2981 prsent perfect adverbs

Just, yet, already, since, for are often used with the
present perfect.
Present perfect
Just – for recent events, after the auxiliary verb
have/has
with just, yet,
Yet – when we expect something to happen,
already, since,
usually at the end of a clause
and for
Already - when something has happened sooner
than expected, usually after the auxilia
ry verb have/has
for – the length of the period
since – starting point
Examples
Father has just left.
She has been here for three hours.
I haven’t finished my homework yet. I’ve lived in London since I was four.
Kate has already done the washing up.

Fill in the right adverb:
Could I speak to Mr. Brown, please?
I’m afraid you can’t, he has ……………… left
the building.
Hurry up, Jane, make the sandwiches!
Don’t worry, Mum, I’ve ……………….. made
them.
Julie, have you typed the report?
Sorry, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t typed it
………………… .

How long have you been absent from
school?
…………….. three days.
How long have you taught French?
…………….. I was 22.
How long have you played basketball?
…………….. 15 years.
How long have you been married?
…………….. 6 months.
Excuse me, what time does the train to
Bucharest leave?
The train has ……………………. left.
John, don’t forget to iron your shirt!
I’ve ……………………….. ironed it.
Our cousins have stayed with us …………………
July. I can’t bear them anymore.
Oh, no, haven’t they left ……………………..?
Jim, you aren’t allowed to go out and play!
But, Dad, I have ……………………….. done all my
homework!!!
Alice, let’s buy some ice cream !
I can’t, I have ……………………… spent all my
money on clothes.
Jenny, where’s your brother? I want to
tell him something.

Correct the mistakes:
I have studied English since four years.
As far as I know, Jimmy hasn’t left his
home town for January.

Jane has taken this medicine since seven
months.
We can’t eat because Mum hasn’t cooked
the dinner already.
You’ll never guess where they’ve since
been .
I’ve yet set the table and made some
coffee!
‘Is Tom here?’ ‘No, he has for gone out.’
It’s early, has jenny since went to bed?
We have been here for 10 o’clock.
I’ve since broken two plates, my Mum will
be angry with me.
I can finally relax a little bit, I’ve for
finished the housework.
James has been in London already three
weeks.
Has she left just? I saw her two minutes
ago.
Why are people hurrying to the platform?
Has the train for arrived?
Children, have you just finished all the
exercises I gave you?
I’ve already cut my finger! Let me
disinfect it and bandage it up.
We haven’t climbed the Bucegi mountains
for, but we hopefully will climb them next
summer.
Fill in for or since:
………………. a long time ………………. ages