Show your progress
What have you done, how long has it lasted, and why are you doing it?
Present perfect · For/since · Just/already/yet/still · Purpose · 40–50 minutes
Connect past experiences with the present, describe your progress and explain your goals. Use a short study-partner story to see the grammar in action.
Ruta: observa los ejemplos → elige el significado → practica → explica tus propios objetivos. Nivel orientativo B1–B2; soluciones al final.
1. Read and listen: A project in progress
Traducción por frases: pasa el ratón, enfoca con el teclado o toca una frase subrayada. Pulsa «Ver traducciones» para mostrarlas todas. El audio lee solo el texto en inglés y empieza cuando pulsas Escuchar.
1. I have studied English for three years, but I still make mistakes.Estudio inglés desde hace tres años, pero todavía cometo errores.
2. I have known my study partner since September.Conozco a mi compañero de estudio desde septiembre.
3. We have already prepared our presentation, and we have just checked the slides.Ya hemos preparado nuestra presentación y acabamos de revisar las diapositivas.
4. We have not recorded the introduction yet.Todavía no hemos grabado la introducción.
5. Yesterday, we practised together for an hour.Ayer practicamos juntos durante una hora.
6. We practise aloud to speak more clearly.Practicamos en voz alta para hablar con mayor claridad.
7. We write short notes so that everyone can follow the main ideas.Escribimos notas breves para que todo el mundo pueda seguir las ideas principales.
2. Build the tense
Positive: subject + have/has + past participle.
Negative: subject + have not/has not + past participle.
Question: Have/Has + subject + past participle?
She has prepared the task. / She hasn’t prepared it. / Has she prepared it?
Elige el participio correcto: write–wrote–written, see–saw–seen, do–did–done. No uses automáticamente la segunda columna de los verbos irregulares.
El present perfect conecta un hecho anterior con el presente o con un periodo que sigue abierto. Para un momento pasado terminado usamos normalmente pasado simple: We practised yesterday. No añadas yesterday a una frase en present perfect.
3. Time and expectations
- For + duration: for three weeks · durante tres semanas.
- Since + starting point: since September · desde septiembre.
- Just: We have just finished. · acabamos de terminar.
- Already: We have already finished. · ya hemos terminado.
- Yet: Have you finished yet? / I haven’t finished yet. · ¿ya…? / todavía no…
- Still: I still haven’t finished. · sigo sin terminar; se destaca que se esperaba antes.
How long…? pregunta por duración: How long have you known your partner? When…? pregunta por el momento: When did you meet? For también puede aparecer con otros tiempos verbales; no obliga por sí solo a usar present perfect.
4. Explain the purpose
To / in order to / so as to + infinitivo: finalidad cuando se mantiene el sujeto: I take notes to remember the key ideas. Para negar: in order not to / so as not to.
So that + sujeto + verbo: permite expresar quién se beneficia o actúa; a menudo se usa un modal: I speak slowly so that everyone can understand. Evita for understand al expresar esta finalidad.
5. Practice: make every word count
- Complete: She ___ (write) three emails so far today.
- Choose: I have known him for / since two years.
- Choose: We have worked together for / since January.
- Complete with yet: Have they sent the report ___?
- Put still in the right place: I haven’t received the message.
- Correct: We have finished the activity yesterday.
- Ask about the duration: She has lived here for five years.
- Ask about the time: She moved here in 2021.
- Join with to: I use a glossary. I want to understand the text.
- Join with so that: We share our notes. Our classmates can revise.
- Complete: I save my work regularly in order ___ lose it.
- Explain: I have just checked it. / I have already checked it.
6. Your progress update
Speaking · 60 seconds: Describe a real or imaginary learning project. Mention one completed step, one unfinished step, how long you have worked on it and why it matters.
Writing · 80–120 words: Write an update to a study partner. Use present perfect twice, past simple once, for or since, one expectation adverb and one purpose clause. Check that each form matches your meaning.
Check your answers · Soluciones
1: has written. 2: for. 3: since. 4: yet. 5: I still haven’t received the message. 6: We finished the activity yesterday. 7: How long has she lived here? 8: When did she move here? 9: I use a glossary to understand the text. 10: We share our notes so that our classmates can revise. 11: not to. 12: just highlights how recently it happened; already highlights that it happened before now or earlier than expected.
Revisa: auxiliar have/has; participio; fecha terminada → pasado simple; punto inicial → since; duración → for; finalidad → to o so that según la estructura.
Fichas originales · Más práctica
Music extension
Explore U2’s I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For on the band’s official website. Identify the auxiliary, the participle and the expectation adverb in the title. The lesson’s audio above reads our original examples.
Reference
Ejemplos y actividades de Manuel Molina Porlán para NeuroEnglish for You! Revisión: 28 de octubre de 2026. Se conservan los enlaces a las cuatro fichas de la entrada original.
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