Withthis, we'llseethiswiththeprogressiveform I hadbeenstudyingWashard.
See, I havebeenstudyingfortwohourswhenmymomcalled.
I havebeenstudyingfortwohourswhenmymomcalledSopointshereThispart I hadbeenfollowsthisgrammarpattern I hadbeenpastparticipleverbs, beenstudyingthensoinusetoofpastperfectthisverb.
Theverbafteryourpastpartisanbeforeisintheprogressiveorthecontinuousform I N g ifthenwefollowitwithanotherpastjets.
A simple, past, tenseexpression.
Thisisverycommonwiththisgrammar.
Towhen?
WhenMarxThepointofinterruption.
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Uh, let's seesomequestionsAircomingin.
Sothesearemylastone.
Soifyouhavequestionsaboutthispoint, I willtrytocheckByronthismorning.
Referstosimplepastorpresent.
Perfectexpression.
Itdependsonthesentence.
Thismorningalonecangoinmanydifferentdirections.
Itdependsonyourvirtue.
Soifyousaylet's have a meetingthismorning, itcouldmeaninthefutureorwemetthismorning.
Itcouldmeaninthepast, soitdepends.
Uh, wow.
Therearelotsofquestionscomingin.
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Inpastperfect.
May I use I hadhadYes.
Yes, youmay.
Sothat's a That's a verycommonquestionwiththisgrammarpointpastPerfect.
Ifyou'revert, ifyouwanttousetheverb, halfthecorrectsentenceishadhad, like I hadhaddinnerbythetime I gothomeistotallycorrect.
I knowitsoundsstrangetorepeatthatword, liketwice, butthat's correct.
Sohadhadiscorrect.
Yes.
Yes.
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Someotherthings.
Howoftendopeopleusepastperfecttense?
Uh, it's I wouldsayit's notascommonas, like, present.
Perfect.
Tense.
Um, it's hardtosayhowoften, But I justthatmyfirstreactionisthatit's lesscommonlyusedthanpresent.
Perfect.
Tense.
Butit's stillveryimportanttoknowAndres, isitcorrecttosay I wouldhavebeenstudied?
No, itisnotcorrect.
Uh, maybe I hadbeenstudiedfortwohours, forexample.
Itdependsonwhatyouwanttosay.
Uh, whatisthedifferencebetweenpastperfectandpast?
Simple.
I havesomevideosontheEnglishclass 101 YouTubechannelaboutthatquestion.
So I'm talkingaboutsomefinishedlifeexperiencethat I expectinthefuture.
Sothat's kindofthat's what I'm tryingtocommunicatewiththisbluedottedlinehere.
It's inthefuture, sothere's something I expectisgoingtohappenat a futurepointintime.
Sowhatishappeninginthissentenceinthissentence?
Let's focusonthispart.
I willhavefinisheduniversity.
Wehaveoursubject.
Thenwithfutureperfectweusewill, havewillhaveandthepastparticipleformofthevertagain, I willhavefinisheduniversitywhenweusethisgrammarpoint, wetypicallyuseanexpressionlikethisbysomepointintimebysomefuturepointintime.
Soplease, let's becarefulofthis.
I'm goingtotalkaboutpropositionswiththisgrammarpointbyshowslike a deadlineforsomething.
So a deadlinefor a futureactionbythistimenextyear.
Sothatmeans I'm goingtodomanythingsuntilthistimenextyear, atwhichpoint I willhavefinisheduniversity.
Hedoesnothavetoreduceitdoesn't ordon't Ifyoursubjectis I soweusethisforownershipinthepresentform.
Sothisispresentform.
Let's lookatusinghathere.
IfyouwanttotalkaboutthepastsomethingyouownedinthepastUsedhatThesubjectdoesnotmatterHere I hadhehadshehadusedhadforeverything.
I had a nicelunchorhehad a dogwhenhewas a kid.
Sopleaseusehadtoexpressownershipinthepastgoesfinalpointfortodayisresponsibilitiesresponsibilities I thinkmanyofyouknowhaveThioorhastosubjecthastosomethingSointhissentenceorinthispatternpleaseusetheinfinitiveformoftheverbinvented a formisthedictionaryformthetypeyouseewhenyoucheckthedictionary, soSubjecthasinventedoverourSorryhastoinfinitiveverb.
Forexample, I havetowork.
Ifyoursubjectis I youwe I havetoworkinfinityforlastones.