Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise Grammar 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 07 - Grammar focus 2 for the textbook Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Araminta Crace from Pearson Education

Question

Look at the time words / phrases in bold with the Present perfect. How does each word / phrase change the meaning?

Answer

  1. I haven't made a million yet. - It could happen in the future.
  2. We've just had our first baby. - recently
  3. My latest game has already sold ten million copies. - before now, quickly, and he expects it to sell more
  4. In the last ten years I've had about ten different jobs. - from ten years ago until now