PULSE BASICS UNIT 1

GRAMMAR 1

Present perfect with just, yet, already, for and since

present perfect
affirmative negative questions
I / You have played I / You haven’t played Have I / you played?
He / She has played He / She hasn’t played Has he / she played?
We / You / They We / You / They Have we / you /
have played haven’t played they played?

LOOK!
just, yet, already, for and since
We put the words just and already after the verb to have.
We’ve just learnt to juggle.
I’ve already made a video blog.

The word yet is used in negative sentences and questions.

She hasn’t ridden a unicycle yet.
Have you edited the photos yet?

We use for to talk about a period of time that started in the past and continues now.
I have studied English for two years.

We use since to talk about a point / date in time that started in the past and continues
now.
I have played in a band since 2014.

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1 Order the words to make sentences and questions.

1 you / yet / baked / the / Have / cupcakes ?

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2 performed / band / Nick’s / just / has / live .
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3 has / year / had / Sam / a / for / one / blog .
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4 already / photos / Dad / edited / the / has .
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5 started / The / has / first aid / class / just .
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2 Complete the sentences with the present perfect form of the verbs in
brackets.

1 Class ______________________________ (not start) yet.

2 ______________________________ (you / see) Paul already?
3 Where ______________________________ (you / be) for the past 20
minutes?
4 I ______________________________ (just / bake) some lovely cupcakes
for you!

3 Complete the sentences with already or yet.

1 I haven’t read the book ______________.

2 My parents have ______________ seen my exam results.
3 Have you heard Katy Perry’s new song ______________?
4 Has the dog eaten ______________?

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4 Complete the table with the time expressions in the box.

12.30pm a few days five hours last May many years yesterday

for (a duration of time) since (a point in time)

two seconds 2010

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_____________________________ _____________________________

_____________________________ _____________________________

5 Complete the answers with for or since and the time expressions in brackets.

How long have you lived here?

I’ve lived here for three years. (three years)
1 How long has he been a musician?
He’s been a musician ______________. (six years)
2 How long have you had a piano?
I’ve had a piano ______________. (I was young)
3 How long have they been on holiday?
They’ve been on holiday ______________. (last Thursday)
4 How long has your brother been ill?
He’s been ill ______________. (two days)

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