Lesson 1 - Verb Tenses in English - Overview with JenniferESL

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0:14let's start with the present tenses we

0:17have four the simple

0:20present present

0:22progressive present perfect and present

0:26perfect

0:27progressive we'll look at examples of

0:30each

0:35tense we use the simple present for

0:38present facts habits and

0:44States we have different musical

0:47instruments in our home my husband plays

0:50the guitar I play the accordion

0:54sometimes and I play on the

0:58keyboard we use the present progressive

1:01for actions and progress at the present

1:08time our son is learning to play the

1:11piano he's making slow but steady

1:17progress the present perfect is used for

1:20actions or events that ended in the past

1:23but have an effect on the present and

1:26that may repeat in the future

1:30the present perfect progressive is used

1:33for actions that began in the past and

1:36continue up to

1:39now I've been teaching my son to play

1:42the keyboard for the past year and a

1:45half my daughter hasn't shown much

1:47interest yet but she's only

1:53four now let's look at the future tenses

1:57the future with will the future with be

2:00going to Future Progressive future

2:05perfect and future perfect

2:13progressive the future with Will is used

2:16for future events or

2:22actions maybe I'll start giving lessons

2:24to my daughter in the

2:27fall the future with be going to is used

2:31for future plans predictions or

2:36intentions one day I'm going to have a

2:39real

2:42piano the future Progressive is used for

2:45actions in progress at a future point in

2:51time today from about 4 to 4:30 I'll be

2:56giving my son a piano lesson

3:00the future perfect is used for future

3:03events or actions that will finish

3:05before a certain point in

3:08time maybe by the time we get a real

3:12piano my son will have become so used to

3:15playing on the keyboard that playing on

3:18a real piano will seem

3:23strange the future perfect progressive

3:26is used for expressing how long an

3:29action or event will be in progress up

3:32to a certain point in

3:37time by October of this year my son will

3:41have been playing the piano for 2

3:48years finally let's look at the past

3:51tenses the simple past past

3:55Progressive past perfect and past

3:59perfect

4:05Progressive the simple past is used for

4:08finished actions or

4:13events my family had a beautiful baby

4:16grand piano I was lucky because I

4:20learned to play on that

4:24piano the past Progressive is used for

4:27actions or events in PR progress at a

4:30past point in

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4:50time I was just playing a nocturn by

4:55chopan the past perfect is used for

4:58actions re events that took place before

5:02a certain past point in

5:06time I had never seen an oud until my

5:10brother bought one for my

5:14children the past perfect progressive is

5:18used for actions or events in progress

5:21before a certain P point in

5:26time I had been thinking of ideas for a

5:29video

5:30when I learned that a friend had

5:32invented a one-of-a-kind musical

5:38instrument I just gave you an overview

5:41of the verb tenses in English in the

5:44following lessons we'll review how each

5:48tense is formed and how each tense is

5:51used I think you'll also enjoy learning

5:54about an interesting and new musical

5:57instrument

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