Comments on: How to use the present perfect tenses in English http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:22:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/comment-page-2/#comment-33402 Anonymous Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:30:15 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/#comment-33402 I got it. I got it.

]]> By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/comment-page-2/#comment-32926 Clare Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:25:13 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/#comment-32926 Good points! I think it's the aspect, rather than the tense that can sometimes be difficult. Learners also frequently confuse present continuous with present perfect, and often showing differences between aspect can help. Good points! I think it's the aspect, rather than the tense that can sometimes be difficult. Learners also frequently confuse present continuous with present perfect, and often showing differences between aspect can help.

]]> By: Peter Thomas http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/comment-page-2/#comment-32901 Peter Thomas Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:32:41 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/#comment-32901 Hello Clare, Couldn't it be that learners often confuse the present perfect and the past because we teachers sometimes muddy the waters by suspecting (and even informing them) that they might? Shouldn't we be telling them that the present perfect is just another aspect of the present tense along with the simple and continuous? Sure, there is inteference from L1 with speakers of a lot of European languages, but Asians need never even suppose that there is any connection with the past. Sorry, this is a hobby horse of mine! Peter Hello Clare,

Couldn't it be that learners often confuse the present perfect and the past because we teachers sometimes muddy the waters by suspecting (and even informing them) that they might?
Shouldn't we be telling them that the present perfect is just another aspect of the present tense along with the simple and continuous?
Sure, there is inteference from L1 with speakers of a lot of European languages, but Asians need never even suppose that there is any connection with the past.
Sorry, this is a hobby horse of mine!
Peter

]]> By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/comment-page-2/#comment-32895 Clare Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:24:58 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/#comment-32895 In my introduction, I write "With the Present Perfect ("I have done"), there is a connection to the present." The reason why I contrast it with the Simple Past is that many learners confuse the two. In my introduction, I write "With the Present Perfect ("I have done"), there is a connection to the present."
The reason why I contrast it with the Simple Past is that many learners confuse the two.

]]> By: Peter Thomas http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/comment-page-2/#comment-32841 Peter Thomas Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:21:05 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/how-to-use-the-present-perfect-tenses-in-english/#comment-32841 Surely the whole point of the present perfect is that it indicates you HAVE something NOW - i.e. a bought car in the utterance "I have bought a car"; finished work in "I have finished my work" or the 'been living in London for 12 years' experience, in "I have been living in London for 12 years." We are talking about a present tense here -who said anything about the past? Surely the whole point of the present perfect is that it indicates you HAVE something NOW – i.e. a bought car in the utterance "I have bought a car"; finished work in "I have finished my work" or the 'been living in London for 12 years' experience, in "I have been living in London for 12 years."
We are talking about a present tense here -who said anything about the past?

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