📝 Daily Practice
🎯 Lesson Goal
Learn how to use ‘just’ and ‘recently’ with the Present Perfect tense to talk about actions that happened a short time ago.
🧠 Grammar Focus
‘Just’ and ‘recently’ are used with the Present Perfect to talk about actions that happened a short time ago. We use ‘just’ for something that happened a very short time before now. We use ‘recently’ for things that happened not long ago but not as close as ‘just’. The usual structure is: Subject + have/has + just/recently + past participle. Examples: I have just finished my homework. She has recently started a new job. They have just arrived. We have recently moved to a new city.
📖 Short Reading
Anna has just finished her lunch. She has recently started learning English. Today, she has just completed a new exercise. She has recently met her new teacher, and she has just sent an email to her. Anna has recently joined a conversation club. She has just realized that she enjoys speaking English. It has recently helped her make new friends.
✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks
1. He has ____ (just / yet / already) called his mother.
2. They have ____ (already / recently / always) moved to a new house.
3. I have ____ (just / yesterday / never) finished my homework.
4. She has ____ (today / recently / yesterday) started a new job.
5. We have ____ (just / last year / tomorrow) arrived at the station.
6. The children have ____ (never / just / recently) joined the game.
7. You have ____ (just / always / never) sent the email.
8. My friend has ____ (already / just / recently) learned to swim.
🔗 Exercise 2 – Matching
1. I have just
2. She has recently
3. We have just
4. They have recently
5. He has just
6. You have recently
✅ Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice
1. Which is correct? (talk / talked / have talked) just now.
2. She has ____ a new book recently. (read / reads / readed)
3. They have just ____ home. (leave / left / leaves)
4. We have ____ a movie recently. (see / saw / seen)
5. I have just ____ a letter. (write / wrote / written)
6. He has recently ____ a new language. (learn / learned / learning)
📝 Writing Practice
1. Write 3 sentences about things you have just done today.
2. Write 2 sentences about something you have recently started or learned.
3. Write a short paragraph about a friend who has just or recently done something interesting.
📚 Key Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| just | a very short time ago |
| recently | not long ago |
| finished | completed something |
| started | began something |
| teacher | a person who teaches |
| a message sent by computer | |
| joined | became part of something |
| realized | understood something |
| helped | gave help |
| friends | people you like and trust |
🔎 Answer Key
- exercise_1_fill_blanks: 1.just 2.recently 3.just 4.recently 5.just 6.recently 7.just 8.recently
- exercise_2_matching: 1.finished my dinner. 2.started a new course. 3.arrived at the airport. 4.moved to a bigger house. 5.sent a message. 6.met your neighbors.
- exercise_3_multiple_choice: 1.have talked 2.read 3.left 4.seen 5.written 6.learned
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