English Speaking - Easy Present Perfect

English Speaking - Easy Present Perfect udemy course free download

How to understand and use the present perfect tense in English conversation.

Do you struggle with the present perfect tense in English? Are you unsure when to use the past simple or present perfect? This is the only present perfect video course of its kind. It will help you to really understand this difficult English tense and feel confident when speaking English. Understand native speakers on tv and in films and songs as well as your new online foreign friends and those you meet while travelling.

In this course you will learn how natives use the present perfect in five different ways as well as the basics of the tense. I provide you with examples of how, why and when to use the English present perfect tense in real-life situations. There are also interviews with native speakers including members of my own family. By the end of the course you should have a much better understanding of why we use this ‘strange’ tense and why we don’t just use the past simple and continuous.

In brief:

This course will take you to Mastery by going in-depth with:

• 5 Reasons why we use it

• Good and bad examples with corrections

• Video quizzes at the end of each section

• Past tense modal verbs

• Anomalies

• Native sounds

• Differences in U.S. and British English

and covers the basics of:

• How to form the Present Perfect

• How to use the simple, continuous and passive forms

• Abbreviated forms

The course includes:

• Over one hour of video explanations

• Two virtual conversations to practise in an almost real situation

• Action point challenges to get you using the present perfect immediately

• Extended interviews with native English speakers

• An interview with a non-native who has mastered the present perfect and gives you his advice.

• A downloadable PDF workbook which includes: Written explanations to accompany each video, pages of gap-fill examples to practise with answer keys

• Printable infographics

• The Present Perfect Support Group on Facebook where you can give and receive help to/from other students and myself.