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Present Perfect Tense – Already, Yet, Since and For

Present Perfect Tense – Already, Yet, Since and For
Already means that something happened earlier than we expected. With Present Perfect already usually goes after have or has and before the main verb.
Examples
- We’ve already had our breakfast.
- When are you going to do your homework?
- But I’ve already done it!
- Do you want a cup of coffee?
- No, thanks. I’ve already had one.
Yet means that something that we expected has happened or hasn’t happened. We usually put it at the end of a sentence.
Examples - Has the post arrived yet?
- Have you done your homework?
- Not yet.
- Haven’t you got ready yet? Look at the time!
We use for with a period of time, for example: a few days, half an hour, two years. We use since with the time when the action started, for example: last year, June 8, I met you.

Exercise 1: Say what you have already done (+) and what you have not done yet (-).
- ____________________________________ (+/already/to listen to music)
- ____________________________________ (-/not/to go swimming/yet)
- ____________________________________ (+/already/to take some photos)
- ____________________________________ (+/already/to help Jane in the kitchen)
- ____________________________________ (-/not/to play the guitar/yet)
- ____________________________________ (+/already/to have fun with my friends)
- ____________________________________ (-/not/to wash my shirts/yet)
- ____________________________________ (-/not/to make my bed/yet)
- ____________________________________ (+/already/to do the washing-up)
10.____________________________________ (-/not/to speak to my maths teacher/yet)
Exercise 2: Do we use for or since with the following time references?
- I haven’t phoned home________Christmas.
- We’ve been here_________nine o’clock.
- I have worked for International House__________more than eight years.
- I haven’t visited my home town_________I left school.
- I haven’t been to the cinema________ages.
- I have studied non-stop _________9.15.
- I have had a driving licence______________I was eighteen.
- She hasn’t had a day off___________1999.
- Johan has been in England_______________more than two weeks now.
- Peter has been my best friend________________we were nine.

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