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Temps, present perfect vs preterit et verbes irréguliers

Ce chapitre explique comment l'anglais combine deux temps (présent, passé) et des aspects (simple, be-ing, perfect) pour conjuguer les verbes, et il te donne la liste des verbes irréguliers à connaître par cœur. Tu y apprends aussi à choisir entre le present perfect (lien avec le présent) et le prétérit (coupure avec le présent), ainsi qu'à utiliser just, already, yet, since, for, been et gone.

I. Les temps et les aspects

1. Deux temps, quatre aspects

Définition

En anglais, il n'y a que deux temps (tenses) : le présent et le passé (prétérit). On y ajoute un aspect, qui montre comment on voit l'action :

simple (auxiliaire DO) : le fait brut ;
be-ing (auxiliaire BE) : l'action en cours, vue de l'intérieur ;
perfect (auxiliaire HAVE) : un bilan, un lien avec un moment de référence ;
perfect + be-ing (HAVE BEEN) : une activité qui dure jusqu'au moment de référence.

2. Le tableau de conjugaison

Aspect	Present	Past
Simple (DO)	Present simple : BV ou BV+s (3^e pers. sing.) auxiliaire DO / DOES	Preterit simple : BV+ed ou 2^e colonne des verbes irréguliers auxiliaire DID
Be-ing (BE)	Present be-ing : AM / IS / ARE + V-ing	Preterit be-ing : WAS / WERE + V-ing
Perfect (HAVE)	Present perfect : HAS / HAVE + participe passé (V-ed ou VI 3^e colonne)	Pluperfect / past perfect : HAD + participe passé (V-ed ou VI 3^e colonne)
Perfect + be-ing	Present perfect be-ing : HAS BEEN / HAVE BEEN + V-ing	Past perfect be-ing : HAD BEEN + V-ing

BV = base verbale ; VI = verbes irréguliers.

Exemple

Le verbe work à la 3^e personne :

Present simple : He works. — Preterit simple : He worked.
Present be-ing : He is working. — Preterit be-ing : He was working.
Present perfect : He has worked. — Pluperfect : He had worked.
Present perfect be-ing : He has been working. — Past perfect be-ing : He had been working.

3. Les auxiliaires DO, BE, HAVE

Propriété

DO, BE et HAVE sont les auxiliaires qui servent à former la négation (auxiliaire + not) et l'interrogation (auxiliaire placé avant le sujet).

He didn't work. (simple → DO)
Are they working? (be-ing → BE)
We haven't worked. (perfect → HAVE)

Attention

Après DO / DOES / DID, le verbe revient à la base verbale : la marque -s ou -ed passe sur l'auxiliaire.

He didn't work (et non didn't worked).
Does she like it? (et non Does she likes).
Did you see him? (et non Did you saw).

4. Orthographe des terminaisons (complément)

3^e pers. sing. : go → goes, watch → watches, study → studies.
Prétérit régulier : like → liked, stop → stopped, study → studied.

II. Les verbes irréguliers

1. Les trois formes

Définition

1^re colonne – base verbale : infinitif, present simple, après DO / DID / modal.
2^e colonne – prétérit : seulement au prétérit simple affirmatif.
3^e colonne – participe passé : après HAVE / HAS / HAD (perfect) et après BE (passif).

Exemple

write – wrote – written : I wrote a letter yesterday. / I didn't write to him. / I have written three letters this week.

2. Des familles pour mémoriser

Modèle	Exemples de la liste
A – A – A (3 formes identiques)	cut, put, let, hit, hurt, set, shut, cost, bet, burst, cast, quit, split, spread, broadcast, forecast, wet
A – B – B (prétérit = participe)	buy – bought, bring – brought, think – thought, seek – sought, fight – fought, teach – taught, catch – caught ; keep – kept, sleep – slept, feel – felt, meet – met, leave – left, lend – lent, send – sent, spend – spent, build – built ; make – made, pay – paid, say – said, sell – sold, tell – told, hold – held, find – found, stand – stood, understand – understood
A – B – A (participe = base)	come – came – come, become – became – become, overcome, run – ran – run
A – B – C (3 formes différentes)	write – wrote – written, drive – drove – driven, ride – rode – ridden, take – took – taken, speak – spoke – spoken, break – broke – broken, choose – chose – chosen, steal – stole – stolen, forget – forgot – forgotten, eat – ate – eaten, fall – fell – fallen, give – gave – given, see – saw – seen, go – went – gone, know – knew – known, grow – grew – grown, throw – threw – thrown, fly – flew – flown, draw – drew – drawn, wear – wore – worn
i – a – u	begin – began – begun, drink – drank – drunk, ring – rang – rung, sing – sang – sung, sink – sank – sunk, swim – swam – swum, spring – sprang – sprung, stink – stank – stunk
Forme en -t ou régulière	burn, dream, kneel, lean, learn, light, smell, spell, spoil : burnt / burned (le -t est plutôt britannique)

3. Les pièges de la liste

Attention

read – read – read : même orthographe, mais prétérit et participe se prononcent « red ». mean – meant – meant se prononce « mènt ».
lie – lay – lain (être allongé) ≠ lay – laid – laid (poser, pondre). lay est à la fois le prétérit de lie et la base de lay. lie au sens de « mentir » est régulier : lied – lied.
can – could : can est un modal, il n'a pas de participe passé. Au present perfect, on dit I have been able to.
sting – stung – stung et spin – spun – spun (la forme span est vieillie).
hang – hung – hung (accrocher) ; mais « pendre quelqu'un » est régulier : hanged.
get – got – got en anglais britannique ; gotten est américain.
Ne pas confondre fall – fell – fallen (tomber) et feel – felt – felt (ressentir) ; leave – left (partir) et live – lived (vivre, régulier).

4. La liste complète

N°	Base verbale	Prétérit	Participe passé	Traduction
1	awake	awoke	awoken	se réveiller
2	be	was / were	been	être
3	bear	bore	borne / born	porter, supporter / naître
4	beat	beat	beaten	battre, frapper
5	become	became	become	devenir
6	begin	began	begun	commencer
7	bend	bent	bent	plier, se courber
8	bet	bet	bet	parier
9	bleed	bled	bled	saigner
10	blow	blew	blown	souffler, gonfler
11	break	broke	broken	casser
12	bring	brought	brought	apporter
13	broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	diffuser, émettre
14	build	built	built	construire
15	burn	burnt / burned	burnt / burned	brûler
16	burst	burst	burst	éclater
17	buy	bought	bought	acheter
18	can	could	— (pas de participe : been able to)	pouvoir
19	cast	cast	cast	jeter, distribuer (rôles)
20	catch	caught	caught	attraper
21	choose	chose	chosen	choisir
22	cling	clung	clung	s'accrocher
23	clothe	clad / clothed	clad / clothed	habiller, recouvrir
24	come	came	come	venir
25	cost	cost	cost	coûter
26	creep	crept	crept	ramper
27	cut	cut	cut	couper
28	deal	dealt	dealt	distribuer
29	dig	dug	dug	creuser
30	do	did	done	faire
31	draw	drew	drawn	dessiner, tirer
32	dream	dreamt / dreamed	dreamt / dreamed	rêver
33	drink	drank	drunk	boire
34	drive	drove	driven	conduire
35	eat	ate	eaten	manger
36	fall	fell	fallen	tomber
37	feed	fed	fed	nourrir
38	feel	felt	felt	se sentir, ressentir (émotions)
39	fight	fought	fought	se battre
40	find	found	found	trouver
41	flee	fled	fled	s'enfuir
42	fly	flew	flown	voler (dans l'air)
43	forbid	forbade	forbidden	interdire
44	forecast	forecast	forecast	prévoir, pronostiquer
45	forget	forgot	forgotten	oublier
46	forgive	forgave	forgiven	pardonner
47	foresee	foresaw	foreseen	prévoir, anticiper
48	freeze	froze	frozen	geler
49	get	got	got / gotten (US)	obtenir
50	give	gave	given	donner
51	go	went	gone	aller
52	grind	ground	ground	moudre, broyer
53	grow	grew	grown	grandir, pousser
54	hang	hung	hung	accrocher, pendre
55	have	had	had	avoir
56	hear	heard	heard	entendre
57	hide	hid	hidden	cacher
58	hit	hit	hit	frapper, heurter, se cogner
59	hold	held	held	tenir
60	hurt	hurt	hurt	faire mal, faire souffrir
61	keep	kept	kept	garder
62	kneel	knelt / kneeled	knelt / kneeled	s'agenouiller
63	know	knew	known	savoir, connaître
64	lay	laid	laid	poser, pondre
65	lead	led	led	mener, guider
66	lean	leant / leaned	leant / leaned	se pencher
67	learn	learnt	learnt	apprendre
68	leave	left	left	partir, quitter
69	lend	lent	lent	prêter
70	let	let	let	permettre, louer
71	lie	lay	lain	être allongé, s'allonger
72	light	lit / lighted	lit / lighted	éclairer, allumer
73	lose	lost	lost	perdre
74	make	made	made	fabriquer
75	mean	meant (« mènt »)	meant (« mènt »)	signifier, vouloir dire
76	meet	met	met	rencontrer
77	overcome	overcame	overcome	surmonter
78	pay	paid	paid	payer
79	put	put	put	mettre
80	quit	quit	quit	quitter
81	read	read (« red »)	read (« red »)	lire
82	ride	rode	ridden	monter (à vélo, à cheval)
83	ring	rang	rung	sonner, téléphoner
84	rise	rose	risen	monter, se lever, augmenter
85	run	ran	run	courir
86	say	said	said	dire
87	see	saw	seen	voir
88	seek	sought	sought	chercher
89	sell	sold	sold	vendre
90	send	sent	sent	envoyer
91	set	set	set	se coucher (soleil), poser
92	shake	shook	shaken	secouer
93	shine	shone	shone	briller
94	shoot	shot	shot	tirer, fusiller, filmer
95	show	showed	shown	montrer
96	shut	shut	shut	fermer
97	sing	sang	sung	chanter
98	sink	sank	sunk	couler
99	sit	sat	sat	s'asseoir
100	sleep	slept	slept	dormir
101	slide	slid	slid	glisser, coulisser
102	smell	smelt	smelt	sentir (odorat)
103	speak	spoke	spoken	parler
104	speed	sped	sped	aller à toute vitesse, faire un excès de vitesse
105	spell	spelt	spelt	épeler, orthographier
106	spend	spent	spent	dépenser, passer (du temps)
107	spin	spun	spun	tourner, faire tourner
108	spit	spat	spat	cracher, postillonner
109	split	split	split	couper en deux, diviser, séparer
110	spoil	spoilt	spoilt	gâcher, gâter
111	spread	spread	spread	répandre, se propager
112	spring	sprang	sprung	surgir, jaillir, bondir
113	stand	stood	stood	se lever, être debout
114	steal	stole	stolen	voler, dérober
115	stick	stuck	stuck	coller
116	sting	stung	stung	piquer (insecte)
117	stink	stank	stunk	puer
118	strike	struck	struck / stricken	frapper, donner un coup
119	strive	strove	striven	s'efforcer, faire tout son possible
120	swear	swore	sworn	jurer
121	sweat	sweat / sweated	sweat / sweated	suer, transpirer
122	sweep	swept	swept	balayer
123	swell	swelled	swollen	enfler, gonfler
124	swim	swam	swum	nager
125	swing	swung	swung	se balancer
126	take	took	taken	prendre
127	teach	taught	taught	enseigner
128	tear	tore	torn	déchirer
129	tell	told	told	dire, raconter
130	think	thought	thought	penser
131	throw	threw	thrown	jeter
132	tread	trod	trodden	marcher sur, piétiner
133	undergo	underwent	undergone	subir
134	understand	understood	understood	comprendre
135	wake	woke	woken	réveiller
136	wear	wore	worn	porter, avoir sur soi
137	weep	wept	wept	pleurer
138	wet	wet	wet	mouiller
139	win	won	won	gagner
140	wind	wound	wound	enrouler, serpenter
141	withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	se retirer, retirer de l'argent
142	wring	wrung	wrung	tordre, essorer
143	write	wrote	written	écrire

III. Present perfect ou prétérit ?

1. Le present perfect : lien avec le présent

Propriété

On utilise le present perfect (simple ou be-ing) :

quand on s'intéresse au résultat, on fait un état des lieux : Tom has lost his key. He can't get into the house.
quand l'action a une incidence sur le présent, ou quand elle continue dans le présent (période non terminée) : I've done a lot of work today.

Le present perfect répond à la question How long?

Marqueurs : today, this week, this morning (s'il est encore le matin), since 2010, for an hour, recently, ever, never (dans toute ma vie), just, already, yet.

2. Le prétérit : coupure avec le présent

Propriété

On utilise le prétérit (ou past simple) :

quand l'action est finie et n'a aucun lien avec le présent : période terminée, finished time. Tom lost his key yesterday.
quand on s'intéresse aux circonstances (when? what time? where? how?) : When did Carla leave?

Le prétérit répond à la question When?

Marqueurs : yesterday, last week, on Sunday, from 2010 to 2014, in 2010, two days ago, when I was a child.

Attention

Jamais de present perfect avec un marqueur de passé terminé : I have seen him yesterday est faux → I saw him yesterday.
Une question en When se met au prétérit : When did you arrive? (et non When have you arrived?).

3. Comparer : les exemples du cours

Present perfect (lien avec maintenant)	Prétérit (période terminée)
Is Carla here or has* she left?*	When did Carla leave?
It hasn't rained* this week.*	It didn't rain* last week.*
Have you seen Anna this morning? (il est encore le matin)	Did you see Anna this morning? (il est maintenant l'après-midi ou le soir)
Have you seen Ben recently? (ces derniers jours ou semaines)	Did you see Ben on Sunday?
I've been working here since 2010. (je travaille encore ici)	I worked* here from 2010 to 2014.* (je ne travaille plus ici)
I don't know where Lisa is. I haven't seen* her.* (= récemment)	Was Lisa at the party on Sunday? — I don't think so. I didn't see* her.*
We've been waiting for an hour. (on attend encore)	We waited* (ou were waiting) for an hour.* (on n'attend plus)
Jack lives in Los Angeles. He has lived* there for seven years.*	Jack lived* in New York for ten years. Now he lives in Los Angeles.*
I've never ridden a horse. (dans ma vie)	I never rode* a bike when I was a child.*
Dernier jour des vacances : It's been a really good holiday. I've really enjoyed* it.*	De retour de vacances : It was* a really good holiday. I really enjoyed it.*

4. La durée : since, for et le « depuis » français

Propriété

since + point de départ : since 2010, since Monday, since I was ten.
for + durée : for an hour, for seven years.
Pour une action commencée dans le passé et qui continue : present perfect simple (état, bilan : He has lived there for seven years) ou be-ing (activité en cours : We've been waiting for an hour).
Avec les verbes d'état (know, be, have au sens de posséder), on garde le simple : I've known him for years.

Attention

Le français dit « J'habite ici depuis 2010 » au présent. L'anglais exige le present perfect : I have lived here since 2010 (et non I live here since 2010). Et ago (il y a) va toujours avec le prétérit : He left two hours ago.

IV. Just, already, not… yet

JUST = qui vient de se passer	ALREADY = qui a déjà eu lieu	NOT… YET = qui n'a pas encore eu lieu
Don't touch this wall. I have just painted* it.*	« Do your homework. » « I have already done* it. »*	The teacher has asked to do this exercise, but I haven't done* it yet.*

Propriété

just et already se placent entre have et le participe passé.
yet se place en fin de phrase, dans les négations (pas encore) et les questions (déjà ?) : Has your course started yet?

V. Been ou gone ?

Propriété

has gone to : il est parti et il y est encore. Bill has gone to Spain (= he is in Spain now).
has been to : il y est allé et il est revenu. Bill has been to Spain (= he went to Spain but now he is back).
Pour une expérience : Have you ever been to Mexico?

Attention

Si la personne est revenue, ou pour parler d'une expérience de vie, on emploie been, jamais gone : Have you ever gone to Mexico? est faux.

Fiches de révision

Fiche 1

Le tableau des temps et des aspects

2 temps : présent et passé.
Simple : BV / BV+s ; BV+ed ou 2^e colonne.
Be-ing : AM/IS/ARE ou WAS/WERE + V-ing.
Perfect : HAS/HAVE ou HAD + participe passé.
Perfect be-ing : HAS/HAVE BEEN ou HAD BEEN + V-ing.

Piège : Le pluperfect se forme avec HAD + participe passé, pas avec HAD + prétérit (had went est faux, had gone est juste).

Fiche 2

Négation et question avec DO, BE, HAVE

Négation : auxiliaire + not (didn't, isn't, haven't).
Question : auxiliaire avant le sujet (Are they working?).
Simple → DO / DOES / DID ; be-ing → BE ; perfect → HAVE.
Après DO / DOES / DID : base verbale.

Piège : Pas de double marque : He didn't work, Does she like, Did you see (jamais didn't worked, does she likes, did you saw).

Fiche 3

Les verbes irréguliers

2^e colonne = prétérit affirmatif seulement.
3^e colonne = après have / has / had et au passif.
Familles : cut-cut-cut ; buy-bought-bought ; come-came-come ; write-wrote-written ; begin-began-begun.
read-read-read se prononce « red » au passé.

Piège : Ne confonds pas lie-lay-lain (être allongé) et lay-laid-laid (poser) ; et can n'a pas de participe passé (been able to).

Fiche 4

Present perfect ou prétérit

Present perfect : résultat, lien avec le présent, période non finie (today, this week, since, for, ever, never, recently).
Répond à How long?
Prétérit : action finie, coupure avec le présent, circonstances (yesterday, last week, ago, in 2010, when I was a child).
Répond à When?

Piège : Jamais de present perfect avec yesterday, ago, last… ou une question en When.

Fiche 5

Since, for et le « depuis »

since + point de départ (since 2010).
for + durée (for an hour).
Action qui dure encore : present perfect simple (état) ou be-ing (activité).
ago + prétérit : He left two hours ago.

Piège : « J'habite ici depuis 2010 » se dit I have lived here since 2010, pas I live here since 2010.

Fiche 6

Just, already, yet ; been ou gone

just = vient de ; already = déjà ; not… yet = pas encore.
just / already entre have et le participe ; yet en fin de phrase.
has gone to = il y est encore.
has been to = il y est allé et il est revenu ; expérience : Have you ever been to…?

Piège : Have you ever gone to Mexico est faux : pour une expérience ou un retour, on dit been.

Cartes à découper

Découper chaque carte, la plier sur le pointillé et écrire la réponse au dos.

1 · DéfinitionQuels sont les deux temps de l'anglais ?

2 · DéfinitionQuels sont les quatre aspects du tableau ?

3 · FormuleComment se forme le present perfect ?

4 · FormuleComment se forme le pluperfect (past perfect) ?

5 · FormuleComment se forme le present perfect be-ing ?

6 · FormuleComment se forme le preterit be-ing ?

7 · MéthodeÀ quoi servent DO, BE et HAVE ?

8 · PiègeCorrige : He didn't worked.

9 · DéfinitionÀ quoi sert la 2^e colonne des verbes irréguliers ?

10 · DéfinitionÀ quoi sert la 3^e colonne des verbes irréguliers ?

11 · Verbego ?

12 · Verbechoose ?

13 · Verbebring ?

14 · Verbeteach ?

15 · Verbelie (être allongé) ?

16 · Verbelay (poser, pondre) ?

17 · Verbesting ?

18 · PiègeComment se prononce read au prétérit et au participe ?

19 · PiègeQuel est le participe passé de can ?

20 · Verberide ?

21 · Verbethrow ?

22 · MéthodeQuand utiliser le present perfect ?

23 · MéthodeQuand utiliser le prétérit ?

24 · MéthodeCite trois marqueurs du prétérit.

25 · MéthodeCite trois marqueurs du present perfect.

26 · DéfinitionDifférence entre since et for ?

27 · PiègeTraduis : J'habite ici depuis 2010.

28 · DéfinitionQue signifie just au present perfect ?

29 · DéfinitionOù place-t-on yet ?

30 · DéfinitionBill has gone to Spain : où est Bill ?

31 · DéfinitionBill has been to Spain : où est Bill ?

32 · ExempleDid you see Anna this morning? : quelle heure est-il ?

Quiz

Une seule bonne réponse par question.

Quel est le prétérit de sting (piquer) ?
- A. stung
- B. stang
- C. stunk
- D. stinged
Quel est le participe passé de go ?
- A. gone
- B. went
- C. goes
- D. goed
I ___ my keys. I can't open the door.
- A. have lost
- B. lost
- C. did lose
- D. have losed
I ___ him yesterday.
- A. saw
- B. have seen
- C. seen
- D. have saw
She lives in Paris. She ___ there since 2015.
- A. has lived
- B. lives
- C. is living
- D. lived
We've been waiting ___ an hour.
- A. for
- B. since
- C. ago
- D. during
When ___ Carla leave?
- A. did
- B. has
- C. was
- D. have
Bill is in Spain now. He ___ to Spain.
- A. has gone
- B. has been
- C. is been
- D. went
Have you ever ___ to Mexico?
- A. been
- B. gone
- C. go
- D. went
He didn't ___ yesterday.
- A. work
- B. worked
- C. working
- D. works
Comment se forme le present perfect be-ing ?
- A. HAVE + V-ing
- B. BE + participe passé
- C. HAD BEEN + V-ing
- D. HAVE / HAS BEEN + V-ing
Comment se forme le pluperfect ?
- A. WAS + V-ing
- B. DID + base verbale
- C. HAVE + participe passé
- D. HAD + participe passé
I haven't finished ___.
- A. just
- B. since
- C. already
- D. yet
Don't touch this wall. I have ___ painted it.
- A. ago
- B. since
- C. yet
- D. just
Quel est le prétérit de lie (être allongé) ?
- A. lied
- B. lain
- C. laid
- D. lay
Quel est le prétérit de read ?
- A. red
- B. rode
- C. readed
- D. read, prononcé « red »
Le present perfect répond plutôt à la question…
- A. What time?
- B. Where exactly?
- C. When?
- D. How long?
Did you see Anna this morning? On le dit…
- A. seulement à l'écrit
- B. pour parler de demain matin
- C. le matin, avant midi
- D. l'après-midi ou le soir
I never rode a bike when I was a child. Pourquoi le prétérit ?
- A. L'action a un lien avec le présent
- B. Never impose toujours le prétérit
- C. L'action vient de se passer
- D. La période (l'enfance) est terminée
Quel est le participe passé de can ?
- A. canned
- B. coulded
- C. could
- D. aucun : on dit been able to
Traduis : J'habite ici depuis dix ans.
- A. I lived here for ten years.
- B. I have lived here since ten years.
- C. I live here since ten years.
- D. I have lived here for ten years.
Quel est le participe passé de choose ?
- A. choosed
- B. choosen
- C. chose
- D. chosen

Exercices

Exercice 1 : Exercice 1 — Temps, aspects et verbes irréguliers

1. Donne le nom du temps et de l'aspect de chaque forme verbale.

She has been studying.
They were playing.
He had left.
We have finished.
I play.
She walked.

2. Mets chaque phrase à la forme négative, puis à la forme interrogative.

He works in London.
They bought a car.
She is reading.
You have seen this film.
We were sleeping.

3. Donne le prétérit et le participe passé de ces verbes : bring, catch, choose, fly, lie (être allongé), lay (poser), read, sting, teach, think, throw, write.

Exercice 2 : Exercice 2 — Present perfect ou prétérit ?

1. Mets le verbe au present perfect (simple ou be-ing) ou au prétérit. Justifie chaque choix en une phrase.

I (lose) my phone. I can't call you.
We (visit) Rome last summer.
She (live) in Paris since 2015.
When (you / arrive)?
I (never / see) a whale in my life.
They (move) to London three years ago.
It's 11 a.m. (you / have) breakfast this morning?
We (wait) for the bus for twenty minutes, and it still isn't here.
Jack (live) in New York for ten years, then he moved to Los Angeles.
Look! Someone (break) the window.

2. Traduis en anglais.

J'apprends l'anglais depuis cinq ans.
Je le connais depuis 2019.
Il est parti il y a deux heures.
Nous avons vu ce film hier.

Exercice 3 : Exercice 3 — Les exercices de la fiche (just, already, yet, been, gone)

1. Complete the sentences using the present perfect.

Sally is still here. She hasn't gone (she / not / go) out. (exemple)
I can't find my bag. … (you / see / it) anywhere?
I can't log on to the website. … (I / forget) my password.
I sent Joe an email this morning, but … (he / not / reply).
Is the meeting still going on, or … (it / finish)?
… (the weather / change). It's colder now.
… (you / not / sign) the form. Could you sign it now, please?
Are your friends still here, or … (they / go) home?
Paul doesn't know what he's going to do. … (he / not / decide / yet).
'Do you know where Julia is?' 'Yes, … (I / just / see / her).'
'When is David going away?' '… (he / already / go).'
A: … (your course / start / yet)? B: Not yet. It starts next week.

2. Read the situations and write sentences with just, already or yet.

After lunch you go to see a friend at her house. She says, 'Would you like something to eat?' You say: No thank you. I've just had lunch. (have lunch) (exemple)
Joe goes out. Five minutes later, the phone rings and the caller says, 'Can I speak to Joe?' You say: I'm afraid … (go out)
You are eating in a restaurant. The waiter thinks you have finished and starts to take your plate away. You say: Wait a minute! … (not / finish)
You plan to eat at a restaurant tonight. You phone to reserve a table. Later your friend says, 'Shall I phone to reserve a table?' You say: No, … (do it)
You know that Lisa is looking for a place to live. Perhaps she has been successful. You ask her: …? (find)
You are still thinking about where to go for your holiday. A friend asks, 'Where are you going for your holiday?' You say: … (not / decide)
Laura went out, but a few minutes ago she returned. Somebody asks, 'Is Laura still out?' You say: No, … (come back)

3. Put in 'gone' or 'been'.

Bill is on holiday at the moment. He's … to Spain.
'Where's Jill?' 'She's not here. I think she's … to the bank.'
Hello, Sue. Where have you …? Have you … to the bank?
'Have you ever … to Mexico?' 'No, never.'
My parents aren't at home this evening. They've … out.
There's a new restaurant in town. Have you … to it?
Ann knows Paris well. She's … there many times.
Helen was here earlier but I think she's … now.