Review for the test

4th October ( Unit 5)

Use: Use just to express actions that have happened RECENTLY. Just goes after the auxiliary have/has and before the past participle - Maria has just finished her homework. (not so long ago) - They have just come from the supermarket. - It has just started raining.

+ Have + Just + Verb Past participle + Complement Has

Use: We use "already" to express actions that have finished before the actions was expected to finish ( una accion que acaba anticipadamente)

- I have already done my homework. - Jorge has already watched "Transformers" the movie. - They've already read that book
+ Have + Already + Verb Past participle + Complement Has

 Use: We use yet for negative sentences and questions. It is used for actions that you think has happened. It is used to express expectations. (es traducido como ya o aun) - Have you eaten at "Friday's" yet? (you expect that the other person has already been to "Friday's") - I haven't been to Europe yet. (But I expect to go there) - Has Matilda been to New York yet? - Have you studied for the test yet? - Juan hasn't proposed to Jenny yet.

Yet is usually placed at the end of the sentence

is used : in questions. e.g. Have you ever been to England? Has she ever met the Prime Minister? in negative questions e.g. Haven't they ever been to Europe? Haven't you ever eaten Chinese food? and in negative statements using the pattern nothing.......ever, nobody.......ever e.g. Nobody has ever said that to me before. Nothing like this has ever happened to us. 'Ever' is also used with 'The first time.... e.g. It's the first time (that) I've ever eaten snails. This is the first time I've ever been to England.

 'Never' means at no time before now, and is the same as not ..... ever: I have never visited Berlin

BE CAREFUL!
You must not use never and not together: I haven't never been to Italy. I have never been to Italy. Position 'Ever' and 'never' are always placed before the main verb (past participle).

 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. 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.

 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.
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.