Fill in the blanks with an appropriate time adverb.
1I have ............... noticed it.
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Use "just" to show that something happened a very short time ago.
2I have been watching a lot of movies ...............
Select 3 answers.
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"Recently", "lately", and "of late" can all refer to a period continuing up to now.
3He has been able to swim ............... he was one year old.
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Use "since" before the starting point of a period of time.
4Have you ............... finished the job?
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Use "already" in this position to ask if something has happened sooner than expected.
5We haven't heard anything from them ...............
Select 2 answers.
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"So far" (up to this point in time) and "lately" (in the recent period) both fit with the present perfect. "Ago" needs the past simple and a length of time, e.g. "two weeks ago".
6I have always lived on my own ............... now, so I find it a little difficult to share my space with three other people.
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Use "until" with "now" to show that the situation is changing at the present time.
7We can't cancel the party now. The guests have ............... started arriving.
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Use "already" to show that something has happened and it is now too late to change the plan.
8How long have you been waiting ...............?
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Use "for" when asking about the length of a period of time.
9Suddenly I realized that I had seen her ...............
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Use "before" with the past perfect to refer to an earlier time.
10I don't want to eat in that restaurant ............... again.
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Use "ever" with a negative sentence and "again" to mean at any future time.
11I ............... haven't got my money back.
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Use "still" before a negative perfect form to show that the expected change has not happened.
12Haven't you started working on that project ...............?
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Use "yet" at the end of a negative question to ask whether something has happened by now.
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- I have just noticed it.
- I have been watching a lot of movies recently / lately / of late.
- He has been able to swim since he was one year old.
- Have you already finished the job?
- We haven’t heard anything from them so far / lately.
- I have always lived on my own until now, so I find it a little difficult to share my space with three other people.
- We can’t cancel the party now. The guests have already started arriving.
- How long have you been waiting for?
- Suddenly I realized that I had seen her before.
- I don’t want to eat in that restaurant ever again.
- I still haven’t got my money back.
- Haven’t you started working on that project yet?