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PRESENT PERFECT
TIME EXPRESSIONS
grammar
Verónica Oblaré
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:
ALREADY & JUST

We use already in positive sentences to talk about news and events

that happened before now or earlier than we expected.
He has already made a good impression on me.

We use just in positvie sentences to talk about very recent news.

I have just met my sister.
affirmative sentences:
just & already
NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
STILL & YET
We use yet in questions and negative sentences to talk about news
and events happening up to now.
I haven’t decided if I like him or not yet.
Have you read that book yet?

We use still in negative sentences to emphasize that a situation has

not changed.
The party is about to start and my boyfrirend still hasn’t arrived.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
STILL & YET

YET.
for & since
We use the present perfect with for and since to say how long a state or action
which began in the past has been going on for:

We use for to talk about the period of time up to the present; for two years, for
four days.

I’ve been in the party for an hour.

We use since to talk about the time when an activity started. This can be a date, a
day, a month, a time or an event; since 1930, since yesterday, since May, since 8 am,
since my birthday, since I was ten years old.

He has been in the party since 7 pm

for, since &
how long
never & ever
We use ever to talk about ‘’at any time in your life’’

Have you ever been skiing?

It’s the most exciting film I have ever seen.

We use never to talk about ‘’at no time in your life’’

I have never been to that museum

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