Present perfect 2 ever never already yet Mrs
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Present perfect (2): ever, never, already, yet Mrs. Claudia Parra B. Business English. Valparaìso School of Business Administration Pntificia Universidad Catòlica de
A Ever and never + present perfect or simple past to talk about general life experience: • Have you ever worked abroad? (i. e. In all your life up to now? ) • I have never been to América, (i. e. Not in all my life up to now. ) The present perfect with ever is often followed by the simple past. We use the simple past to give more information about a completed action, when referring to a specific time or context: • Have you ever been to Hong Kong? • Yes, I have. I worked there when I was with Business English. and. School of Business Administration Pntificia Universidad Catòlica de Coopers Lybrand Valparaìso
B Already and yet • They have already modernized the warehouse, but they haven't decorated the reception area yet. Already is used in positive sentences. It often indicates that something has taken place slightly earlier than expected. Notice its position in the sentence: • She has already shown me the figures. (not: She has shown already. . . ) Business English. Valparaìso School of Business Administration Pntificia Universidad Catòlica de
B Already and yet • Have you talked to Peter yet? (not: Have you talked yet to Peter? ) Yet is used in questions and negatives. It shows that we expect an action will take place if it has not happened up to now. Notice the position of yet, and not yet: • I have not talked to him yet. (not: I have not talked yet to him. ) Business English. Valparaìso School of Business Administration Pntificia Universidad Catòlica de
C Finished and unfinished periods of time examples are: The. Common present perfect is often used with prepositions or prepositional phrases over the last few weeks, weeks indicating periods of time that have not finished up toyet. now, so far, to date, date this month, month this morning, this year, today, etc: Business English. Valparaìso School of Business Administration Pntificia Universidad Catòlica de
C Finished and unfinished periods of time This month we have received a lot of complaints about late deliveries. (The month has not finished, and there may be more complaints. ) Business English. Valparaìso School of Business Administration Pntificia Universidad Catòlica de
C Finished and unfinished periods of time If we are speaking after one of these time periods, we use the simple past because we are referring to a period of time that has Did you see John this finished. morning? Compare: (It is now 2. 30 in the afternoon; the morning has finished. ) Have you seen John this morning? (It is now 11. 15 in the morning; the morning has not finished. ) Business English. Valparaìso School of Business Administration Pntificia Universidad Catòlica de
Present perfect (3): for and since The present perfect simple is often used with for and since and stative verbs to talk about things that began in the past and have continued up to now. I have known about the takeover bid for several weeks. (and I know now) She has owned shares in ICI since she started work there (She owns them now. ) Mrs. Claudia Parra B. Business English. Valparaìso School of Business Administration Pntificia Universidad Catòlica de
