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Unit 6
Activity 3: The Present Perfect Tense
In the previous unit we had learnt about the
Present Perfect Tense. There are some Time
markers that we use with this tense. Read
the sentences below and observe the words
in bold.
Ali, the bread seller, hasn’t arrived yet.
He has already delivered some loaves at the supermarket.
He has just come to collect the loaves from the bakery.
Have you ever seen Ali travelling all over the village with his big baskets?
Ali has never arrived late even when the weather was bad.
I have known Ali since I was very young.
Ali has worked as a bread seller for forty-nine years.
Remember:
We use:
ever – for the interrogative form
never – for the negative form
yet – for the interrogative & negative forms
since – when we know the specic time
for – to indicate how long an event lasts