PRESENT PERFECT (RECENT EVENTS)

PRESENT PERFECT (RECENT EVENTS)

by teacher David

Present Perfect:

​Use it to talk about RECENT EVENTS particulary when GIVING NEWS:

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​Have you heard?

Mike and Jessie have JUST get married.

JUST means that something has had happened recently.

- Can we go now?

​- Sure, I've JUST finished.

​We often use expression like JUST, EVER , NEVER, ALREADY, YET, SINCE and FOR:

Multiple Choice

Look at picture and guess what RECENTLY has happened:

• They've just bought a new home.

• They've bought a new home.

• They just bought a new home.

• They've just bough a new garden.

Multiple Choice

Look at picture and guess what RECENTLY has happened:

• He's a new employee.

• He's just got a new job.

• He has got a new job.

• He's just bought a new computer.

Open Ended

Look at picture and guess what RECENTLY has happened. It has to do with HOMEWORK.

Open Ended

Look at picture and guess what RECENTLY has happened. It has to do with HOMEWORK.

Open Ended

Think about SIX EVENTS that have RECENTLY happened, remember to use the expression JUST:

Present Perfect:

We use FOR with a period of time (few days, hours or a week, half of a year) :

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We've been studying English FOR a year now.

​I've been waiting FOR an hour so far.

She's been driving SINCE she was a teenager.

We use SINCE with the time when the action started:

They've been working SINCE they were nine.