Present Perfect Tense -Specific Expressions

-just, yet, still, for, since, already, up to then, ever, never, after, by that time, by
10 o’clock, by the end of the year, etc

Yet -until now

Have you finished your homework yet?

Already -something has happened early or earlier

The train has already left!

Never – at no time before now/not..ever.

I have never been to Paris.

Ever- nothing+ever, nobody+ever, used with ‘the first time’ expression

Nobody has ever said that to me before.

Common Irregular Verbs

Base form V1 Past Form V2 Past Participle V3
Be Was/were been
come came come
lay laid laid
lie lay lain

• Lay needs an object, while lie cannot have an object.

• Lay refers to a direct object, and lie does not.
Examples of lay: She laid the blanket on the floor, lay a sweater on the bed, or lay a child
in her crib.
Examples of lie: I felt sick, so I lay down.
Present Perfect Story 1
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Now create your own story using Present Perfect Tense. Your
story should be around 100 to 150 words.