Transcript Present Perfect, Part Two

Present Perfect, Part Two
Already
Yet
Just
Using Present Perfect for Actions
Completed a Short Time Ago
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Present Perfect Review: Actions
Started in the Past & Still Continue
Review: One reason to use present perfect: to
discuss things that started in the past and
continue now in the present. We often use it
with since and for.
• A: How long have you been in the U.S.?
• B: I’ve been here for almost four years.
• A: All the time here in Waukegan?
• B: No, I’ve lived here just since June.
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Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions
Another common reason for present perfect =
to talk about something that finished (or
should have finished) recently.
• A: Have you finished your essay yet?
• B: Yes, I have. I finished it last night.
OR
No, I haven’t. I hope I’ll finish it tomorrow.
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Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions #2
• A: Has your friend finished her GED yet?
• B: I don’t remember. Maybe she has passed
all the tests already, or maybe she hasn’t
passed the math test yet.
• Employee:
Have you signed the
paychecks yet?
• Boss: I’ve done a few already, but not all
of them. Give me a few more minutes. 4
Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions and Already
Use already in an affirmative statement with
present perfect to emphasize that the action
is finished.
• Salesperson: Has someone helped you?
• Customer: Yes, thanks. Someone has
already helped me.
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Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions with Already, #2
• School Secretary: You need to bring a copy
of your daughter’s immunizations. Has she
had a shot for measles yet?
• Parent: Of course. She has already gotten
all of her shots. Here is the doctor’s report.
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Try it! Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions: Already
• Have you eaten anything today?
_____________________________________
• Have you talked to a classmate this
morning?
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• Have you seen anyone in your family
today?
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Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions: Questions & Yet
Use yet in questions in present perfect to ask
if an action has been finished before now.
• Boss: Have you finished this order yet?
• Employee: Sure, I have. I’ve already sent it
out. Have you gotten the next order ready
for me yet?
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Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions: Negatives & Yet
Use yet in negative sentences to emphasize
the action has NOT finished at this time.
• Boss: Have you rung up this customer yet?
• Employee: No, not yet. I’ve already taken
the order, but all the items haven’t come
yet.
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Try It! Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions: Yet
• Have you eaten any candy yet?
_____________________________________
• What chores at home haven’t you finished
yet?
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• Has your boss given you a raise yet?
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Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions: Just
Use just to emphasize that the action finished
only a very short time ago. OR sometimes
we use it to mean ONLY or ONLY a short
time. For example:
• Student One: Have you written all the
sentences yet?
• Student Two: I’ve just finished, and now
I’m checking them. Just a minute.
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Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions: Just #2
• Boss: Have you taken your break yet?
• Employee: I’ve just started my break. I’ll be
back in twelve minutes.
• Doctor: What medicine have you taken?
• Patient: I’ve just taken some aspirin, but
nothing else.
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Try It! Present Perfect for Just and
Yet & Already
• Write your own sentence or question with just.
____________________________________
• Write your own sentence or question with yet.
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• Write another sentence or question with already.
__________________________________________
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Present Perfect for Recently
Completed Actions
• Student One: Have you figured out present
perfect yet?
• Student Two: Not perfectly yet, but I have
practiced a lot already. Sooner or later,
we’ll get it! We have just begun.
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