The present perfect tense Primary Longman Elect 5A Chapter 5 The present perfect tense Already / just / yet

The present perfect tense We use the present perfect tense to show actions that are completed and we are interested in the present result. Ben is eating a chicken leg. Ben has eaten a chicken leg.

The present perfect tense We cannot use the present perfect tense with adverbs of time, e.g. yesterday, last year, in 1990, five years ago. X I have played with sand last Saturday.  I played with sand last Saturday.

The present perfect tense Verb Spelling rules Examples Regular verbs same as the past tense form added  added finished  finished packed  packed Irregular verbs (I) same as the past tense form fed  fed found  found kept  kept Irregular verbs (II) different from the past tense form blew  blown go  gone ate  eaten

the same — just add ‘-ed’ The present perfect tense: Regular verbs Present Past Present Perfect add added has/have added finish finished has/have finished pack packed has/have packed the same — just add ‘-ed’

Present Past Present Perfect The present perfect tense: Irregular verbs (I) Present Past Present Perfect feed fed has/have fed find found has/have found keep kept has/have kept make made has/have made the same

The present perfect tense: Irregular verbs (II) Past Present Perfect blow blew has/have blown break broke has/have broken do did has/have done draw drew has/have drawn eat ate has/have eaten give gave has/have given go went has/have gone take took has/have taken throw threw has/have thrown write wrote has/have written different

Yet goes at the END of the sentence or question. Already / just / yet In the present perfect tense, we use yet with questions or negative (no) sentences. Have you eaten the apples yet? (question) No, I haven’t eaten the apples yet. (negative) Yet goes at the END of the sentence or question.

Already / just / yet In the present perfect tense, we use already with positive (yes) sentences. Have you eaten the apples yet? (question) Yes, I’ve already eaten the apples. (positive) or Yes, I’ve eaten the apples already. (positive) Already goes in the MIDDLE or at the END of the sentence.

Just goes in the MIDDLE of the sentence. Already / just / yet In the present perfect tense, we can also use just with positive (yes) sentences. Have you eaten the apples yet? (question) Yes, I’ve just eaten the apples. (positive) Just goes in the MIDDLE of the sentence.

Key structure Have you swept the floor yet? Has she painted a picture Yes, I’ve already swept the floor. she’s just No, I haven’t swept the floor yet. she hasn’t swept

Practice Fill in the blanks. Use already, yet or just. pack throw draw add make write 1 _______ Alan _______ his bag for school _______ ? 2 Jenny _______________________ away the rubbish. 3 Mr Smith _________________________ a letter to his friend. Has packed yet has just/already thrown has just/already written

Practice Fill in the blanks. Use already, yet or just. pack throw draw add make write 4 We _____________________ sandwiches for the picnic tomorrow. 5 _______ you _______ sugar into the tea _______ ? 6 They _______ not ________ a picture _______ . have already made Have added yet have drawn yet

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