Expanding Your Present Perfect Skills

To further enhance your understanding of the Present Perfect tense, it's important to practice with various types of sentences and situations.

Try creating 10 phrases au present perfect en anglais using different subjects and verbs. For example:

1. "I have visited Paris three times."
2. "She has never tried sushi."
3. "We have already completed the project."

Example: Here's a Present perfect exemple phrase: "They have just arrived at the airport."

To challenge yourself, attempt to form sentences using the Present Perfect Continuous: Example: "I have been studying English for two years."

Vocabulary: "Present perfect continuous" expresses an action that started in the past and continues up to the present moment.

Practice distinguishing between the Present Perfect and Past Perfect:

• Present Perfect: "I have seen that movie." (connects past to present)
• Past Perfect: "I had seen that movie before you recommended it." (expresses an action completed before another past action)

Highlight: The key to mastering these tenses is regular practice and exposure to authentic English content.

Remember to use Still, yet, already exercises to reinforce your understanding of these important adverbs in the context of the Present Perfect tense.

Proper Usage of Already and Yet in Present Perfect

This page focuses on the adverbs already and yet, which are both used with the Present Perfect tense but have distinct meanings and placements within sentences.

Already refers to an action that has happened at an unspecified time before now:

Example: "I have already drunk three coffees this morning."

It can also be used in questions: Example: "Have you already written to John?"

Highlight: Already is always placed before the main verb in a sentence.

Yet is used in negative statements and questions:

• In negative statements, "yet" means "still not": Example: "I haven't visited Paris yet."

• In questions, "yet" means "up until now": Example: "Have you met Judith yet?"

Vocabulary: "Yet en français" translates to "encore" or "déjà" depending on the context.

Example: Practice with sentences like "I have already finished my homework" or "Have you tried sushi yet?"