PRESENT PERFECT WITH JUST, ALREADY, YET.

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Present Perfect

With "Just", "Already", "Yet".

Spring “Spring has arrived, no one knows how it has been. The branch has awakened and the almond tree has blossomed. And in the fields, you can hear the cri cri of the cricket. Spring has come, no one knows how it has been.”

A. Machado.

Present perfect:Use and form.

Verb Tense

The present perfect tells us about the past and the present.

When we use the present perfect, we see things as happening in the past but having a result in the present.

is a tense that describes:

The present perfect

1. a finished action in an unfinished time. 2. a finished action at an undefined time. 3. an unfinished action.

Present perfect form.

1. Present perfect: "Just"

We use just in positive sentences to talk about a very recent events or actions. It means: acabar de (hacer algo).

STRUCTURE: SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + JUST + VERB P.P. + COMPLEMENT.

We have just bought a new house.

I have just walked the dog.

Have you just gone to the supermarket?

Jane has just made a cake.

1. Present perfect: "Already"

Already refers to something that happened earlier or sooner than expected.

Subject + have / has + already + participle verb + complement.

It can also be placed at the end of the sentence. Subject + have/has + participle verb + complement + already.

Have / has + subject + already + verb participle + complement. Already can also be placed at the end of the sentence.

1. Present perfect: "Yet"

"Yet" is used in negative and interrogative sentences, meaning (not) in the time period between the past and the now.

Structure

Interrogative form

Sarah hasn’t finished her homework yet.

I haven’t chosen my present yet.

Has your sister finished university yet?

Have you chosen your mobile yet?

Examples

I can't talk to the secretary because she has just gone home.

I'm really hungry. I haven't eaten yet.

Have you eaten lunch yet?

Jacob has already left work.

Has Stalyn just got home?

Have you finished your homework already?

Time to work!

Are you

ready?

Questions

1. What do you use when you are going to talk about an action that happened sooner than expected? already just ever yet

2. What do you use when you are going to talk about an action that happened recently? yet already just ever

3. What do you use when you are going to talk about an action that you don't finish? But you know that you'll end. ever yet already just

4. Give me two examples using the present perfect with the particle of your choice.

Thanks!