Monday, August 8th

The present Perfect

With just, yet, already, since, for, ever, never.

Uses

just

To talk about an action or event in the very recent past.

For example:
We have just arrived.

Uses

yet

To talk about an action or event we expect to happen or something that havent happened yet.

For example:
Havent you arrived yet? I havent finished my homework yet.

Uses

already

To talk about an action or event that has happened before now.

For example:
Brenda has already eaten her hamburger.

Uses

since

To refer to a point in time.

For example:
Helen has lived here since 1988.

Uses

for

To refer to a period of time.

For example:
We have lived here for seventeen years.

Uses

ever

To ask questions

For example:
Have you ever been to USA?

Uses

never
For example:

To answer or say something in the negative form

No, Ive never been to USA I have never been to USA

or

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