Storytelling Tenses

I provide a basic overview of the Past Simple and Past Continuous. You will understand the basic differences and similarities between the Past Simple and Past Continuous after this lecture.

I dive deeper into the past simple and give some examples to better understand where you should and should not use this tense. You can find a worksheet under the resources section to practice the different forms of the past simple such as using it in the affirmative (+), negative (-) and interrogative (?.)

I move on to the past continuous and give some examples to better understand where you should use this tense and how it differs from the past simple. You can find a worksheet under the resources section to practice the past continuous. Worksheet available in the resources section.

I show how the past simple and past continuous differ and how they work together including the typical order you may want to use them in depending on the situation. You can find a worksheet under the resources section to practice using these tenses together. Here you can also find the answers for the section.

I will explain the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous. You will have a general overview of the two tenses and their different use-cases.

I dive deeper into the past perfect simple and give example sentences so you will have a solid understanding of when and how to use this tense. Worksheets for past perfect in "Resources."

I explain the past perfect continuous and provide  examples to show how this tense should be used. You can practice the past perfect, past perfect continuous and both tenses together with the worksheets in the "Resources" section. There you can also find the answers for Section 2.

I provide a comprehensive overview and introduction to both the present perfect and present perfect continuous. You will see how these tenses compare and understand how they function by connecting the past to the present.

I analyze a present perfect simple sentence on a timeline so you can visually see how the tense connects the past to the present. You can practice this tense with the provided worksheet in the "Resources" section.

I explain the present perfect continuous and its two forms on a timeline to  help you visually grasp these connections from past to present and how you can show the repetition or continuation of an action. Worksheets in "Resources."

At the end of this section you should be able to understand the differences between the present perfect and present perfect continuous as well as how best to choose which tense is more appropriate. Practice and check your work with the worksheets in the "Resources" section.

I'll explain the constructions of "used to" and "would" in the past and give an overview for their use-cases.

I explain how "would" can be used in the past to explain past habits or tendencies.

I show the similarities and differences between "used to" and "would" including their functions and the feeling or moods they induce.

In this lecture, show how the past perfect continuous, past continuous and past simple can all work together to create a complete narrative. You will understand how to organize and order these tenses to provide a clear chronological order, set a stage to implant more information and show interruptions.

In this lecture, I'll teach you how you can use the present perfect and used to in order to provide some background information and compare and contrast a past habit and a current habit.

In this lecture, you will be guided through an example story where I break down why certain tenses were used and why they worked well for the given situation.

Here, we look at another example story, broken down in to different sections. Each section has a more specific purpose and therefore uses different tenses to convey that meaning or present that information.

In this Lecture, I will introduce the distinctions section, explain what you can expect in this section and provide some signal words for the present perfect and past simple

In this lecture, I will explain the differences between the past simple and present perfect through side-by-side examples and I will show the differences more in depth with two timelines that show the function of each tense. Use the worksheets attached to the "Resources" section to practice using these tenses after the lecture.

In this lecture, I go over some key aspects of past simple and past perfect, show side-by-side comparisons and show side-by-side timelines to show how these tense differ and their particular use-cases.

In this lecture, I go over some key aspects of present perfect and past perfect, show side-by-side comparisons and show side-by-side timelines to show how these tense differ and their particular use-cases.

In this final lecture, I do a visual comparison between all of the different tenses and constructions that we have gone over in the course. You should have a solid understanding of the tenses by now and this last lecture can provide a clear overview of everything one more time and serve as a nice visual reference that you can use in the future when you have doubts or questions.

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