Have / has bought been eaten phoned
She: Are you going to the library today?
You: I ________ already ____________ there.
She: Are you going to buy some bread and milk?
You: I ________ just _______________them.
She: Very good. Are you going to eat your curds today?
You: I ________ just ______________ it.
She: And what about your girlfriend? Are you going to phone her this evening?
You: I _________ already _____________ her.
She: And your sister. Is she going to the hairdresser?
You: She __________ already ___________ there. She is now on the balcony. She is watering
the flowers.
She: Well, where is your father? Is he going to phone his boss this evening?
You: He ___________ just ____________ him. He is in the bathroom now. He is taking
a shower.
She: Uh, all right. And your brother …
You: He _________ already _____________ eggs. And now he is playing football in the yard.
She: Do you know if your father has bought a new car today?
You: Yes, he has. He ____________________ it.
She: Well, I’d like to have a look at it.
Ex. 85. Write answers using present perfect and already.
Example: Don’t forget to do your English homework!
I’ve already done it.
1 Don’t lose your key! 6 Remember to write that letter!
2 Don’t forget to close the window! 7 Don’t open your birthday present now!
3 Clean your bike! 8 Drink your coffee!
4 Have your breakfast! 9 Don’t miss the bus!
5 Don’t eat the last cake! 10 Make your bed!
| YET |
| Example: Have they arrived yet? Yes, they have. |
Ex. 86. Ask your partner. Make up sentences from the table.
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your friend they your parents you 
seen bought visited sold been to eaten watered 
Egypt the flowers their breakfast the art museum your girlfriend the photographs his old car | NOT YET |
| Example: He hasn’t had his breakfast yet. |
Ex. 87. Make up sentences as in the example.
Example: I - write a letter / mail it
Tom – learn English / learn French
I have already written the letter but I haven’t posted it yet.
Tom has already learnt English but he hasn’t learnt French yet.
I -cook a dinner / eat it
Sue - buy shoes / buy boots
My brother - sell a house / buy a new one
They – come back from their holiday / stated to work
John – give up smoking / give up drinking
She – finish school / enter university yet
Susan – put to bed her son / put to bed her daughter.
Ex. 88. What has the nurse done / just done / not yet done?
Mr Walker
Take his temperature - Yes.
Make his bed - Not yet.
Check his pulse - Yes.
Give him his pills - Just.
Fill in his chart - Not yet.
Change his bandages - Not yet.
Bring him his letters - Just.
Tidy his room - Yes.
Open the window - Yes.
Empty the wastepaper basket - Not yet.
Example: She’s taken his temperature.