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Have just and Haven't yet

ESL Just and Yet Activity - Grammar, Writing and Speaking: Writing Sentences from Prompts, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work - Pre-intermediate (A2) - 25 minutes

This productive present perfect just and yet activity helps students practice making sentences and questions with just and yet. Students start by writing down five sentences about things they have just done and five sentences about things they plan to do today but haven’t done yet. Then, working with a partner, students guess and write down three things their partner has just done and three things their partner hasn’t done yet today. Lastly, students ask and answer questions with their partner to see if their guesses are right or wrong.
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Introduction to Just, Yet and Already

ESL Just, Yet and Already Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Gap-fill, Binary Choice, Sentence Completion, Writing and Rewriting Sentences - Pre-intermediate (A2) - 30 minutes

This is a free present perfect worksheet helps students learn and practice the present perfect with justyet and already. First, students complete present perfect usage rules with just, yet and already. Next, students complete sentences with one word from the brackets. Students then complete sentences in the present perfect using word pairs from a box. Students then move on to rewrite sentences, adding already or yet in the correct place. After that, students complete sentences using the present perfect with just and a verb in brackets. Lastly, students write three true sentences about themselves using the present perfect with just, yet and already.
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Just, Yet and Already Practice

ESL Just, Yet and Already Worksheet - Grammar and Reading Exercises: Gap-fill, Short Answer Questions, Binary Choice, Writing Sentences from Prompts - Pre-intermediate (A2) - 25 minutes

In this useful present perfect worksheet, students learn and practice how to use just, already and yet. Students begin by writing just, already or yet in gaps to complete grammar rules and examples. Next, students complete a dialogue with just, already and yet. Students then answer present perfect comprehension questions about the dialogue. After that, students complete sentences and questions the answers in brackets. In the last exercise, students write complete present perfect sentences with just, already and yet using a set of prompts.
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Prompts and Pictures

ESL Just, Yet and Already Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming Statements, Questions and Responses from Prompts, Controlled Practice - Pair Work - Pre-intermediate (A2) - 20 minutes

In this imaginative just, already and yet speaking activity, students make questions and statements, and reply using yet, just, and already. Students take it in turns to make questions or statements from the picture prompts on the worksheet which they direct to a partner. Their partner replies using the present perfect with yet, just, and already from word prompts on their worksheet. Students continue in this way, alternating roles as they go.
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The Just, Yet, Already Experience

ESL Just, Yet and Already Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice - Group and Pair Work - Pre-intermediate (A2) - 25 minutes

This insightful just, yet and already speaking activity helps students practice forming, asking and answering present perfect conversation questions with just, yet and already. First, in two groups, students complete each conversation question with the verb in brackets in its present perfect form along with just, yet or already. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group and take turns asking and answering the conversation questions with their partner, responding in the present perfect with just, yet or already as appropriate. Afterwards, students share what they found out about their partner with the class.
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Tell me about your day

ESL Just, Yet and Already Board Game - Grammar and Speaking: Forming Sentences, Freer Practice - Group Work - Intermediate (B1) - 30 minutes

In this fun just, yet and already board game, students make present perfect sentences about what they have normally just done, what they haven’t done yet, and what they have already done at certain times of day. Students take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board. When a student lands on a time square, they make three sentences using the present perfect. The first sentence is about what they have normally just done at that time of day. The second sentence is about what they haven’t done yet and the third is about what they have already done, e.g. 'At 8 a.m., I have just had breakfast. I haven’t gone to school yet. I have already had a shower.' If a student makes a grammar mistake or if a sentence doesn’t make sense for that time of day, the student goes back two squares. The first student to reach the finish wins the game.
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The Bucket List

ESL Yet and Already Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts - Pair Work - Intermediate (B1) - 25 minutes

In this free present perfect yet and already activity, students ask and answer questions about someone’s bucket list using yet and already. In pairs, one student takes on the role of Mr. Thomson’s assistant and the other plays the role of Mr. Thomson, a rich businessman. The assistant asks Mr. Thomson questions about the activities he has or hasn’t done to help him write his bucket list. The assistant asks present perfect yes/no questions with yet and marks Mr. Thomson’s answers on the worksheet. Mr. Thomson replies using the present perfect with already for affirmative answers and yet for negative answers. When the students have finished, they swap roles. Finally, students go through the combined items that would be on Mr. Thomson’s bucket list.
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What has just happened?

ESL Present Perfect with Just Game - Grammar and Speaking: Guessing, Forming Sentences from Prompts, Freer Practice - Group Work - Intermediate (B1) - 25 minutes

In this engaging present perfect with just game, students listen to common everyday expressions and guess what has just happened. Students take it in turns to pick up a card and read the expression in bold to the group, e.g. 'I'll get it'. The other students then try to guess what has just happened by making present perfect sentences with You've just... The first student to guess the correct answer wins and keeps the card, e.g. 'You've just heard a knock at the door'. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
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