Self Learning from British Council 2 – Present perfect: simple and continuous

October 14, 2017

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Usage : already, still, yet and no longer

We use will with the perfect to show

something will be complete at some time in the future:

Example 1 : In a few years they will have discovered a cure for the common cold.
Example 2 : I can come out tonight. I’ll have finished my homework by then.

when we are looking back from a point in time when something might have happened, should have
happened or would have happened. The point of time may be in the future:

Example 1 : We’ll meet again next week. We might have finished the work by then.
Example 2 : I will phone at six o’clock. He should have got home by then.

to refer to something that did not happen in the past but would have happened if the conditions had been
right:

Example 1 : If you had asked me I would have helped you.
Example 2 : I would have helped you, but you didn’t ask me.
Example 3 : You didn’t ask me or I would have helped you.

Have you … 您…未?

Example 1 : Have you seen the new teammates yet?

Example 2 : Have you been Taiwan yet?

Example 3 : Have you eaten yet?

I have … (already) 我已經… (喇!/嫁啦)

Example 1 : I have told you already.
Example 2 : I have had enough!
Example 3 : I have been loving to be a pilot since I was still a university student
Example 4 : H company has been using e-ramp card for years but we are still using the written one
Example 5 : I have always wanted to be the Burj Khalifa – the tallest building in Dubai, which looks like a yacht sail and the one in that film with Tom Cruise.
Example 6 : I’ve forgotten. (= I can’t remember now.)

I haven’t … 我仲未…

Example 1 : I haven’t had time yet!
Example 2 : I haven’t eaten yet, you?

I have … 我曾經…現在仍然…

Example 1 : She’s broken her leg. (= Her leg is still broken now.)
≠ She broke her leg. (= Her leg is okay now = She has recovered)

You have … 您已經…

Example 1 : OK, you‘ve convinced me.
Example 2 : Your mum’s been writing her blog for years now, hasn’t she?
(She is still writing the blog now!)

Vocabulary

a load of = a lot

Example 1 : I’ve got a load of work to get through before tomorrow.
Example 2 : Have some more food – there’s loads.
Example 3 : He has travelled loads

Pharse

Is your mom home? No, she isn’t.

Why? What were you going to ask her?

It’s so luxurious!