Unit 3

Juan David Leyva

Topics
In this unit we are going to talk about:

- Present perfect for past experiences

(Just - Already - Yet)

- Present perfect for unfinished actions

(For - Since)

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 1.
Present perfect for
past experiences
(Just - Already - Yet)
Present perfect for past experiences

We use For to talk about a length of time.

Ex: (ten years; 15 minutes; nine months; twenty years)

now
The action was during *the action has
this period been done

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Examples

- I have worked here for 8 years.

- You have played football for ten years.

- We have taught at this school for a long time.

- They’ve been married for 30 years

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Present perfect for past experiences

We use Since to talk about a point in the past, a

specific point in time.
Ex: (last tuesday; January; half past six )

The action started now

here *the action
hasn’t done

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Examples

- He has lived here since 1993.

- They have been at the hotel since last week.

- I haven’t ridden a horse since I was 9.

- You have worked here since you left your school.

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 2.
Present perfect for
past experiences
(Just - Already - Yet)
Present perfect for past experiences

Already Used to indicate that something has happened

earlier. It is used in the mid-position of the sentence.

Just Used when we want to indicate that something

happened a short time ago (very recently)

Yet Used to talk about something that is expected to

happen, but did not happen till this moment. It
means at any time up to now

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Examples

Already - I’ve already cleaned my room

DONE - She has already sent the mail

Just - I’ve just cleaned my room

RECENTLY - She has just sent the mail
DONE

Yet - I haven’t cleaned my room yet

PLAN TO
DO - She hasn’t sent the mail yet
- Have you finished your work yet ?

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Thanks!
Any questions?

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