In this solo podcast episode, non‑native English teacher Hadar Shemesh guides listeners through a comprehensive pronunciation and grammar drill of the twelve English tenses. She selects three high‑frequency verbs—make, get, and take—and systematically demonstrates each verb in the simple, continuous (progressive), and perfect aspects across past, present, and future. For every tense she provides a model sentence, repeats it for the audience, and highlights the correct pronunciation. The lesson emphasizes repetition, intuitive explanations, and the idea that repeated drilling makes tense structures automatic and spontaneous. Mid‑episode Hadar promotes her paid "Grammar Master" training program, which expands on the same methodology with deeper explanations and structured practice. The episode ends with a call‑to‑action for listeners to comment with questions and a friendly sign‑off.
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Hey everyone! Today we have a fun grammar and pronunciation practice. We're going to practice the pronunciation of common verbs in all possible tenses. If you're new to my channel, then hi, my name is Hadar. I'm a non-native speaker of English, and I'm here to help you speak English with clarity, confidence, and freedom. I'm obsessed with finding fun ways to practice complex things like tenses and how to make it easy. And the best way to make something that is not clear in your head easy is through repetition and intuitive explanations, which is what we're going to do here. Here's how it's going to work. First, I'm going to give you a very common verb. We're going to start with a verb, to make, and then we're going to look at the different aspects of the tense: simple, continuous, perfect. And then we're going to see how it is conjugated in the past, present, and future. All right, think of it as a pronunciation practice and a little grammar refresher around the different tenses, the 12 different tenses of English. Let's begin with the simple tense. Simple past: make, made. You made my day. You made my day. Just repeat after me. Simple present: What makes you say that? What makes you say that? Simple future. I'll make it work. I'll make it work. Now moving on to the continuous aspect, the continuous tense. Past continuous. I was only making sure. Was making. Was making. That's the new addition here. I was only making sure. I was only making sure. Present continuous, you're making it worse. Are making, are making. You're making it worse. You're making it worse. Future continuous, will be making, will be making. You'll be making a big mistake. You'll be making a big mistake. Moving on to the perfect tense, the simple perfect tense. Past, past perfect. I couldn't go. I had already made plans. I couldn't go. I had, I'd, I'd, I'd already made plans. I couldn't go. I'd already made plans. Present perfect. I've made up my mind. I've made up my mind. I have. I've made up my mind. Future perfect. It's not a very common tense, but You should be familiar with it. By the time my mother comes in, I will have already made my bed. Will have made. Will have made. I will have already made my bed. By the time my mother comes in, I will have already made my bed. Good. By the way, if you like this kind of exercise, I have a program called the Grammar Master. Where I explain all those different tenses in a very clear and intuitive way, and then we drill a lot of these sentences one by one, tense by tense, and then I teach you how to practice it intentionally so you don't have to always translate it or think about it before you say it, so it becomes more spontaneous and automatic. I'm going to put a link to it if you want to check it out. The next verb is get. To get. Let's start with a simple aspect, simple past. How did you get there? How did you get there? Simple present. Wait, it gets better. Wait, it gets better. Simple future. Will get. You'll get the hang of it. You'll get the hang of it. Continuous. Past continuous, was getting. It was getting late. It was getting late. Present continuous or progressive, it's getting late. It is. It's getting late. Future continuous, you will be getting closer to it. You'll be getting. You'll be getting closer to it. Perfect. Past perfect. I wish I had gotten there sooner. Had gotten, past participle. Had gotten. I wish I had gotten there sooner. I wish I'd gotten there sooner. You can reduce it. Present perfect. I've gotten used to it. I've gotten used to it. I have. I've, I've, I've gotten used to it. Future perfect. By next week, I will have gotten. I'll have gotten. I'll have gotten. I'll have gotten used to my new role. By next week, I will have gotten used to my new role. The next verb is take. To take. Simple. Simple past. What took you so long? What took you so long? Simple present. What does it take? What does it take to be this dedicated? What does it take? Simple future: I'll take it from there. I'll take it from there. Will take. Easy. Continuous. Past continuous: I was just taking a break. Was taking. Was taking. I was just taking a break. I was just taking a break. Present continuous. It's taking too long. It's taking too long. Future continuous. She will be taking her time. Don't worry, she'll be taking her time. Perfect, past perfect. We had taken off by then. We'd taken off by then. We had weed. We'd taken off by then. Had plus past participle. We'd taken off by then. Present perfect. It has taken me months to learn this. It has taken me months to learn this. Future perfect. By next year, they will have taken over the market. By next year, They will have taken. They'll have taken over the market. All right, that is it. I know it's a lot, but if you think about it as the different aspects— simple, continuous, perfect— and for each aspect you have the past, you have the present, and you have the future, and each one has its own structure, when you practice it again and again And I would start with the tenses that you use more frequently. Then it becomes a little clearer to the brain on how to structure it when you speak. Like I said, if you want to check out my Grammar Master Training, if you like this drilling of common phrases and tenses to make your grammar automatic, check it out. It's easy, it's simple, and people love it. So I'm going to put a link to it in the description below. Have a beautiful, beautiful rest of the day. Thank you so much for practicing with me. If you have Any other questions, let me know in the comments, and I hope to see you next week in the next video. Bye! Bye!
