present perfect simple + ALREADY – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 22 in the category of PAST is defined as:

present perfect simple with ‘already’ to emphasise that something is done, often before the expected time.

FOR EXAMPLE:

He is the most joyful person that I have ever met,

and in just over a year,

he has already made the world a better place.

A search in iWeb for:

_VHZ already _VVN

1 HAS ALREADY BEGUN 7505 2 HAS ALREADY MADE 6871 3 HAS ALREADY STARTED 6804 4 HAS ALREADY TAKEN 4506 5 HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 3286 6 HAS ALREADY SEEN 3249 7 HAS ALREADY SAID 2993 8 HAS ALREADY HAPPENED 2935 9 HAS ALREADY PASSED 2350 10 HAS ALREADY SHOWN 2291 11 HAS ALREADY WON 2261 12 HAS ALREADY GONE 2154 13 HAS ALREADY OCCURRED 1984 14 HAS ALREADY PROVEN 1934 15 HAS ALREADY GIVEN 1912 16 HAS ALREADY COME 1658 17 HAS ALREADY REACHED 1654 18 HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED 1651 19 HAS ALREADY PAID 1476 20 HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED 1447 21 HAS ALREADY RAISED 1414 22 HAS ALREADY HELPED 1390 23 HAS ALREADY LOST 1270 24 HAS ALREADY SOLD 1251 25 HAS ALREADY SET 1247 26 HAS ALREADY SPENT 1235 27 HAS ALREADY CREATED 1227 28 HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED 1133 29 HAS ALREADY COMPLETED 1118 30 ‘S ALREADY GOT 1099 31 HAS ALREADY SIGNED 1092 32 HAS ALREADY PUT 1080 33 HAS ALREADY PROVED 1056 34 HAS ALREADY PROVIDED 1000 35 HAS ALREADY MOVED 974 36 HAS ALREADY ATTRACTED 956 37 HAS ALREADY TOLD 948 38 HAS ALREADY LEFT 942 39 HAS ALREADY EARNED 940 40 HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED 933 41 HAS ALREADY PLAYED 930 42 HAS ALREADY CHANGED 921 43 HAS ALREADY FOUND 904 44 HAS ALREADY STATED 891 45 HAS ALREADY DECIDED 890 46 HAS ALREADY RELEASED 878 47 HAS ALREADY LED 877 48 HAS ALREADY CAUSED 832 49 HAS ALREADY BUILT 830

50 HAS ALREADY COMMITTED 815

_VH0 already _VVN

1 HAVE ALREADY SEEN 9591 2 HAVE ALREADY MADE 8202 3 HAVE ALREADY STARTED 7507 4 ‘VE ALREADY GOT 6457 5 ‘VE ALREADY SEEN 6116 6 HAVE ALREADY TAKEN 5503 7 HAVE ALREADY BEGUN 5228 8 HAVE ALREADY SAID 4328 9 HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3842 10 HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED 3444 11 HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED 3201 12 HAVE ALREADY PAID 3004 13 HAVE ALREADY RECOMMENDED 2883 14 ‘VE ALREADY MADE 2848 15 HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED 2748 16 HAVE ALREADY CREATED 2656 17 HAVE ALREADY TRIED 2433 18 HAVE ALREADY USED 2373 19 HAVE ALREADY GONE 2330 20 HAVE ALREADY SHOWN 2312 21 HAVE ALREADY SIGNED 2251 22 HAVE ALREADY FOUND 2165 23 HAVE ALREADY GIVEN 2071 24 HAVE ALREADY LOST 2031 25 ‘VE ALREADY STARTED 1947 26 ‘VE ALREADY MENTIONED 1941 27 HAVE ALREADY LEARNED 1872 28 HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED 1754 29 HAVE ALREADY PASSED 1689 30 HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED 1630 31 HAVE ALREADY SET 1565 32 HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED 1556 33 HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN 1543 34 ‘VE ALREADY TRIED 1535 35 HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT 1534 36 HAVE ALREADY COME 1519 37 ‘VE ALREADY SAID 1507 38 HAVE ALREADY DECIDED 1504 39 HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED 1464 40 HAVE ALREADY TOLD 1463 41 HAVE ALREADY PUT 1458 42 HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED 1444 43 HAVE ALREADY STATED 1339 44 HAVE ALREADY GOT 1337 45 ‘VE ALREADY TAKEN 1319 46 HAVE ALREADY READ 1304 47 HAVE ALREADY SPENT 1290 48 HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED 1243 49 HAVE ALREADY REACHED 1239 50 ‘VE ALREADY PAID 1213 51 HAVE ALREADY HEARD 1210 52 HAVE ALREADY EARNED 1196 53 HAVE ALREADY MOVED 1136 54 HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED 1136 55 HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN 1135 56 HAVE ALREADY SOLD 1084 57 HAVE ALREADY WON 1061 58 HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED 1058 59 HAVE ALREADY NOTED 1042 60 HAVE ALREADY SENT 1032 61 HAVE ALREADY BUILT 1020 62 ‘VE ALREADY HEARD 1013 63 HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN 1010 64 ‘VE ALREADY WRITTEN 1008 65 HAVE ALREADY ADDED 1008 66 HAVE ALREADY COVERED 1003 67 HAVE ALREADY BOOKED 1001 68 HAVE ALREADY LEFT 1001 69 ‘VE ALREADY READ 997 70 HAVE ALREADY INVESTED 988 71 HAVE ALREADY PLAYED 988 72 ‘VE ALREADY TOLD 985 73 HAVE ALREADY MET 962 74 ‘VE ALREADY CREATED 955 75 HAVE ALREADY APPLIED 947 76 ‘VE ALREADY USED 940 77 ‘VE ALREADY LOST 929 78 HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED 922 79 HAVE ALREADY PROVEN 920 80 ‘VE ALREADY COVERED 917 81 ‘VE ALREADY DISCUSSED 913 82 ‘VE ALREADY LEARNED 910 83 ‘VE ALREADY FOUND 902 84 HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED 897 85 ‘VE ALREADY TALKED 895 86 HAVE ALREADY POINTED 883 87 HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED 865 88 HAVE ALREADY DISCOVERED 864 89 HAVE ALREADY WORKED 846 90 HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED 839 91 HAVE ALREADY ENTERED 830 92 ‘VE ALREADY SPENT 828 93 HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED 817 94 ‘VE ALREADY RECEIVED 816 95 ‘VE ALREADY BOUGHT 809 96 HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED 797 97 ‘VE ALREADY GONE 795 98 ‘VE ALREADY GOTTEN 794 99 HAVE ALREADY POSTED 793

100 HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED 789

A2: added, already, booked, built, completed, covered, decided, discussed, earned, entered, happened, lost, moved, passed, pointed, posted, received, set, sold, spent, tried, won B1: achieved, announced, applied, attracted, created, developed, discovered, experienced, installed, led, mentioned, noted, proved, provided, raised, reached, recommended, registered, signed B2:

adopted, caused, committed, established, expressed, implemented, invested, occurred, purchased, released, stated, submitted

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

I sense your eyes have already begun to glaze over.

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