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PRESENT PERFECT WITH : JUST , ALREADY , YET

We form the present Perfect with HAVE or HAS and a past participle (e.g. finished ) :

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I HAVE finished HAVE you finished ? I HAVEN´T finished

YOU HAVE finished HAVE you finished ? YOU HAVEN´T finished

HE/SHE/IT HAS finished HAS she /he / it finished ? HE/SHE/IT HASN´T finished

WE HAVE finished HAVE you finished ? WE HAVEN´T finished

YOU HAVE finished HAVE you finished ? YOU HAVEN´T finished

THEY HAVE finished HAVE you finished ? THEY HAVEN´T finished

Remember there are regular verbs and irregular verbs , regular verbs end with –ED and irregular
verbs change their spelling .

JUST
We use JUST with the Present Perfect to talk about things that happened a short time before
now:

Have + just + PAST PARTICIPLE

The game has just finished

A: Can I speak to Maria ?

B : I am afraid that she has just left .

This means that Maria left a short time ago .


ALREADY
Observe the following examples with already :

A: Do you want something to eat ? B: No , thanks. I have already eaten .

Already is used with Present Perfect to emphasize that something happened before now, or
before it was expected to happen.

We use already like this :

Have + already + PAST PARTICIPLE

I´ve already seen that movie .

Here is another example :

Sara: Is Jonathan going to phone you ?

Susana: No, he´s (has) already phoned me .

This means that Johnathan called before Susana expected him to


phone.

YET
We use YET with a negative verb to say that something HAS NOT HAPPENED , but we think that it
will happen.

Observe the examples:

The e-mail hasn´t arrived YET

The e-mail hasn´t arrived , but it will probably arrive.

I haven´t finished this work yet .

( I haven´t finished this work but I will finish it )

They haven´t replied to my e-mail letter yet .


We use YET in questions to ask whether something that we expect to happen , has happened :

Have you paid the bill yet ?

Has it stopped raining yet ?

Have you found a job yet ?

Notice that we usually put YET at the end of a negative statement or question :

They haven´t replied to my e-mail yet .

Have you found a new apartment yet ?

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