English Exam

Intermediate English Exam

El examen se presentará el día lunes 24 de febrero de 2014.

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1. Present Perfect:

µ  Affirmative Negative and Interrogative.

2. For and Since.

3.   Already, Just and Yet.

4.   Verbs in present, past and participle.

Just, yet, still and already

Just, yet, still, already

These words are often used with the present perfect tense although yet, still and already can all be used with other tenses.

Just

‘Just’ is usually used only with the present perfect tense and it means ‘a short time ago’.

• I’ve just seen Susan coming out of the cinema.
• Mike’s just called. Can you ring him back please?
• Have you just taken my pen? Where has it gone?

In the present perfect, ‘just’ comes between the auxiliary verb (‘have’) and the past participle.

Yet

‘Yet’ is used to talk about something which is expected to happen. It means ‘at any time up to now’. It is used in questions and negatives.

• Have you finished your homework yet? The speaker expects that the homework will be finished.
• I haven’t finished it yet. I’ll do it after dinner.

‘Yet’ usually comes at the end of the sentence.

Still

‘Still’ is used to talk about something that hasn’t finished – especially when we expected it to finish earlier.

• I’ve been waiting for over an hour and the bus still hasn’t come.
• You promised to give me that report yesterday and you still haven’t finished it.

‘Still’ usually comes in ‘mid-position’

Still is often used with other tenses as well as the present perfect.

• I’ve still got all those letters you sent me.
• Are you still working in the bookshop?

Already

‘Already’ is used to say that something has happened early – or earlier than it might have happened.

• I’ve already spent my salary and it’s two weeks before pay day.
• The train’s already left! What are we going to do?

‘Already’ usually comes in mid-position.

For and Since

For and since exercise:

1.   _____ a very long time    

2.   _____I left school

3.   _____10 years

4.   _____it started to rain

5.   _____three weeks  

6.   _____September

7.   _____I came to London 

8.   _____half an hour 

9.   _____my birthday

        10.       _____six months 

 

Present Perfect with For and Since

For + a period of time

·       for six years, for a week, for a month, for hours, for two hours.

·       I have worked here for five years.

Since + a point in time

• since this morning, since last week, since yesterday,
• since I was a child, since Wednesday, since 2 o'clock.
• I have worked here since 1990.

present perfect with for

• She has lived here for twenty years.
• We have taught at this school for a long time.
• Alice has been married for three months.
• They have been at the hotel for a week.

present perfect with since

• She has lived here since 1980.
• We have taught at this school since 1965
• Alice has been married since March 2nd.
• They have been at the hotel since last Tuesday.

Note:

• For and since can both be used with the past perfect.
• Since can only be used with perfect tenses, for can also be used with the simple past.