If you want to learn the present perfect, or the passive voice, then you need to learn the past participle, also known as the third form of the verb. And you especially need to learn the irregular past participles! And the reality is that many students don't know the third forms of irregular verbs well.
What can you do to solve these problems? Well, Episode 115 is a great place to start! it will give you the forms you need for a solid base to learn the present perfect and the passive voice.

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Let's be direct: if you want to understand the details of what people say in English (instead of just the basics), then you need to learn the 2809 words of the NGSL, or New General Service List, and their different meanings.

More episodes with words from the NGSL:
Episode 2: The NGSL- 2800 Words For Better English.
Episode 11: NGSL 1331-1340. 10 Words, 27 Meanings.
Episode 62: NGSL 1341-1350.
Episode 73: NGSL 1511-1520.
Episode 84: NGSL 1011-105.

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English native speakers pronounce words much differently from what students hear in the classroom- DID YOU becomes DIDJA, WHAT'S YOUR becomes WUTCHER, and so on. This style of pronunciation is called chewing gum pronunciation, and it has the biggest effect on the most commonly used words, for example YOU and YOUR. The pronunciation of these two key words completely changes after specific sounds- after /t/, after /d/, and after /z/.
Listen to Episode #113 to learn the natural, real-world ways to say these key words so you understand them more easily in your day to day life.

For a general view of chewing gum pronunciation, listen to Episode 102.

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