she talked to before?’

The next question says, 'Who had she talked to before?'

This is the same thing the ‘WH’ word

This is the same thing the 'WH' word

‘had she’ and then the past participle.

'had she' and then the past participle.

You'll notice here that we have the word ‘before’, but we didn't write a specific point in time.

You'll notice here that we have the word 'before', but we didn't write a specific point in time.

If you see that it simply means before now.

If you see that it simply means before now.

The next question says, ‘What had he eaten before lunch?’

The next question says, 'What had he eaten before lunch?'

Again we follow the same formula, however, here it says ‘lunch for you'.

Again we follow the same formula, however, here it says 'lunch for you'.

The last one says,

The last one says,

‘How long had she known him before she dated him?’

'How long had she known him before she dated him?'

Again how long ‘had’ + ‘subject’ and then the past participle.

Again how long 'had' + 'subject' and then the past participle.

Let's take a look at how  to answer these questions.

Let's take a look at how to answer these questions.

‘Where had he traveled before?’

'Where had he traveled before?'

‘He had traveled to Europe.’

'He had traveled to Europe.'

is one possible answer.

is one possible answer.

‘Who had she talked to before?’

'Who had she talked to before?'

Here I can say, ‘She had talked to her brother.’

Here I can say, 'She had talked to her brother.'

‘What had he eaten before lunch?’

'What had he eaten before lunch?'

‘He had eaten sushi before lunch.’

'He had eaten sushi before lunch.'

And finally, ‘How long had she known him before she dated him?’

And finally, 'How long had she known him before she dated him?'

‘She had known him for three years.’

'She had known him for three years.'

That is one possible answer.

That is one possible answer.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now let's take a look at some practice exercises for the basic usage of the past perfect tense.

Now let's take a look at some practice exercises for the basic usage of the past perfect tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Take a look at the first sentence.

‘I blank for six hours before I had a break.’

'I blank for six hours before I had a break.'

The verb here is ‘work’.

The verb here is 'work'.

Remember, we need to say ‘I had’.

Remember, we need to say 'I had'.

No matter what the subject is, say ‘had’.

No matter what the subject is, say 'had'.

And then, you take the past participle of the verb.

And then, you take the past participle of the verb.

In this case, we would say ‘worked’.

In this case, we would say 'worked'.

‘I had worked for six hours before I had a break.’

'I had worked for six hours before I had a break.'

For the next sentence, I want you to try the negative form.

For the next sentence, I want you to try the negative form.

‘We blank TV before we listened to the radio.’

'We blank TV before we listened to the radio.'

Remember, for the negative form, we say ‘had not’

Remember, for the negative form, we say 'had not'

or we use the contraction, ‘hadn't’.

or we use the contraction, 'hadn't'.

‘We hadn’t’.

'We hadn't'.

And then, we need the past participle.

And then, we need the past participle.

‘We hadn't watched TV before we listened to the radio.’

'We hadn't watched TV before we listened to the radio.'

Now find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘Reggie had it be to Mexico before he went to Peru.’

'Reggie had it be to Mexico before he went to Peru.'

Well, we have the subject here and for the negative, ‘hadn't’ is correct.

Well, we have the subject here and for the negative, 'hadn't' is correct.

However, we need the past participle of the verb ‘be’.

However, we need the past participle of the verb 'be'.

So the correct answer is,

So the correct answer is,

‘Reggie hadn't been to Mexico before he went to Peru.’

'Reggie hadn't been to Mexico before he went to Peru.'

And finally, ‘Sally and Jan or they had do their job.’

And finally, 'Sally and Jan or they had do their job.'

Hmm.

唔。

Remember, we need the past participle.

Remember, we need the past participle.

We don't say do.

We don't say do.

We say ‘done’.

We say 'done'.

‘Sally and Jan had done their job before they watched TV.’

'Sally and Jan had done their job before they watched TV.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

In this checkup, we'll take a look at some practice exercises

In this checkup, we'll take a look at some practice exercises

for the past perfect tense that describes how long.

for the past perfect tense that describes how long.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

‘You blank at the park for three hours before you came home.’

'You blank at the park for three hours before you came home.'

Remember, we start with the subject and then ‘had’.

Remember, we start with the subject and then 'had'.

So I'm going to add that here,

So I'm going to add that here,

then we need the past participle of the verb ‘be’.

then we need the past participle of the verb 'be'.

And that is ‘been’.

And that is 'been'.

‘You had been at the park for three hours before you came home.’

'You had been at the park for three hours before you came home.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘They blank for six hours before they took a break.’

'They blank for six hours before they took a break.'

Again, no matter what the subject, we have ‘had’ and then the past participle.

Again, no matter what the subject, we have 'had' and then the past participle.

So the answer is,

So the answer is,

‘They had studied for six hours before they took a break.’

'They had studied for six hours before they took a break.'

Now, find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now, find the mistake in the next sentence.

It's a little bit longer so it might take you a while.

It's a little bit longer so it might take you a while.

‘They had been known each other for ten years before they had their first fight.’

'They had been known each other for ten years before they had their first fight.'

Can you find the mistake?

Can you find the mistake?

Well, we have the subject and ‘had’, but check this out.

Well, we have the subject and 'had', but check this out.

There are two past participles here.

There are two past participles here.

We need to get rid of one of them.

We need to get rid of one of them.

We can take out this verb and say, ‘They had known each other for ten years

We can take out this verb and say, 'They had known each other for ten years

before they had their first fight.’

before they had their first fight.'

The next sentence says, ‘I have played soccer for many years before I scored my first goal.’

The next sentence says, 'I have played soccer for many years before I scored my first goal.'

This sentence doesn't look wrong at first.

This sentence doesn't look wrong at first.

But remember, in the past perfect tense, we need to say ‘had’.

But remember, in the past perfect tense, we need to say 'had'.

‘I had played soccer for many years before I scored my first goal.’

'I had played soccer for many years before I scored my first goal.'

Good job, everybody.

Good job, everybody.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Great job, everyone.

Great job, everyone.

Now you have a better understanding of the past perfect tense.

Now you have a better understanding of the past perfect tense.

I know it can be a little difficult but keep studying,

I know it can be a little difficult but keep studying,

and keep practicing, and you will get better.

and keep practicing, and you will get better.

I know studying English is not easy but with time and effort,

I know studying English is not easy but with time and effort,

I know you'll master it.

I know you'll master it.

Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next video.

Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next video.

Hi, everybody.

大家好你们好。

I'm Esther.

I'm Esther.

In this video, I will introduce the past perfect continuous tense.

In this video, I will introduce the past perfect continuous tense.

It's a great tense that helps you express an ongoing action

It's a great tense that helps you express an ongoing action

in the past continuing up to another point in the past.

in the past continuing up to another point in the past.

There's a lot to learn, so keep watching.

There's a lot to learn, so keep watching.

One usage of the past perfect continuous tense is to talk about an ongoing action in the

One usage of the past perfect continuous tense is to talk about an ongoing action in the

past that continued up to another point in the

past that continued up to another point in the

past.

past.

You can use ‘for’ and a duration to talk about

You can use 'for' and a duration to talk about

how long that action was in progress.

how long that action was in progress.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

‘I had been waiting for the bus for two hours before it arrived.’

'I had been waiting for the bus for two hours before it arrived.'

You'll notice that at the beginning.

You'll notice that at the beginning.

It doesn't matter what the subject is, we follow with ‘had been’.

It doesn't matter what the subject is, we follow with 'had been'.

For example, ‘I had been’, ‘Chuck had been’,

For example, 'I had been', 'Chuck had been',

And ‘Tom and Kim had been.’

And 'Tom and Kim had been.'

And then we follow with the verb ‘-ing’.

And then we follow with the verb '-ing'.

‘waiting’.

'waiting'.

‘I had been waiting.’

'I had been waiting.'

Now this is the ongoing action that happened first.

Now this is the ongoing action that happened first.

Again, four and two hours shows the duration.

Again, four and two hours shows the duration.

The second part says, ‘it arrived’.

The second part says, 'it arrived'.

This verb is in the past simple tense.

This verb is in the past simple tense.

Therefore, that is the second action.

Therefore, that is the second action.

It's the action that this first action happened until this action happened,

It's the action that this first action happened until this action happened,

so again, ‘I had been waiting for the bus,’ happened

so again, 'I had been waiting for the bus,' happened

first.

first.

And then, it happened until the bus arrived.

And then, it happened until the bus arrived.

‘Chuck had been cooking,’ Again, that part's easy.

'Chuck had been cooking,' Again, that part's easy.

No matter what’s the subject, we say ‘had been’ and then verb ‘-ing’.

No matter what's the subject, we say 'had been' and then verb '-ing'.

Again, I can show how long Chuck had been cooking by saying ‘for an hour’, showing

Again, I can show how long Chuck had been cooking by saying 'for an hour', showing

the duration.

the duration.

And then, I finished by saying, ‘before he finished’.

And then, I finished by saying, 'before he finished'.

He had been cooking up to this point in the past.

He had been cooking up to this point in the past.

Finally, ‘Tom and Kim had been walking,’ This part should be familiar to you by now,

Finally, 'Tom and Kim had been walking,' This part should be familiar to you by now,

‘for an hour’ Again, that shows duration.

'for an hour' Again, that shows duration.

‘before they rested.’

'before they rested.'

So they had been walking for an hour before they took a break.

So they had been walking for an hour before they took a break.

Before they rested.

Before they rested.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

The past perfect continuous tense is also used to express cause and effect in the

The past perfect continuous tense is also used to express cause and effect in the

past.

past.

The verb that's in the past perfect continuous tense shows the cause,

The verb that's in the past perfect continuous tense shows the cause,

why something happened.

why something happened.

We can use ‘because’ or ‘so’ to show the cause and effect.

We can use 'because' or 'so' to show the cause and effect.

Here, I'll explain.

Here, I'll explain.

‘Jason was tired because he had been jogging.’

'Jason was tired because he had been jogging.'

The first part of the sentence is in the past tense.

The first part of the sentence is in the past tense.

‘Jason was tired,’ However, we see ‘why?’

'Jason was tired,' However, we see 'why?'

Well, because, ‘he had been jogging’.

Well, because, 'he had been jogging'.

The second part of this sentence is in the past perfect continuous tense.

The second part of this sentence is in the past perfect continuous tense.

‘he had been’, remember no matter what the subject,

'he had been', remember no matter what the subject,

we follow with ‘had been’ and jogging – ‘verb -ing’.

we follow with 'had been' and jogging – 'verb -ing'.

‘he had been jogging’ This shows why Jason was tired.

'he had been jogging' This shows why Jason was tired.

The next sentence says, ‘The pavement’ or it ‘was wet because

The next sentence says, 'The pavement' or it 'was wet because

it had been raining.’

it had been raining.'

Similar to the first sentence, ‘it had been raining’ shows the cause.

Similar to the first sentence, 'it had been raining' shows the cause.

Why was the pavement wet?

Why was the pavement wet?

‘The pavement was wet because it had been raining.’

'The pavement was wet because it had been raining.'

In this sentence, we see a little difference.

In this sentence, we see a little difference.

‘The children had been playing’ Again, this is the past perfect continuous

'The children had been playing' Again, this is the past perfect continuous

tense.

tense.

‘had been playing’ The second part says, ‘the room was a mess’.

'had been playing' The second part says, 'the room was a mess'.

So here, instead of ‘because’ like the first two sentences,

So here, instead of 'because' like the first two sentences,

I used ‘so’.

I used 'so'.

So the order has been changed but the meaning is the same.

So the order has been changed but the meaning is the same.

This, ‘the children had been playing’ is why the room was a mess.

This, 'the children had been playing' is why the room was a mess.

This is the cause and this is the effect.

This is the cause and this is the effect.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now let's go into the negative form of the past perfect continuous tense.

Now let's go into the negative form of the past perfect continuous tense.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

‘I had not been working for a day before I quit.’

'I had not been working for a day before I quit.'

So no matter what the subject ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘she’, or ‘it’,

So no matter what the subject 'I', 'you', 'she', or 'it',

just like in the affirmative, we say ‘had’, but after the ‘had’, in the negative form,

just like in the affirmative, we say 'had', but after the 'had', in the negative form,

we add ‘not’. ‘had not’

we add 'not'. 'had not'

‘had not’ or you can use the contraction ‘hadn't’.

'had not' or you can use the contraction 'hadn't'.

Which is a combination of ‘had’ and ‘not’ together.

Which is a combination of 'had' and 'not' together.

‘I had not been working’ The rest of the sentence is the same.

'I had not been working' The rest of the sentence is the same.

‘been + verb -ing’ ‘I had not been working for a day before

'been + verb -ing' 'I had not been working for a day before

I quit.’

I quit.'

The next sentence says, ‘You had not been cutting onions for long

The next sentence says, 'You had not been cutting onions for long

before you cried.’

before you cried.'

Again, the ‘not’ goes between ‘had’ and ‘been’.

Again, the 'not' goes between 'had' and 'been'.

‘She hadn't been studying for long when she fell asleep.’

'She hadn't been studying for long when she fell asleep.'

Here, we have the contraction.

Here, we have the contraction.

And finally, ‘It hadn't been snowing for long when it

And finally, 'It hadn't been snowing for long when it

stopped.’

stopped.'

Again, we have the contraction for ‘had not’ here.

Again, we have the contraction for 'had not' here.

You'll notice that in the first two sentences, I used ‘before’.

You'll notice that in the first two sentences, I used 'before'.

And in the last two, I used ‘when’.

And in the last two, I used 'when'.

Either one can be used to show when the first action stopped.

Either one can be used to show when the first action stopped.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now let's go into how to form basic questions in the past perfect continuous tense.

Now let's go into how to form basic questions in the past perfect continuous tense.

Here is the first example.

Here is the first example.

‘He had been driving all day before he arrived.’

'He had been driving all day before he arrived.'

Now, to turn this into a question, all we have to do is change the order of the first

Now, to turn this into a question, all we have to do is change the order of the first

two words.

two words.

Instead of ‘He had’, now I can say, ‘Had he’, in order to form a question.

Instead of 'He had', now I can say, 'Had he', in order to form a question.

‘Had he been driving all day before he arrived?’

'Had he been driving all day before he arrived?'

The next sentence says, ‘The dog had been barking because it was

The next sentence says, 'The dog had been barking because it was

scared.’

scared.'

In this case, the subject is ‘The dog’.

In this case, the subject is 'The dog'.

And then we follow with ‘had’.

And then we follow with 'had'.

To turn this into a question, again, we switch the order.

To turn this into a question, again, we switch the order.

‘Had the dog been barking because it was scared?’

'Had the dog been barking because it was scared?'

You'll notice that in the question, the rest of the words stay in the same place.

You'll notice that in the question, the rest of the words stay in the same place.

Now, in the first question, we're asking how long an action happened,

Now, in the first question, we're asking how long an action happened,

or how long it was ongoing in the past.

or how long it was ongoing in the past.

And in this question, we ask about cause and effect.

And in this question, we ask about cause and effect.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, I'll introduce how to form WH questions in the past perfect continuous tense.

Now, I'll introduce how to form WH questions in the past perfect continuous tense.

Take a look at these examples.

Take a look at these examples.

You'll notice that they all start with a WH word.

You'll notice that they all start with a WH word.

Why, where, what, and who.

Why, where, what, and who.

You might also have noticed that after we have ‘had’.

You might also have noticed that after we have 'had'.

‘Why had’ ‘Where had’

'Why had' 'Where had'

‘What had’ and ‘Who had’

'What had' and 'Who had'

In the first question, after that comes the subject.

In the first question, after that comes the subject.

‘Why had you’ And then ‘been + verb -ing’

'Why had you' And then 'been + verb -ing'

And that's the same pattern we follow for all of these sentences.

And that's the same pattern we follow for all of these sentences.

So ‘Why had you been studying so much?’

So 'Why had you been studying so much?'

I can answer by saying, ‘I had been studying so much because I have

I can answer by saying, 'I had been studying so much because I have

a test.’

a test.'

‘Where had you been traveling before you came here?’

'Where had you been traveling before you came here?'

I can say, ‘I had been traveling through Asia.’

I can say, 'I had been traveling through Asia.'

‘What had they been playing before they played soccer?’

'What had they been playing before they played soccer?'

I can answer, ‘They had been playing baseball.’

I can answer, 'They had been playing baseball.'

And finally, ‘Who had she been talking to before she

And finally, 'Who had she been talking to before she

left home?’

left home?'

I can answer, ‘She had been talking to her boyfriend.’

I can answer, 'She had been talking to her boyfriend.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Let's start a checkup for the past perfect continuous tense.

Let's start a checkup for the past perfect continuous tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Take a look at the first sentence.

It says, ‘They __ for a long time before they went home.’

It says, 'They __ for a long time before they went home.'

Try to fill in the blank with the verb ‘work’ in this tense.

Try to fill in the blank with the verb 'work' in this tense.

Remember, no matter what the subject, we follow the subject with ‘had been’.

Remember, no matter what the subject, we follow the subject with 'had been'.

So we say, ‘They had been’.

So we say, 'They had been'.

What happens to the verb?

What happens to the verb?

Remember, we add ‘-ing’.

Remember, we add '-ing'.

So the sentence is, ‘They had been working for a long time before they went home.’

So the sentence is, 'They had been working for a long time before they went home.'

Now, take a look at the second sentence.

Now, take a look at the second sentence.

I want you to use the negative.

I want you to use the negative.

‘I __ TV for a year before I started again.’

'I __ TV for a year before I started again.'

Remember, the negative form for this tense starts with the subject

Remember, the negative form for this tense starts with the subject

and then ‘had not been’.

and then 'had not been'.

Or I can use the contraction ‘hadn't’.

Or I can use the contraction 'hadn't'.

‘I hadn't been’ And then again, verb ‘-ing’.

'I hadn't been' And then again, verb '-ing'.

‘I hadn't been watching TV for a year before I started again.’

'I hadn't been watching TV for a year before I started again.'

Now, try to find the mistake in this next sentence.

Now, try to find the mistake in this next sentence.

‘Gina and I hadn't been do any work before we started.’

'Gina and I hadn't been do any work before we started.'

What's the error?

What's the error?

You'll notice that the verb does not have an ‘-ing’.

You'll notice that the verb does not have an '-ing'.

To make the sentence correct, we must say, ‘Gina and I hadn't been doing

To make the sentence correct, we must say, 'Gina and I hadn't been doing

any work before we started.’

any work before we started.'

Now, find the mistake here.

Now, find the mistake here.

‘He had be watching YouTube because he had some free time.’

'He had be watching YouTube because he had some free time.'

‘He had’, that's correct, but we need to change ‘be’ to been’.

'He had', that's correct, but we need to change 'be' to been'.

And ‘watching’ is correct.

And 'watching' is correct.

So, ‘He had been watching YouTube because he had some free time.’

So, 'He had been watching YouTube because he had some free time.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, let's move on to another checkup of the past perfect continuous tense.

Now, let's move on to another checkup of the past perfect continuous tense.

Take a look at the first example.

Take a look at the first example.

It says, ‘The company __ employees because they worked hard.’

It says, 'The company __ employees because they worked hard.'

Use the verb ‘promote’ in the past perfect continuous tense.

Use the verb 'promote' in the past perfect continuous tense.

Remember, no matter what the subject, we follow with ‘had been’.

Remember, no matter what the subject, we follow with 'had been'.

So we say, ‘The company had been’ and then verb ‘-ing’, so ‘promoting’.

So we say, 'The company had been' and then verb '-ing', so 'promoting'.

‘The company had been promoting employees because they worked hard.’

'The company had been promoting employees because they worked hard.'

The next example says, ‘I __ your emails for a while because they went to the spam

The next example says, 'I __ your emails for a while because they went to the spam

folder.’

folder.'

Here, try to use the negative form with the verb ‘get’.

Here, try to use the negative form with the verb 'get'.

Remember, in the negative form, we say ‘had not been getting’

Remember, in the negative form, we say 'had not been getting'

Or the contraction ‘hadn't been getting’.

Or the contraction 'hadn't been getting'.

‘I hadn't been getting your emails for a while because they went to the spam folder.’

'I hadn't been getting your emails for a while because they went to the spam folder.'

Now look for the mistake in the next sentence.

Now look for the mistake in the next sentence.

‘I had been work a lot because I needed the money.’

'I had been work a lot because I needed the money.'

What's the mistake?

What's the mistake?

Remember, we need to add ‘-ing’ to the verb.

Remember, we need to add '-ing' to the verb.

‘I had been working a lot because I needed the money.’

'I had been working a lot because I needed the money.'

The last sentence says, ‘He has been smoking because he was stressed.’

The last sentence says, 'He has been smoking because he was stressed.'

Can you find the mistake?

Can you find the mistake?

Remember, we're practicing the past perfect continuous.

Remember, we're practicing the past perfect continuous.

In this case, we need ‘had’ after the subject, not ‘has’.

In this case, we need 'had' after the subject, not 'has'.

Great job, everyone.

Great job, everyone.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Thank you so much for watching this  grammar course on the past tense. 

Thank you so much for watching this grammar course on the past tense.

Now, if you haven’t had a chance to check  out my grammar course on the present tense  

Now, if you haven't had a chance to check out my grammar course on the present tense

or the future tense, make sure you do that now. Thank you again for watching and I will see you  

or the future tense, make sure you do that now. Thank you again for watching and I will see you

next time. Bye. 

next time.再见。

Hi, everyone.

大家好。

I'm Esther.

I'm Esther.

In this video, I will introduce the future simple tense

In this video, I will introduce the future simple tense

using 'will' and 'be going to'.

using 'will' and 'be going to'.

This is a very important tense that will help you express future actions and plans.

This is a very important tense that will help you express future actions and plans.

There's a lot to learn, so let's get started.

There's a lot to learn, so let's get started.

The future simple tense can be used to express a future action.

The future simple tense can be used to express a future action.

Let's take a look at some examples.

Let's take a look at some examples.

‘I'm cold.’

'I'm cold.'

Well that's right now.

Well that's right now.

‘I will close the window.’

'I will close the window.'

We start with the subject ‘will’.

We start with the subject 'will'.

And then, the base verb.

And then, the base verb.

‘I will close the window.’

'I will close the window.'

In this example, I'm making a sudden decision because how I feel right now.

In this example, I'm making a sudden decision because how I feel right now.

I will close the window because I'm cold right now.

I will close the window because I'm cold right now.

‘I will be at the library tomorrow.’

'I will be at the library tomorrow.'

Again, you start with the subject and then ‘will’.

Again, you start with the subject and then 'will'.

After that, you have the base verb.

After that, you have the base verb.

You can use the ‘be’ verb to talk about a confirmed plan.

You can use the 'be' verb to talk about a confirmed plan.

‘I will be at the library tomorrow.’

'I will be at the library tomorrow.'

The economy will get better next year.

The economy will get better next year.

In this case, the subject is ‘the economy’.

In this case, the subject is 'the economy'.

Again, we follow with ‘will’ and the base verb ‘get’.

Again, we follow with 'will' and the base verb 'get'.

‘The economy will get better next year.’

'The economy will get better next year.'

I'm making a prediction here about something that will happen in the future.

I'm making a prediction here about something that will happen in the future.

And finally, ‘I will help you with your homework.’

And finally, 'I will help you with your homework.'

I'm making a future plan to help you.

I'm making a future plan to help you.

‘I will help you with your homework.’

'I will help you with your homework.'

It doesn't say when but I am talking about the future.

It doesn't say when but I am talking about the future.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

You can also use ‘be going to’ to express a future action.

You can also use 'be going to' to express a future action.

It's almost the same as ‘will’.

It's almost the same as 'will'.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

‘There's no milk.

'There's no milk.

I'm going to buy some.’

I'm going to buy some.'

So what you see here is the subject and then the ‘be’ verb - ‘am’.

So what you see here is the subject and then the 'be' verb - 'am'.

‘I am’

'I am'

And then here we used a contraction ‘I'm’.

And then here we used a contraction 'I'm'.

‘I'm going to buy some.’

'I'm going to buy some.'

I made a decision to buy some because there's no milk.

I made a decision to buy some because there's no milk.

The next sentence says, ‘It looks like it's going to snow tomorrow.’

The next sentence says, 'It looks like it's going to snow tomorrow.'

Here the subject is ‘it’ and so I use the ‘be’ verb – ‘is’.

Here the subject is 'it' and so I use the 'be' verb – 'is'.

‘it is’

'it is'

‘It's’ is the contraction.

'It's' is the contraction.

‘It's going to’ And then we use the base verb ‘snow’.

'It's going to' And then we use the base verb 'snow'.

The word ‘tomorrow’ shows that this is a future action.

The word 'tomorrow' shows that this is a future action.

‘He's going to take a trip in the summer.’

'He's going to take a trip in the summer.'

Because the subject is ‘he’, we use the ‘be’ verb – is.

Because the subject is 'he', we use the 'be' verb – is.

And we can use the contraction ‘he's’. ‘he is’ or ‘he's’ going to

And we can use the contraction 'he's'. 'he is' or 'he's' going to

And then the base verb ‘take’

And then the base verb 'take'

‘take a trip in the summer’

'take a trip in the summer'

Again an action happening in the future.

Again an action happening in the future.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, let's take a look at the negative form of

Now, let's take a look at the negative form of

the future simple tense.

the future simple tense.

The first example says, ‘Stan will not like his English score.’

The first example says, 'Stan will not like his English score.'

No matter what the subject is, we follow with ‘will not’ and then the

No matter what the subject is, we follow with 'will not' and then the

base form of the verb.

base form of the verb.

‘Stan will not like his English score.’

'Stan will not like his English score.'

‘We won't give you money anymore.’

'We won't give you money anymore.'

In this case, the subject is ‘we’.

In this case, the subject is 'we'.

And we follow with the contraction ‘won't’.

And we follow with the contraction 'won't'.

It sounds really different and it's different from other contractions,

It sounds really different and it's different from other contractions,

but ‘won't’ is the contraction for ‘will not’

but 'won't' is the contraction for 'will not'

so you can say ‘we will not’ or ‘we won't’.

so you can say 'we will not' or 'we won't'.

They're the same.

They're the same.

‘We won't give you money anymore.’

'We won't give you money anymore.'

Again, you notice the base verb ‘give’ after ‘not’.

Again, you notice the base verb 'give' after 'not'.

‘He is not going to fly until next week.’

'He is not going to fly until next week.'

This sentence uses ‘be going to’. The subject is ‘he’.

And therefore the ‘be’ verb we use is – ‘is’

However we put a ‘not’ after the ‘be’ verb.

This sentence uses 'be going to'. The subject is 'he'. And therefore the 'be' verb we use is – 'is'

However we put a 'not' after the 'be' verb. 'He is not going to …' And then the base verb.

‘He is not going to …’ And then the base verb.

‘He is not going to fly until next week.’

The last sentence says, ‘You are not going to go to the party tonight.’

'He is not going to fly until next week.' The last sentence says, 'You are not going to go to the party tonight.'

The subject is ‘you’ and so we use the ‘be’ verb – ‘are’.

The subject is 'you' and so we use the 'be' verb – 'are'.

‘You are not going to go …’ That's the base verb.

'You are not going to go …' That's the base verb.

‘… to the party tonight.’

'… to the party tonight.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now let's take a look at how to form basic questions in the future simple tense.

Now let's take a look at how to form basic questions in the future simple tense.

The first sentence says, ‘He will play with us.’

The first sentence says, 'He will play with us.'

To turn this into a question, all we have to do is change the order of the

To turn this into a question, all we have to do is change the order of the

first two words.

first two words.

So ‘He will becomes ‘Will he’.

So 'He will becomes 'Will he'.

‘Will he play with us?’

'Will he play with us?'

‘The next sentence says, ‘He is going to play with us.’

'The next sentence says, 'He is going to play with us.'

This one uses ‘be going to’.

This one uses 'be going to'.

The subject is ‘he’.

The subject is 'he'.

And so the ‘be’ verb to use is – ‘is’.

And so the 'be' verb to use is – 'is'.

Then we have ‘going to’ and then the base verb.

Then we have 'going to' and then the base verb.

‘He is going to play with us.’

'He is going to play with us.'

When I make a question, I simply again change the order of the first two words.

When I make a question, I simply again change the order of the first two words.

‘Is he going to play with us?’

'Is he going to play with us?'

Now if the subject were to be ‘you’ or ‘we’ or ‘they’,

Now if the subject were to be 'you' or 'we' or 'they',

we would say ‘they are’.

we would say 'they are'.

And so the question would say, ‘Are they'.

And so the question would say, 'Are they'.

'Are they going to play with them?’

'Are they going to play with them?'

for example.

for example.

So again, remember, for ‘will’ in the future simple tense,

So again, remember, for 'will' in the future simple tense,

just say ‘will’ subject and then the base form of the verb.

just say 'will' subject and then the base form of the verb.

However for ‘be going to’ questions, make sure that you pay attention to the proper

However for 'be going to' questions, make sure that you pay attention to the proper

'be' verb to use at the beginning of the question.

'be' verb to use at the beginning of the question.

To answer the first question, ‘Will he play with us?’

To answer the first question, 'Will he play with us?'

You can say ‘Yes, he will’ or ‘No, he won't’.

You can say 'Yes, he will' or 'No, he won't'.

‘Is he going to play with us?’

'Is he going to play with us?'

You can say, ‘Yes, he's going to’ or ‘No, he isn't going to’.

You can say, 'Yes, he's going to' or 'No, he isn't going to'.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Let's look at how to form ‘WH’ questions in the future simple tense.

Let's look at how to form 'WH' questions in the future simple tense.

If you notice each question begins with a ‘WH’ word.

If you notice each question begins with a 'WH' word.

Who

Who

When

When

Where

Where

And What

And What

The first two sentences use ‘will’ for the future simple tense.

The first two sentences use 'will' for the future simple tense.

‘Who will win the game?’

'Who will win the game?'

To answer I can say, ‘My team will win the game.’

To answer I can say, 'My team will win the game.'

‘When will they arrive?’

'When will they arrive?'

‘They will arrive in two hours.’

'They will arrive in two hours.'

Now these two sentences have ‘be going to’.

Now these two sentences have 'be going to'.

‘Where is he going to study?’

'Where is he going to study?'

In this case, I have the ‘be’ verb – ‘is’ because the subject is ‘he’.

In this case, I have the 'be' verb – 'is' because the subject is 'he'.

‘Where is he going to study?’

'Where is he going to study?'

I can say, ‘He is going to study at the library.’

I can say, 'He is going to study at the library.'

And finally, ‘What are you going to do?’

And finally, 'What are you going to do?'

In this case, I use the ‘be’ verb – ‘are’ because the subject is ‘you’.

In this case, I use the 'be' verb – 'are' because the subject is 'you'.

‘What are you going to do?’

'What are you going to do?'

‘I am going to take a shower.’

'I am going to take a shower.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

For this checkup let's take a look at the will usage for the future simple tense.

For this checkup let's take a look at the will usage for the future simple tense.

The first example says, ‘Jen and Paul [blank] home soon’

The first example says, 'Jen and Paul [blank] home soon'

with the verb ‘go’.

with the verb 'go'.

Remember, when using ‘will’ for the future simple tense,

Remember, when using 'will' for the future simple tense,

it doesn't matter what the subject is.

it doesn't matter what the subject is.

We say ‘will’ and then the base verb.

We say 'will' and then the base verb.

So here we can say, ‘Jen and Paul’ or ‘They will go home soon’.

So here we can say, 'Jen and Paul' or 'They will go home soon'.

‘I [blank] a scientist after I graduate.’

'I [blank] a scientist after I graduate.'

Try filling in the blank with ‘be’.

Try filling in the blank with 'be'.

Again, we simply say ‘will be’.

Again, we simply say 'will be'.

‘I will be a scientist after I graduate.’

'I will be a scientist after I graduate.'

Now try this one, ‘We [blank] that because it smells bad.’

Now try this one, 'We [blank] that because it smells bad.'

I want you to use the negative form with the verb ‘eat’.

I want you to use the negative form with the verb 'eat'.

Here we say, ‘will not eat’ or remember we can use the contraction ‘won't’.

Here we say, 'will not eat' or remember we can use the contraction 'won't'.

‘We will not eat that’ or ‘We won't eat that because it smells bad’.

'We will not eat that' or 'We won't eat that because it smells bad'.

Now look for the mistake in this sentence.

Now look for the mistake in this sentence.

‘I will eat a pizza for lunch.’

'I will eat a pizza for lunch.'

Remember, we need the base form of the verb.

Remember, we need the base form of the verb.

‘I will eat a pizza for lunch.’

'I will eat a pizza for lunch.'

‘Angie and I will playing a game.’

'Angie and I will playing a game.'

Again we need the base form of the verb.

Again we need the base form of the verb.

Angie and I will play a game.’

Angie and I will play a game.'

And finally, ‘Will she be cook dinner?’

And finally, 'Will she be cook dinner?'

This is a question.

This is a question.

However we need to say, ‘Will she cook dinner.’

However we need to say, 'Will she cook dinner.'

We do not need a ‘be’ verb here.

We do not need a 'be' verb here.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Let's practice the ‘be going to’ usage of the future simple tense.

Let's practice the 'be going to' usage of the future simple tense.

‘We [blank] going to _blank_ soccer.’

'We [blank] going to _blank_ soccer.'

I want you to use the verb ‘watch’.

I want you to use the verb 'watch'.

Remember, for ‘be going to’ in the future simple tense,

Remember, for 'be going to' in the future simple tense,

we start with the subject and then the ‘be’ verb.

we start with the subject and then the 'be' verb.

The subject here is ‘we’.

The subject here is 'we'.

So we need the ‘be’ verb – ‘are’.

So we need the 'be' verb – 'are'.

‘We are going to’ and then the base verb ‘watch’.

'We are going to' and then the base verb 'watch'.

‘We are going to watch soccer.’

'We are going to watch soccer.'

‘I [blank] going to [blank].’

'I [blank] going to [blank].'

The verb is ‘talk’.

The verb is 'talk'.

And I want you to use the negative form.

And I want you to use the negative form.

In this case, the subject is ‘I’.

In this case, the subject is 'I'.

And so I use the ‘be’ verb – ‘am’.

And so I use the 'be' verb – 'am'.

‘I am’ and then we need ‘not’.

'I am' and then we need 'not'.

‘I am not going to’

'I am not going to'

Then the base verb ‘talk’.

Then the base verb 'talk'.

‘Why [blank] you going to [blank]?’

'Why [blank] you going to [blank]?'

The verb here is ‘go’.

The verb here is 'go'.

In a question, especially a ‘WH’ question, we start with the ‘WH’ word,

In a question, especially a 'WH' question, we start with the 'WH' word,

and then the ‘be’ verb.

and then the 'be' verb.

‘are’ is the correct ‘be’ verb because the subject is ‘you’.

'are' is the correct 'be' verb because the subject is 'you'.

Then we have ‘going to’.

Then we have 'going to'.

And again, the base form of the verb.

And again, the base form of the verb.

‘Why are you going to go?’

'Why are you going to go?'

Now try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘You are going to studying at home.’

'You are going to studying at home.'

Can you find the mistake?

Can you find the mistake?

‘You are going to’ that's correct.

'You are going to' that's correct.

But we need the base form of the verb.

But we need the base form of the verb.

‘You are going to study at home.’

'You are going to study at home.'

‘You will be going to learn English.’

'You will be going to learn English.'

‘You will be going’

'You will be going'

That sounds a little strange.

That sounds a little strange.

Remember, we don't need the ‘will’ here.

Remember, we don't need the 'will' here.

We're using ‘be going to’ and we need to change the ‘be’ verb to match the subject.

We're using 'be going to' and we need to change the 'be' verb to match the subject.

‘You are going to learn English’.

'You are going to learn English'.

Or remember, you can also say, ‘You will learn English.

Or remember, you can also say, 'You will learn English.

and finally ‘Is he going to do play soccer.’

and finally 'Is he going to do play soccer.'

uh-oh We have two verbs here.

uh-oh We have two verbs here.

‘Is he going to’ - that's correct.

'Is he going to' - that's correct.

But we have ‘do’ and ‘play’.

But we have 'do' and 'play'.

We don't need both, so we say, ‘Is he going to play soccer?’

We don't need both, so we say, 'Is he going to play soccer?'

Great job everybody.

Great job everybody.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Great job, everyone.

Great job, everyone.

You now have a better understanding of the future simple tense.

You now have a better understanding of the future simple tense.

There's still a lot of practice you need to do because this tense is so important.

There's still a lot of practice you need to do because this tense is so important.

Keep studying and I'll see you in the next video. 

Keep studying and I'll see you in the next video.

Hi, everybody.

大家好你们好。

I'm Esther.

I'm Esther.

In this video, I will introduce the future continuous English grammar tense.

In this video, I will introduce the future continuous English grammar tense.

This tense can be used to express an ongoing action in the future.

This tense can be used to express an ongoing action in the future.

I'll go over the basics of this lesson.

I'll go over the basics of this lesson.

And by the end you'll have a better idea of when to use this tense.

And by the end you'll have a better idea of when to use this tense.

There's a lot to learn, so let's get started.

There's a lot to learn, so let's get started.

One usage of the future continuous tense

One usage of the future continuous tense

is to talk about an ongoing action that will happen in the future.

is to talk about an ongoing action that will happen in the future.

We include when this action will be happening.

We include when this action will be happening.

We can use ‘will be’ or ‘be going to be’.

We can use 'will be' or 'be going to be'.

To do this, let's take a look at some examples.

To do this, let's take a look at some examples.

‘I will be taking the test soon.’

'I will be taking the test soon.'

So you can see here we have the subject and then ‘will be’.

So you can see here we have the subject and then 'will be'.

After that, we include verb +ing.

After that, we include verb +ing.

The word ‘soon’ at the end of this sentence indicates when this action will be happening.

The word 'soon' at the end of this sentence indicates when this action will be happening.

‘I am going to be taking the test soon.’

'I am going to be taking the test soon.'

This sentence means the same thing as the first sentence,

This sentence means the same thing as the first sentence,

but instead of ‘will be’, we used ‘be going to be’.

but instead of 'will be', we used 'be going to be'.

Here the subject is ‘I’.

Here the subject is 'I'.

And therefore we have the ‘be’ verb ‘am’.

And therefore we have the 'be' verb 'am'.

‘I am going to be’ And then verb +ing.

'I am going to be' And then verb +ing.

‘I am going to be taking the test soon.’

'I am going to be taking the test soon.'

I can also use the contraction and say.

I can also use the contraction and say.

‘I'm going to be taking the test soon.’

'I'm going to be taking the test soon.'

The next sentence says, ‘He will be sleeping by 10 p.m.’

The next sentence says, 'He will be sleeping by 10 pm'

And the last sentence says, ‘They are going to be …’

And the last sentence says, 'They are going to be …'

Here, because the subject is ‘they’, we use ‘are’.

Here, because the subject is 'they', we use 'are'.

‘They are going to be studying …’ There's the verb +ing

'They are going to be studying …' There's the verb +ing

‘… next October.’

'… next October.'

‘by 10 pm’ and ‘next October’ show when these actions will be happening.

'by 10 pm' and 'next October' show when these actions will be happening.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

The future continuous tense is also used to show

The future continuous tense is also used to show

that a short action in the future is happening

that a short action in the future is happening

during or while a longer action is in progress in the future,.

during or while a longer action is in progress in the future,.

We can use the word ‘when’ to show when the shorter action occurs.

We can use the word 'when' to show when the shorter action occurs.

Take a look at the first example,

Take a look at the first example,

‘I will be sleeping when they arrive.’

'I will be sleeping when they arrive.'

Here we see two actions,

Here we see two actions,

‘I will be sleeping’ and ‘they arrive’.

'I will be sleeping' and 'they arrive'.

The part of the sentence that's in the future continuous tense is the longer action

The part of the sentence that's in the future continuous tense is the longer action

that's in progress in the future.

that's in progress in the future.

‘I will be sleeping.’

'I will be sleeping.'

Remember, ‘I will be’ and then verb +ing.

Remember, 'I will be' and then verb +ing.

This is the action that is ongoing in the future.

This is the action that is ongoing in the future.

Then we see ‘when they arrive’.

Then we see 'when they arrive'.

This is in the present tense.

This is in the present tense.

‘they arrive’

'they arrive'

This is the shorter action that happens while this action is ongoing.

This is the shorter action that happens while this action is ongoing.

‘We will be having dinner when the movie starts.’

'We will be having dinner when the movie starts.'

This is very similar to the first sentence.

This is very similar to the first sentence.

‘We will be having dinner …’

'We will be having dinner …'

That's the ongoing action that will happen in the future.

That's the ongoing action that will happen in the future.

And while this is happening, the movie will start.

And while this is happening, the movie will start.

But again, we use the present tense here.

But again, we use the present tense here.

‘the movie starts’

'the movie starts'

So we will be having dinner when the movie starts.

So we will be having dinner when the movie starts.

‘Tina is going to be working when you leave.’

'Tina is going to be working when you leave.'

Remember, we can use ‘be going to be’ in this tense so,

Remember, we can use 'be going to be' in this tense so,

‘She is going to be working when you leave.’

'She is going to be working when you leave.'

This shorter action will happen while this ongoing action is in progress.

This shorter action will happen while this ongoing action is in progress.

And finally, ‘It will be raining when you go shopping’.

And finally, 'It will be raining when you go shopping'.

Again, this is the ongoing action.

Again, this is the ongoing action.

And this is the shorter action.

And this is the shorter action.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, I'll talk about the negative form of the future continuous tense.

Now, I'll talk about the negative form of the future continuous tense.

Here are some examples:

Here are some examples:

‘He will not be reading before bed.’

'He will not be reading before bed.'

For the negative form, after the subject and ‘will’, we say ‘not be’.

For the negative form, after the subject and 'will', we say 'not be'.

And then verb +ing.

And then verb +ing.

‘He will not be reading before bed.’

'He will not be reading before bed.'

He'll be doing something else.

He'll be doing something else.

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘My dad won't be cheering when the game ends.’

'My dad won't be cheering when the game ends.'

So this is very similar to the first sentence.

So this is very similar to the first sentence.

We have the subject, ‘my dad,’

We have the subject, 'my dad,'

and instead of ‘will not’ we use the contraction ‘won't’.

and instead of 'will not' we use the contraction 'won't'.

Remember, ‘won't’ is a contraction for ‘will not’.

Remember, 'won't' is a contraction for 'will not'.

‘My dad won't …’ and then we have ‘be’ verb +ing.

'My dad won't …' and then we have 'be' verb +ing.

‘My dad won't be cheering when the game ends.’

'My dad won't be cheering when the game ends.'

The next sentence says, ‘He is not going to be working tomorrow.’

The next sentence says, 'He is not going to be working tomorrow.'

Here we have the ‘be going to be’.

Here we have the 'be going to be'.

So ‘he’ is the subject and so we use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’.

So 'he' is the subject and so we use the 'be' verb 'is'.

After the ‘be’ verb, we say ‘not’.

After the 'be' verb, we say 'not'.

He is not going to ‘be’ verb +ing.

He is not going to 'be' verb +ing.

‘He is not going to be working tomorrow.’

'He is not going to be working tomorrow.'

Remember, we can also use a contraction here and say,

Remember, we can also use a contraction here and say,

‘He isn't going to be working tomorrow.’

'He isn't going to be working tomorrow.'

That's okay as well.

That's okay as well.

‘We aren't going to be shopping on Sunday.’

'We aren't going to be shopping on Sunday.'

Here the subject is ‘we’. And so the ‘be’ verb to use is ‘are’.

I use the contraction here ‘aren't’ for ‘are not’.

Here the subject is 'we'. And so the 'be' verb to use is 'are'. I use the contraction here 'aren't' for 'are not'.

‘We are not …’ or ‘We aren't going to be shopping on Sunday.’

Great job.

'We are not …' or 'We aren't going to be shopping on Sunday.' Great job.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now let's talk about how to form basic questions in the future continuous tense.

Now let's talk about how to form basic questions in the future continuous tense.

Take a look at this first sentence.

Take a look at this first sentence.

It says, ‘He will be traveling next month.’

It says, 'He will be traveling next month.'

Now, to turn this into a question,

Now, to turn this into a question,

all you have to do is change the order of the first two words.

all you have to do is change the order of the first two words.

So ‘He will’ becomes ‘Will he’.

So 'He will' becomes 'Will he'.

‘Will he be traveling next month?’

'Will he be traveling next month?'

You'll notice that the rest of the words don't change.

You'll notice that the rest of the words don't change.

Only the first two words.

Only the first two words.

So, ‘Will he be traveling next month?’

So, 'Will he be traveling next month?'

To answer you can say, ‘Yes, he will.’

To answer you can say, 'Yes, he will.'

or ‘No, he won't.’

or 'No, he won't.'

The next sentence says, ‘They are going to be living there.’

The next sentence says, 'They are going to be living there.'

Again to turn this into a question, simply switch the order of the first two words.

Again to turn this into a question, simply switch the order of the first two words.

‘They are’ becomes ‘Are they’.

'They are' becomes 'Are they'.

‘Are they going to be living there?’

'Are they going to be living there?'

To reply you can say, ‘Yes, they are.’

To reply you can say, 'Yes, they are.'

or ‘No, they aren't.’

or 'No, they aren't.'

Now, you'll notice in these two sentences,

Now, you'll notice in these two sentences,

there is no exact point in time that shows when this action will be happening in the

there is no exact point in time that shows when this action will be happening in the

future.

future.

There is no ‘next month’ or anything like that.

There is no 'next month' or anything like that.

In that case, it simply means sometime in the future.

In that case, it simply means sometime in the future.

So, they are going to be living there sometime in the future.

So, they are going to be living there sometime in the future.

That's what that means.

That's what that means.

Great job, everyone.

Great job, everyone.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, I'll go into how to form ‘WH’ questions in the future continuous tense.

Now, I'll go into how to form 'WH' questions in the future continuous tense.

Take a look at the board.

Take a look at the board.

First, you'll notice that all of these questions begin with the ‘Wh’ words -

First, you'll notice that all of these questions begin with the 'Wh' words -

‘Where,’ ‘What,’ ‘Who,’ and ‘When’.

'Where,' 'What,' 'Who,' and 'When'.

Let's take a look at the first question.

Let's take a look at the first question.

‘Where will he be working?’

'Where will he be working?'

When we use ‘will be’, we start with ‘Where’ and then ‘will’.

When we use 'will be', we start with 'Where' and then 'will'.

After that, we have the subject + be and then verb +ing.

After that, we have the subject + be and then verb +ing.

‘Where will he be working?’

'Where will he be working?'

I can answer by saying,

I can answer by saying,

‘He will’ or ‘He'll be working at the factory.’

'He will' or 'He'll be working at the factory.'

The next question says, ‘What will she be watching?’

The next question says, 'What will she be watching?'

This is very similar to the first question.

This is very similar to the first question.

The only difference is that the subject is now ‘she’ and the verb is different.

The only difference is that the subject is now 'she' and the verb is different.

‘What will she be watching?’

'What will she be watching?'

I can say, ‘She'll be watching’ or ‘She will be watching her favorite tv show’.

I can say, 'She'll be watching' or 'She will be watching her favorite tv show'.

‘Who will they be talking to?’

'Who will they be talking to?'

Again, very similar.

Again, very similar.

To answer,I can say,

To answer,I can say,

‘They will be talking to their mom.’

'They will be talking to their mom.'

The last question has ‘be going to be’.

The last question has 'be going to be'.

‘When are we …’ here the subject is ’we’.

'When are we …' here the subject is 'we'.

So we start with the ‘be verb’ – ‘are’.

So we start with the 'be verb' – 'are'.

‘When are we going to be meeting Casey?’

'When are we going to be meeting Casey?'

I can say,

I can say,

‘We are going to be meeting Casey later tonight.’

'We are going to be meeting Casey later tonight.'

Good job, everybody.

Good job, everybody.

Let’s move on.

Let's move on.

Let's start a checkup for the future continuous tense.

Let's start a checkup for the future continuous tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Take a look at the first sentence.

It says, ‘They _blank_ at school tomorrow.’

It says, 'They _blank_ at school tomorrow.'

I want you to use ‘will' and then the verb ‘study’, for this tense.

I want you to use 'will' and then the verb 'study', for this tense.

Remember, in the future continuous tense,

Remember, in the future continuous tense,

no matter what the subject, we say ‘will be’ and then verb +ing.

no matter what the subject, we say 'will be' and then verb +ing.

So the correct answer for this sentence is ‘they will be studying’

So the correct answer for this sentence is 'they will be studying'

‘They will be studying at school tomorrow.’

'They will be studying at school tomorrow.'

The next sentence says.

The next sentence says.

‘Jesse _blank_ a TV show later.’

'Jesse _blank_ a TV show later.'

Here, instead of ‘will’ try to use ‘be going to be’.

Here, instead of 'will' try to use 'be going to be'.

‘Jesse _blank_ watch a TV show later.’

'Jesse _blank_ watch a TV show later.'

I want you to use the verb ‘watch’.

I want you to use the verb 'watch'.

So, Jessie is a ‘he’ or it can be a ‘she’.

So, Jessie is a 'he' or it can be a 'she'.

Sometimes the name is used for a boy or a girl.

Sometimes the name is used for a boy or a girl.

Either way I need to use the ‘be’ verb – ‘is’.

Either way I need to use the 'be' verb – 'is'.

‘Jesse is going to be’

'Jesse is going to be'

and then we need verb +ing.

and then we need verb +ing.

‘Jesse is going to be watching a TV show later.’

'Jesse is going to be watching a TV show later.'

The next sentence, I want you to find the mistake.

The next sentence, I want you to find the mistake.

‘We willn’t be studying at the library today.’

'We willn't be studying at the library today.'

‘We will not …’

'We will not …'

What's the contraction for ‘will not’?

What's the contraction for 'will not'?

Well it definitely isn't ‘willn’t’.

Well it definitely isn't 'willn't'.

The contraction is ‘won't’.

The contraction is 'won't'.

‘We won't be studying at the library today.’

'We won't be studying at the library today.'

And finally, ‘Sally and I will be meet our friends soon.’

And finally, 'Sally and I will be meet our friends soon.'

Remember, we need ‘will be’ and then verb +ing.

Remember, we need 'will be' and then verb +ing.

So the correct answer is,

So the correct answer is,

‘Sally and I will be meeting our friends soon.’

'Sally and I will be meeting our friends soon.'

Good job, everyone.

Good job, everyone.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, let's move on to the next checkup of the future continuous tense.

Now, let's move on to the next checkup of the future continuous tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Take a look at the first sentence.

It says, ‘He _blank_ at the door when the movie ends.’

It says, 'He _blank_ at the door when the movie ends.'

I want you to use ‘will’ and the verb ‘wait’.

I want you to use 'will' and the verb 'wait'.

Remember, for this tense, we need ‘will be’ and then verb +ing,

Remember, for this tense, we need 'will be' and then verb +ing,

so the correct answer is,

so the correct answer is,

‘He will be waiting at the door when the movie ends.’

'He will be waiting at the door when the movie ends.'

The next sentence says, ‘We are not …’ so this is a negative,

The next sentence says, 'We are not …' so this is a negative,

‘_blank_ the play when he performs’.

'_blank_ the play when he performs'.

Here, instead of ‘will’, I want you to use ‘be going to be’ and the verb ‘see’.

Here, instead of 'will', I want you to use 'be going to be' and the verb 'see'.

We already have part of that phrase for you.

We already have part of that phrase for you.

‘We are …’, here's the ‘be’ verb, ‘not’

'We are …', here's the 'be' verb, 'not'

so this is negative.

so this is negative.

And then we say ‘going to be’

And then we say 'going to be'

and then verb +ing.

and then verb +ing.

‘We are not going to be seeing the play when he performs.’

'We are not going to be seeing the play when he performs.'

Now find the mistake in this sentence.

Now find the mistake in this sentence.

‘They won't be stay at home when the delivery man visits.’

'They won't be stay at home when the delivery man visits.'

‘They won't be’

'They won't be'

That's correct in the negative form.

That's correct in the negative form.

However, we need verb +ing.

However, we need verb +ing.

‘They won't be staying at home when the delivery man visits.’

'They won't be staying at home when the delivery man visits.'

And finally, ‘Terry is going to working when the manager arrives’.

And finally, 'Terry is going to working when the manager arrives'.

‘Terry’ is a ‘he’ or ‘she’ so ‘is’ is the correct ‘be’ verb to use.

'Terry' is a 'he' or 'she' so 'is' is the correct 'be' verb to use.

‘going to’ that's also correct.

'going to' that's also correct.

What we're missing here is ‘be’.

What we're missing here is 'be'.

‘Terry is going to be working when the manager arrives.’

'Terry is going to be working when the manager arrives.'

Good job, everybody.

Good job, everybody.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, you have a better understanding of the future continuous tense.

Now, you have a better understanding of the future continuous tense.

Please take some time to study and practice this tense as it is very important.

Please take some time to study and practice this tense as it is very important.

I know English can be a struggle, but don't worry, I'm here for you.

I know English can be a struggle, but don't worry, I'm here for you.

And I believe in you.

And I believe in you.

I'll see you in the next video. 

我们下个视频见。

Hi, everyone.

大家好。

I’m Esther.

I'm Esther.

In this video, I will introduce the future perfect tense.

In this video, I will introduce the future perfect tense.

This tense is used to express an action in the future

This tense is used to express an action in the future

that will happen by a specific time in the future.

that will happen by a specific time in the future.

This tense can be a little difficult to understand but don't worry I will guide you through it

This tense can be a little difficult to understand but don't worry I will guide you through it

so keep watching.

so keep watching.

The future perfect tense is used to express an action in the future

The future perfect tense is used to express an action in the future

that will happen by a specific time in the future.

that will happen by a specific time in the future.

Let's look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The first sentence says,

The first sentence says,

‘The snow will have stopped by April.’

'The snow will have stopped by April.'

We start with the subject.

We start with the subject.

In this case, ‘The snow’.

In this case, 'The snow'.

Then, we follow with ‘will have’ and the past participle of the verb.

Then, we follow with 'will have' and the past participle of the verb.

In this case, we used ‘stopped’ for the verb ‘stop’.

In this case, we used 'stopped' for the verb 'stop'.

At the end of the sentence, you'll notice ‘by April’.

At the end of the sentence, you'll notice 'by April'.

‘by April’ shows the specific time in the future when this action will have happened.

'by April' shows the specific time in the future when this action will have happened.

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘By the time he graduates, he will have completed five years of study.’

'By the time he graduates, he will have completed five years of study.'

In this sentence,

In this sentence,

‘By the time he graduates’ or the specific time in the future.

'By the time he graduates' or the specific time in the future.

comes at the beginning of the sentence

comes at the beginning of the sentence

so ‘by’ plus ‘a time in the future’

so 'by' plus 'a time in the future'

can come at the end or it can come at the beginning.

can come at the end or it can come at the beginning.

‘By the time he graduates, he will have completed…’

'By the time he graduates, he will have completed…'

Again, you see ‘subject + will + have’ and the past participle of the verb.

Again, you see 'subject + will + have' and the past participle of the verb.

In this case, ‘completed’.

In this case, 'completed'.

‘By the time he graduates, he will have completed five years of study.’

'By the time he graduates, he will have completed five years of study.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘Her arm will have fully healed by the summer.’

'Her arm will have fully healed by the summer.'

In this example, ‘by the summer’, the future specific time, comes at the end.

In this example, 'by the summer', the future specific time, comes at the end.

By this time in the future, her ‘arm’, that's the subject, will have ‘healed’,

By this time in the future, her 'arm', that's the subject, will have 'healed',

the past participle.

the past participle.

Here I put ‘fully’ just to show how much it will have healed.

Here I put 'fully' just to show how much it will have healed.

I’m just adding an extra description.

I'm just adding an extra description.

The last sentence says,

The last sentence says,

‘By next month, …’ so here we see ‘by’ and ‘the time’ at the beginning of the

'By next month, …' so here we see 'by' and 'the time' at the beginning of the

sentence.

sentence.

‘you’, that's the subject.

'you', that's the subject.

‘will have received’, there's the past participle.

'will have received', there's the past participle.

‘your promotion.’

'your promotion.'

Again, ‘By next month you will have received your promotion.’

Again, 'By next month you will have received your promotion.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, let's talk about the negative form of the future perfect tense.

Now, let's talk about the negative form of the future perfect tense.

Here are some examples.

Here are some examples.

Let's take a look.

Let's take a look.

The first sentence says,

The first sentence says,

‘I will not have graduated from university by July.’

'I will not have graduated from university by July.'

First, I want to point out that at the end, I have the specific time in the future,

First, I want to point out that at the end, I have the specific time in the future,

‘byJuly’.

'byJuly'.

Now for the negative form, what I do is say, ‘subject’ and ‘will not have’,

Now for the negative form, what I do is say, 'subject' and 'will not have',

then we put the past participle of the verb.

then we put the past participle of the verb.

‘I will not have graduated from university by July.’

'I will not have graduated from university by July.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘Ollie and Max will not have spoken ...’

'Ollie and Max will not have spoken ...'

There it is again, ‘will not have’ and then the past participle of speak ...

There it is again, 'will not have' and then the past participle of speak ...

which is ‘spoken’.

which is 'spoken'.

‘… before the plane leaves.’

'… before the plane leaves.'

Here, instead of the word ‘by’, we used ‘before’ to show a specific time in the

Here, instead of the word 'by', we used 'before' to show a specific time in the

future.

That's okay as well.

future.

That's okay as well.

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘You will not have eaten dinner by 6 p.m.’

'You will not have eaten dinner by 6 pm'

Here, again, we've used ‘by 6 p.m.’ to show a time in the future.

Here, again, we've used 'by 6 pm' to show a time in the future.

And again, you see ‘you will not have’ and then the past participle of eat which

And again, you see 'you will not have' and then the past participle of eat which

is ‘eaten’.

is 'eaten'.

The last sentence says, ‘By noon …’, there's the time again,

The last sentence says, 'By noon …', there's the time again,

‘I will not have taken off to Japan.’

'I will not have taken off to Japan.'

‘taken’ is the past participle of ‘take’.

'taken' is the past participle of 'take'.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, let's move on to how to form questions in the future perfect tense.

Now, let's move on to how to form questions in the future perfect tense.

The first sentence here says,

The first sentence here says,

‘You will have gone to work by 10 a.m.’

'You will have gone to work by 10 am'

To turn this into a question, all we have to

To turn this into a question, all we have to

do is switch the order of the first two words.

do is switch the order of the first two words.

‘You will’ becomes ‘Will you’.

'You will' becomes 'Will you'.

You'll notice that the rest of the question stays the same as the sentence.

You'll notice that the rest of the question stays the same as the sentence.

‘Will you have gone to work by 10 a.m.?’

'Will you have gone to work by 10 am?'

You can answer by saying, ‘Yes, I will have.’

You can answer by saying, 'Yes, I will have.'

or ‘No, I will have not.’

or 'No, I will have not.'

The next sentence says, ‘She will have woken up by noon.’

The next sentence says, 'She will have woken up by noon.'

Again, to turn this into a question just switch the first two words.

Again, to turn this into a question just switch the first two words.

‘She will’ becomes ‘Will she’.

'She will' becomes 'Will she'.

‘Will she have woken up by noon?’

'Will she have woken up by noon?'

Again, the rest of the sentence stays the same.

Again, the rest of the sentence stays the same.

‘Will she have woken up by noon?’

'Will she have woken up by noon?'

To reply, you can say, ‘Yes, she will have.’

To reply, you can say, 'Yes, she will have.'

or ‘No, she will have not.’

or 'No, she will have not.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now, I'll talk about how to form ‘WH’ questions in the future perfect tense.

Now, I'll talk about how to form 'WH' questions in the future perfect tense.

If you notice on the board, each of these questions begins with the ‘WH’ word.

If you notice on the board, each of these questions begins with the 'WH' word.

‘Where’, ‘what’, ‘who’, and ‘when’.

'Where', 'what', 'who', and 'when'.

Then after each ‘WH’ word comes the word ‘will’.

Then after each 'WH' word comes the word 'will'.

‘Where will’ ‘What will’

'Where will' 'What will'

‘Who will’ and ‘When will’

'Who will' and 'When will'

So let's take a look at the first question.

So let's take a look at the first question.

‘Where will’…’ then you add ‘the subject’.

'Where will'…' then you add 'the subject'.

In this case, ‘you’.

In this case, 'you'.

And then, ‘have’ and after that the past participle of the verb.

And then, 'have' and after that the past participle of the verb.

In this case, it's ‘traveled’.

In this case, it's 'traveled'.

‘Where will you have traveled by December?’

'Where will you have traveled by December?'

I can answer by saying, ‘I will have traveled to Germany and Denmark.’

I can answer by saying, 'I will have traveled to Germany and Denmark.'

There are many possible answers here and this is just an example.

There are many possible answers here and this is just an example.

The next question says, ‘What will they have done …’

The next question says, 'What will they have done …'

‘done’ is the past participle of ‘do’.

'done' is the past participle of 'do'.

‘… by the end of the evening?’

'… by the end of the evening?'

I can answer by saying, ‘They will have done their homework.’

I can answer by saying, 'They will have done their homework.'

The next question says, ‘Who will she have interviewed by 5 p.m.?’

The next question says, 'Who will she have interviewed by 5 pm?'

Again, ‘who will’ + the subject ‘have’ and the past participle of the verb.

Again, 'who will' + the subject 'have' and the past participle of the verb.

I can answer this question by saying,

I can answer this question by saying,

‘She will have interviewed the teachers by 5 p.m.’

'She will have interviewed the teachers by 5 pm'

And finally, ‘When will they have started to learn?’

And finally, 'When will they have started to learn?'

One way to answer this question is to say,

One way to answer this question is to say,

‘They will have started to learn in January.’

'They will have started to learn in January.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Let's start this checkup for the future perfect tense.

Let's start this checkup for the future perfect tense.

Take a look at the first sentence.

Take a look at the first sentence.

It says, ‘We _blank_ that book by tomorrow.’

It says, 'We _blank_ that book by tomorrow.'

The verb to use is ‘read’.

The verb to use is 'read'.

Remember, in the future perfect tense, we start with the subject,

Remember, in the future perfect tense, we start with the subject,

and we have that here, ‘we’.

and we have that here, 'we'.

Then say, ‘will have’ and the past participle of the verb.

Then say, 'will have' and the past participle of the verb.

So here we need to say ‘will have’.

So here we need to say 'will have'.

What is the past participle of ‘read’?

What is the past participle of 'read'?

The correct answer is ‘read’.

The correct answer is 'read'.

They're spelled the same, but they are pronounced differently.

They're spelled the same, but they are pronounced differently.

‘We will have read that book by tomorrow.’

'We will have read that book by tomorrow.'

The next sentence says, ‘She _blank_ the video by bedtime.’

The next sentence says, 'She _blank_ the video by bedtime.'

Here we have ‘not’ so I want you to try the negative form.

Here we have 'not' so I want you to try the negative form.

And the verb to try is ‘watch’.

And the verb to try is 'watch'.

In the negative form, we start with the subject.

In the negative form, we start with the subject.

And instead of ‘will have’, we say ‘will not have’.

And instead of 'will have', we say 'will not have'.

‘She will not have …’ Then we need the past participle of the verb.

'She will not have …' Then we need the past participle of the verb.

In this case, it is ‘watched’.

In this case, it is 'watched'.

‘She will not have watched the video by bedtime.’

'She will not have watched the video by bedtime.'

Now find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘Ryan will not have be to Cuba by summer.’

'Ryan will not have be to Cuba by summer.'

This is the negative form because we have ‘will not have’.

This is the negative form because we have 'will not have'.

That's correct.

That's correct.

But we need the past participle of ‘be’.

But we need the past participle of 'be'.

So we need to change it to ‘been’.

So we need to change it to 'been'.

‘Ryan will not have been to Cuba by summer.’

'Ryan will not have been to Cuba by summer.'

The last sentence says, ‘I will have go to school by 8 30 a.m.’

The last sentence says, 'I will have go to school by 8 30 am'

Here, we have the affirmative, ‘will have’.

Here, we have the affirmative, 'will have'.

But, uh oh, we forgot the past participle of ‘go’ which is ‘gone’.

But, uh oh, we forgot the past participle of 'go' which is 'gone'.

‘I will have gone to school by 8 30 a.m.’

'I will have gone to school by 8 30 am'

Great job, everybody.

Great job, everybody.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Good job, guys.

Good job, guys.

Now you have a better understanding of the future perfect tense.

Now you have a better understanding of the future perfect tense.

I want you to keep studying and practicing this tense.

I want you to keep studying and practicing this tense.

I know studying English can be difficult, but I believe in you

I know studying English can be difficult, but I believe in you

and I will guide you through it.

and I will guide you through it.

I'll see you in the next video. Hi, everybody.

我们下个视频见。大家好你们好。

I’m Esther.

I'm Esther.

Welcome to the last tense.

Welcome to the last tense.

If you haven't checked out my earlier videos on the tenses,

If you haven't checked out my earlier videos on the tenses,

please go check them out now.

please go check them out now.

In this video, I will talk about the future perfect continuous tense.

In this video, I will talk about the future perfect continuous tense.

This tense can be used to describe an ongoing action

This tense can be used to describe an ongoing action

or situation that will last for a specified period of time in the future.

or situation that will last for a specified period of time in the future.

There's a lot to learn, so keep watching.

There's a lot to learn, so keep watching.

The future perfect continuous tense is used to talk about an ongoing situation

The future perfect continuous tense is used to talk about an ongoing situation

that will be in progress for a period of time at a specific point in time in the future.

that will be in progress for a period of time at a specific point in time in the future.

Let's take a look at some examples.

Let's take a look at some examples.

The first sentence says,

The first sentence says,

‘She will have been living in Ireland for 10 years at that point.’

'She will have been living in Ireland for 10 years at that point.'

So no matter what the subject, in this case we have ‘she’,

So no matter what the subject, in this case we have 'she',

we follow with ‘will have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’.

we follow with 'will have been' and then 'verb +ing'.

So, ‘She will have been living in Ireland …’

So, 'She will have been living in Ireland …'

Then this sentence has the duration.

Then this sentence has the duration.

What period of time will this last? ‘for 10 years’

What period of time will this last? 'for 10 years'

And when?

And when?

Remember, we need a point in time in the future.

Remember, we need a point in time in the future.

In this case, we just use a general expression, ‘at that point’.

In this case, we just use a general expression, 'at that point'.

Here, it's not specific and that's okay.

Here, it's not specific and that's okay.

We'll see some specific examples in the next sentence.

We'll see some specific examples in the next sentence.

‘By midnight, he will have been sleeping for four hours.’

'By midnight, he will have been sleeping for four hours.'

Here, the specific time in the future comes at the beginning of the sentence.

Here, the specific time in the future comes at the beginning of the sentence.

‘By midnight’ And, again, we see ‘will have been’ +

'By midnight' And, again, we see 'will have been' +

verb 'ing'.

verb 'ing'.

‘By midnight, he will have been sleeping for four hours.’.

'By midnight, he will have been sleeping for four hours.'.

Here we have ‘for four hours’.

Here we have 'for four hours'.

This shows the duration or how long this action will be in progress.

This shows the duration or how long this action will be in progress.

So, again, ‘By midnight he will have been sleeping for four hours.’

So, again, 'By midnight he will have been sleeping for four hours.'

The last sentence says, ‘In June …’

The last sentence says, 'In June …'

Here, again, we have the specific time in the future at the beginning of the sentence.

Here, again, we have the specific time in the future at the beginning of the sentence.

‘In June, ‘we’ that's the subject.

'In June, 'we' that's the subject.

‘we'll have been studying …’ There's the ‘verb +ing’.

'we'll have been studying …' There's the 'verb +ing'.

‘… at this university for four years.’

'… at this university for four years.'

Here is the duration, ‘for four years’.

Here is the duration, 'for four years'.

Good job.

And let's move on.

做得好。

And let's move on.

Now, let's look at the negative form of the future perfect continuous tense.

Now, let's look at the negative form of the future perfect continuous tense.

In the affirmative form, we say ‘subject’ + ‘will have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’.

In the affirmative form, we say 'subject' + 'will have been' and then 'verb +ing'.

In the negative form, however, we say, ‘subject’ + ‘will not have been’

In the negative form, however, we say, 'subject' + 'will not have been'

and then ‘verb +ing’.

and then 'verb +ing'.

Let's take a look at some examples.

Let's take a look at some examples.

The first sentence here says,

The first sentence here says,

‘At that point, I will not have been living in Spain for 10 years.’

'At that point, I will not have been living in Spain for 10 years.'

And so you see it.

And so you see it.

‘I’ is the subject.

'I' is the subject.

‘… will not have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’.

'… will not have been' and then 'verb +ing'.

In this case, ‘living’.

In this case, 'living'.

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘He will not have been sleeping for four hours by midnight.’

'He will not have been sleeping for four hours by midnight.'

Again, we see the ‘subject’ + ‘will not have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’,

Again, we see the 'subject' + 'will not have been' and then 'verb +ing',

‘sleeping’.

'sleeping'.

The last sentence says,

The last sentence says,

‘By then, we will not have been studying at this university for three years.’

'By then, we will not have been studying at this university for three years.'

Again, we see the ‘subject’ + ‘we will not have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’

Again, we see the 'subject' + 'we will not have been' and then 'verb +ing'

here, ‘studying’.

here, 'studying'.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now let's take a look at how to form questions in the future perfect continuous tense.

Now let's take a look at how to form questions in the future perfect continuous tense.

Here, the sentence says,

Here, the sentence says,

‘Sean will have been playing soccer for a year by December.’

'Sean will have been playing soccer for a year by December.'

To turn this into a question, all we have to do is switch the order of the first two

To turn this into a question, all we have to do is switch the order of the first two

words.

words.

So instead of ‘Sean will’, I can say ‘Will Sean’.

So instead of 'Sean will', I can say 'Will Sean'.

‘Will Sean have been playing soccer for a year by December?’

'Will Sean have been playing soccer for a year by December?'

You'll notice that the rest of the sentence stays the same.

You'll notice that the rest of the sentence stays the same.

I can answer by saying, ‘Yes, he will have.’

I can answer by saying, 'Yes, he will have.'

or ‘No, he will have not.’

or 'No, he will have not.'

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘They will have been working there for three months by that time.’

'They will have been working there for three months by that time.'

Again, I changed the order of the first two words.

Again, I changed the order of the first two words.

To turn this into a question ‘They will’ becomes ‘Will they’.

To turn this into a question 'They will' becomes 'Will they'.

‘Will they have been working there for three months by that time?’

'Will they have been working there for three months by that time?'

Again, the rest of the sentence stays the same.

Again, the rest of the sentence stays the same.

I can answer by saying, ‘Yes, they will have.’

I can answer by saying, 'Yes, they will have.'

or ‘No, they will have not.’

or 'No, they will have not.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Now let's take a look at how to form ‘WH” questions in the future perfect continuous

Now let's take a look at how to form 'WH” questions in the future perfect continuous

tense.

tense.

Take a look at the board.

Take a look at the board.

All of these questions begin with a ‘WH’ word.

All of these questions begin with a 'WH' word.

‘where’ ‘what’

'where' 'what'

‘who’ and ‘how long’

'who' and 'how long'

Take a look at the first question.

Take a look at the first question.

‘Where will you have been walking?’

'Where will you have been walking?'

To form a ‘WH’ question, we start with the ‘WH’ word, then ‘will’.

To form a 'WH' question, we start with the 'WH' word, then 'will'.

After that, we add the subject, ‘you’, ‘they’, ‘she’ and ‘you’.

After that, we add the subject, 'you', 'they', 'she' and 'you'.

After that, we add ‘have been’ + ‘verb +ing’.

After that, we add 'have been' + 'verb +ing'.

‘Where will you have been walking?’

'Where will you have been walking?'

‘What will they have been playing?’

'What will they have been playing?'

‘Who will she have been talking to?’

'Who will she have been talking to?'

and ‘How long will you have been working …?’

and 'How long will you have been working …?'

There's the ‘verb +ing’.

There's the 'verb +ing'.

‘ … there by the time you finish?’

' … there by the time you finish?'

So let's go through one more time and I'll show you how to answer these questions.

So let's go through one more time and I'll show you how to answer these questions.

‘Where will you have been walking?’

'Where will you have been walking?'

I can answer by saying, ‘I will have been walking in the park.’

I can answer by saying, 'I will have been walking in the park.'

‘What will they have been playing?’

'What will they have been playing?'

‘They will have been playing video games.’

'They will have been playing video games.'

‘Who will she have been talking to?’

'Who will she have been talking to?'

‘She will have been talking to her cousin.’

'She will have been talking to her cousin.'

And finally,

And finally,

‘How long will you have been working there by the time you finish?’

'How long will you have been working there by the time you finish?'

‘By the time I finish, I will have been working there for five years.’

'By the time I finish, I will have been working there for five years.'

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Let's start a checkup for the future perfect continuous tense.

Let's start a checkup for the future perfect continuous tense.

Take a look at the board.

Take a look at the board.

The first sentence says,

The first sentence says,

‘By 10 p.m., I _blank_ that game for three hours.’

'By 10 pm, I _blank_ that game for three hours.'

I’m looking to use the verb ‘play’.

I'm looking to use the verb 'play'.

Remember, in this tense, we need to have ‘subject’ + ‘will have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’.

Remember, in this tense, we need to have 'subject' + 'will have been' and then 'verb +ing'.

So ‘By 10 p.m., I will have been playing …’

So 'By 10 pm, I will have been playing …'

Again, we need ‘verb +ing’.

Again, we need 'verb +ing'.

‘… I will have been playing that game for three hours.

'… I will have been playing that game for three hours.

The next sentence says,

The next sentence says,

‘When she gets here, he _blank_ dinner for an hour.’

'When she gets here, he _blank_ dinner for an hour.'

Try to use the verb ‘cook’.

Try to use the verb 'cook'.

Again, no matter what the subject, it doesn't change.

Again, no matter what the subject, it doesn't change.

‘When she gets here, he will have been cooking …’

'When she gets here, he will have been cooking …'

‘When she gets here, he will have been cooking dinner for an hour.’

'When she gets here, he will have been cooking dinner for an hour.'

Now, find the mistake in the next sentence.

Now, find the mistake in the next sentence.

‘Steve and Jan will not have be waiting for a year when it arrives.’

'Steve and Jan will not have be waiting for a year when it arrives.'

Here, we have a negative form, ‘they will not have’.

Here, we have a negative form, 'they will not have'.

Then we need ‘been’.

Then we need 'been'.

‘They will not have been …’

'They will not have been …'

And then the ‘verb +ing’ is here so that's correct.

And then the 'verb +ing' is here so that's correct.

‘Steve and Jan will not have been waiting for a year when it arrives.’

'Steve and Jan will not have been waiting for a year when it arrives.'

The last sentence says,

The last sentence says,

‘It will have been work for 10 years on January 15th.’

'It will have been work for 10 years on January 15th.'

So maybe here I’m talking about a computer or a TV.

So maybe here I'm talking about a computer or a TV.

Maybe some kind of machine.

Maybe some kind of machine.

‘it’ ‘It will have been …’

'it' 'It will have been …'

I see the mistake here.

I see the mistake here.

We need ‘verb +ing’.

We need 'verb +ing'.

‘It will have been working for 10 years on January 15th.

'It will have been working for 10 years on January 15th.

Great job, everybody.

Great job, everybody.

Let's move on.

Let's move on.

Thank you so much for watching this  course on the twelve English tenses. 

Thank you so much for watching this course on the twelve English tenses.

Now, you have a better understanding  of how to use these tenses. 

Now, you have a better understanding of how to use these tenses.

I know studying English can be hard, but  with time and practice, you will get better. 

I know studying English can be hard, but with time and practice, you will get better.

Please watch my other videos. And I’ll see you next time. 

Please watch my other videos. And I'll see you next time.

Bye.

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