THE PRESENT PERFECT WITH ALREADY, JUST & YET

As a reminder, here are the basic patterns for affirmative and negative sentences, as well as  questions in Present Perfect.

2.1 It has many uses. In this extract, we will focus on the uses of “already” - “yet” and “just”. We use  the signal  word “ALREADY” between auxiliary HAVE/HAS and PAST PARTICIPLE,  to refer to completed actions that people expected. Present Perfect with “Already” is used in affirmative  sentences and questions. Here are some examples:

• (+)  I´ve already handed in my homework.
• (?)  Has Mike already registered  for the handball competition.
• (+)  I´m afraid you´re too late for class. It ‘ s already finished.
• No, you can´t meet Mr. Lee. (+)  He’ s already left for Europe.
• (?)  Has Rose already gotten married?
• (+)  I´ve already seen that movie

2.2 We use  the signal word “YET” at the end of negative sentences and questions to refer to  non-completed actions.  

• (-)  I haven´t  been to London yet.
• (?) Has your brother  travelled to Canada yet?
• (- ) No, he hasn´t been there yet.
• (-)  We haven´t finished our project yet.
• (-)  My mother hasn´t arrived home yet.
• (-)  My car hasn´t been  painted  yet.
• (?)  A: Have  your parents  gotten their passports yet?
• (-)  B: No, not yet.

2.3 Lastly, we use  the signal word “JUST” between auxiliary HAVE/HAS and PAST PARTICIPLE  to refer to recently completed actions, in affirmative  sentences and questions.

• (+)  Mike has just given us a handball lesson.
• (+)  The class has just finished.
• (+)  My boss has just left for Europe.
• (?)  Has Rose just gotten married?
• (?)  What have you just done?

READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY BUILDING.

Read the article about the actor and television presenter Michael Palin. Then, answer the questions

A Dream Job

Michael Palin has traveled all over the world several times, but he has lived in the same house in London since 1968. Some of you might remember him from the Monty Python movies he acted in between 1969 and 1983, but in 1989, Michael started doing TV travel programs for the BBC. He’s now more famous for his travel books and DVDs than for his acting.

His first series, Around the World in 80 Days, followed the same route as the Jules Verne novel of the same name. And, like Phileas Fogg, the hero of the book, Michael didn’t get on a plane. His programs have taken Michael from the North to the South Pole, around the Pacific Ocean, across the Sahara Desert, up into the Himalayas and through Eastern Europe.

He has had breakfast in Alaska, Sunday lunch at 5,000 meters on Mount Everest and slept in a tent in Antarctica. He’s met the Dalai Lama in India, done Tai Chi in Shanghai and driven one of the last steam trains in Poland.

It’s hard to believe that Michael Palin hasn’t been everywhere, but there are still places he would like to visit: Syria, Georgia, Brazil, Argentina—the list goes on. He doesn’t have any plans for another TV series at the moment, but I’m sure it won’t be long before he’s off on his travels again.

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Images_Compra propia de licencias de banco de imágenes de Pixton y Pngtree, exentas de derechos de autor. https://www-es.pixton.com/ & https://es.pngtree.com/free-backgrounds.Reading Text adapted from: Clare, A, Wilson, J. J., Eales, F & Oakes, S. (2016). American Speak Out Elementary 2nd edition, Pearson.

• All practice exercises and charts were  written by Karla Shareni Murillo Granados_2022_ENES- LEÓN-UNAM
• Audio version performed by Kimberly, Isabella, John and Matt_Compra propia de licencia de uso de voces en Voicemaker, exenta de derechos de autor. https://voicemaker.in/ _Connie Reyes Cruz_2022_