(music plays)

In a colourful TV studio, Robyn stands next to a wall touch screen showing a definition and two examples. She is in her mid-twenties, with long blond hair and glasses. She wears a blue T-shirt with a print that reads "Home Work Zone" and black trousers.

She says HI, TVO KIDS.
I'M TEACHER ROBYN.
TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THE HELPING VERB
HAVE.
YOU CAN USE THIS WORD
TO MAKE YOUR POINT
A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.
YOU USE IT TO SAY THAT
SOMETHING HAS JUST HAPPENED.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE
AMOUNT OF TIME YOU HAVE
TO DO IT IS
STILL ONGOING.
FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE
YOU HAD UNTIL 6 P.M.
TO FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK,
BUT YOU FINISHED AT 5:30.
ABSOLUTELY YOU COULD SAY
"I FINISHED MY HOMEWORK."
THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO
BE MORE PRECISE,
YOU COULD ADD THE
HELPING VERB
HAVE
TO SAY "I HAVE
FINISHED MY HOMEWORK."
HAVE IS NOT THE MAIN
VERB OF THE SENTENCE,
BUT IT DOES MAKE
YOUR POINT CLEARER.
LET'S TRY SOME
EXAMPLES TOGETHER.

She clicks on a top menu and three exercises pop up on the touch screen.

She continues NOW THE BEST TOOLS YOU HAVE
TO DETERMINE HOW AND WHEN
YOU SHOULD USE THE HELPING
VERB HAVE ARE YOUR EARS.
AND YOU HAVE TWO OF THEM.
LET'S TRY THE
FIRST EXAMPLE.
YOU COULD SAY
I PLAYED SOCCER.
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD
SAY I
HAS
PLAYED SOCCER
OR I
HAVE
PLAYED SOCCER?
WHICH ONE SOUNDS RIGHT?
IF YOU SAID
HAVE,
YOU GOT IT.
I HAVE PLAYED SOCCER.
IT'S A WAY OF SAYING
IT JUST HAPPENED.

She drags the verb "have" to the first sentence.

She continues LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE.
SHE FINISHED HER FOOD.
SHE
HAS
FINISHED HER FOOD
OR SHE
HAVE
FINISHED HER FOOD?
BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING 'SHE'
WE'RE GOING TO USE
HAS.
SHE
HAS
FINISHED HER FOOD.
THE LAST ONE WILL BE
WE
HAVE
WASHED THE DISHES.
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.
EASY AS PIE.
I HOPE YOU
HAVE
LEARNED
SOMETHING NEW TODAY.