PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT

LESSON

TIME EXPRESSIONS For, since, just, already and yet.

• For and since

• For and since answer the question

• How long? (¿Cuánto tiempo?)

• For indicates the duration of the action

• How long has Steve lived here?

• He has lived for 7 years

JUST:

"acabar de "

We use to indicate this immediacy.

He has just arrived (El acaba de llegar)

 

He has just received the results of the test (El acaba de recibir los resultados del examen).

 

ALREADY

"YA - TODAVIA"

Already is used in affirmative sentences and questions.

He has already finished his homework (Él ya ha terminado sus deberes)

Nicholas has already finished his homework.

(Nicholas ya ha terminado su tarea.)

Yet

"YA - TODAVIA"

Yet is used in questions or in negative sentences.

He hasn't done his homework yet. (No ha hecho sus deberes todavía)

Has he done his homework yet? (¿Ha hecho sus deberes ya?)

Multiple Choice

Has the flight from San Francisco arrived ...........?

• yet

• already

• since

• for

Multiple Choice

She hasn't arrived ..........

• already

• yet

• just

• since

Multiple Choice

I haven't phoned home..........Christmas.

• just

• since

• for

• already

Multiple Choice

I have worked for International House.......more than eight years.

• already

• yet

• since

• for

Multiple Choice

She hasn't had a day off ......1999.

• since

• for

• just

• already

Multiple Choice

Peter has been my best friend ..........we were nine.

• for

• just

• since

• yet