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AEE 189: Your Last English Grammar Problem Solved

All Ears English Podcast

Are you looking for a new and fun way to learn American English? Come hang out with Lindsay and Michelle from Boston and New York City and have fun while you improve your English listening skills! We are an English as a Second Language (ESL) podcast for intermediate to advanced English learners around the world. We will show you how to use everyday English vocabulary and natural idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs and how to make small talk in American English. We will also give you special tips on American culture, customs, etiquette, and how to speak with Americans as well as conversation and commentary on study tips, business English, life in America and Boston and New York, how to apply to university in the US, dating, travel, food and more. You'll get TOEFL, IELTS, and TOEIC help also from The Examiner of Excellence, Jessica Beck. This podcast is for adult students who are professionals and university students as well as ESL teachers. Join the community to learn to speak American English like a native! Connection NOT Perfection!

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Talking about your past, should you say did or have done?
Today, in #9 of our countdown of the Top 15 Fixes in English series, we’ll be discussing how to handle past experiences and accomplishments in English!
If somebody says, “I have done that,” how is it different from saying “I did that?”  The difference can seem tricky but the key is the context.
 
Here is a simple way to think about this:
<ul>
<li>When using have done, you are zooming out, outside of yourself and to a big picture.  You might be talking about your entire lifetime, or the distant past.</li>
<li>When using did, you are zooming in to something more recent and maybe more simple.  You may also be talking about a specific time period that is now over.</li>
</ul>
 
Here are some more examples:
<ul>
<li>“I did go to Paris last week.”</li>
<li>“I didn’t watch any TV yesterday.”</li>
<li>“I have been to Paris, but not since childhood.”</li>
<li>“I have watched a lot of TV in my lifetime.”</li>
</ul>
 
Other Entries in the 15 Fixes Series:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://allearsenglish.com/aee-165/">Episode 165</a>: Listen or Hear?</li>
<li><a href="http://allearsenglish.com/aee-169/">Episode 169</a>: Speak, Talk, Tell and Say?</li>
<li><a href="http://allearsenglish.com/aee-173-wish-vs-hope-english-whats-difference/">Episode 173:</a> Wish vs. Hope</li>
<li><a href="http://allearsenglish.com/aee-177-talk-age-english/?preview=true&preview_id=2814&preview_nonce=387f90f9c1&post_format=standard">Episode 177</a>: Talking About Age in English</li>
<li><a href="http://allearsenglish.com/future-tense-in-english/?preview=true&preview_id=2824&preview_nonce=d7c5c9b9b9&post_format=standard">Episode 181</a>: Future Tense in English</li>
<li><a href="http://allearsenglish.com/aee-185-interested-interesting-find-difference/?preview=true&preview_id=2829&preview_nonce=ecbd74199e&post_format=standard">Episode 185</a>: Interested or Interesting?</li>
</ul>
 
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