· 3A – Present perfect or past simple
· We use the present perfect to talk about past experiences.
- I have given lots of money to charity.
· We often use ever and never with the present perfect to talk about our whole life experience.
- I’ve never visited the UK. Have you ever been there?
· We can also use once / twice / three times etc. at the end of a sentence to say how many times we have had an experience.
- I’ve been to Japan twice.
3B – Present perfect with just, already and yet
· Use present perfect with just in positive statements to say that something happened a very short time.
- I’ve just finished my online workbook.
· The present perfect with already in positive statements shows something is complete, often before we expected.
- I’ve already done my homework.
· Use present perfect with yet in a negative statement to show that something is not complete and in a question to ask if something is complete.
- I haven’t printed my report yet.