Flashcards on Mastering Present Perfect Tense and Markers
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Grammar: Present Perfect
14 cards
Card 1
Question: What is the marker 'just' used for in the present perfect?
Answer: To indicate an action completed a very short time ago (moments ago). It is placed between 'have/has' and the past participle and is mainly used in aff
Card 2
Question: Where is 'just' placed in the present perfect structure?
Answer: Always between the auxiliary verb (have/has) and the past participle verb.
Card 3
Question: In what types of sentences is 'yet' used, and what does it mean?
Answer: It is used in negative sentences and questions. It means 'up to this moment' and expresses that the action was expected to happen.
Card 4
Question: Where is 'yet' placed within a present perfect sentence?
Answer: It is placed at the end of the sentence.
Card 5
Question: Give an example (structure) of 'yet' in a negative sentence using the verb 'do'.
Answer: Example: 'The structural engineers haven't done the foundation safety checks yet.' (not up to now)
Card 6
Question: What is the use of 'for' in the present perfect?
Answer: It measures the total duration of time from the beginning of the action until the present (e.g., 20 minutes, 4 weeks, a long time).
Card 7
Question: What kind of complements follow 'for'?
Answer: Numerical values with units of time (20 minutes, 4 weeks) or expressions of indefinite duration (a long time, generations).
Card 8
Question: What is the use of 'since' in the present perfect?
Answer: It indicates the exact moment or date when an action began in the past and continues up to the present.
Card 9
Question: What kind of complements follow 'since'?
Answer: Specific dates, years, months, days, precise times, historical eras, or a clause in the simple past that establishes the starting point.
Card 10
Question: In the sentence 'The principal has just chosen the winners of the speech contest', which marker is used and why?
Answer: 'Just' is used because the action of choosing the winners occurred a very short time ago.