Present perfect simple
just/already/yet b1
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Present perfect simple with just, already and yet I 've already visited three universities. She 's just won the match. I haven't made a decision yet . ‘ Have you seen that new film yet ? ’ ‘ Yes, I have . / No, I haven't . ’ We can use the present perfect positive with just or already : Subject + have/has + just/already + past participle . Positive (+) Subject auxiliary just/already past participle I have already just visited three universities. She has won the match. We usually use short forms ( I've , You've , He's , etc.) when we are speaking and in informal writing. We can use the present perfect negative with yet : Subject + haven't/hasn't + past participle + yet . Negative (-) Subject auxiliary past participle yet I haven't made a decision yet . She hasn't finished it We can form present perfect questions with yet : Have/Has + subject + past participle + yet ? Yes/no questions (?) Auxiliary subject past participle yet Have you seen that film yet ? Has he made a decision We form short answers with: Yes + subject + have/has . No + subject + haven't/hasn't . Regular verbs have past participles which are the same as their past simple forms , ending -ed . visit → visit ed arrive → arriv ed Irregular verbs have irregular past participles . Sometimes the past participle of an irregular verb is the same as the past simple form and sometimes it is different. have, had → had lose, lost → lost do, did → done eat, ate → eaten In British English, we use the present perfect with just , already and yet to talk about recent events and actions. We use just in positive sentences to talk about very recent events or actions. She 's just won the match. They 've just made a big announcement. We use yet in questions and negative sentences to talk about actions and events happening up to now. Have you finished that book yet ? I haven't made a decision yet . We use already in positive sentences to talk about actions and events that happened before now or earlier than expected. I 've already visited three universities. Spring has already arrived in Madrid!
Complete the text with already, just or yet.
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Mariam Is this the first time you've been to London?
Yasemin Yes, and we've
seen lots of places.
Mariam Have you been to Buckingham Palace
?
Yasemin Yes, we've
seen that. We went there yesterday.
Mariam What about the Tower of London?
Yasemin No, we haven't visited that
. We'll probably go tomorrow.
Mariam So what have you done this morning?
Yasemin We've
been to Big Ben. We were there ten minutes ago. That was great.
Mariam Have you been to Hyde Park
?
Yasemin Actually, we're waiting for a bus to go there now.
Mariam Oh. You've
missed it. The next bus is in twenty minutes.
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