present perfect simple + JUST

When the adverb word “just” is used with the present perfect simple, it means that the event or state happened a very short time ago

, and it is still relevant to the present moment. For example:

  • I have just finished my homework. (I am still in the process of completing my homework, and it is important that I finish it now.)
  • She has just arrived. (She is here now, and we can talk to her.)
  • We have just had lunch. (We are still full from lunch, and we may not be hungry for dinner yet.)

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 29 in the category of PAST:

present perfect simple: refer to a finished event or state in the recent past, that has a present relevance, often with ‘just’.

For example:

But your washing machine has broken now, too.

Million Dollar Arm


An iWeb search for:

_VH just _VVN

1 ‘VE JUST GOT 9034

2 HAVE JUST STARTED 7540

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

Thus, many governments have worked hard to solve this problem 

and many of them have just started to take the steps to solve it.

Arabic, Male, Level 5 writing class

 

4 HAS JUST RELEASED 6156
5 HAS JUST ANNOUNCED 4698
6 HAS JUST STARTED 4123
7 HAVE JUST FINISHED 4023

10 HAS JUST BEGUN 3459
11 HAVE JUST BOUGHT 3431

12 ‘VE JUST STARTED 3425

TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE:

Actually, I‘ve just started reading the first book.

female India B1

14 HAVE JUST MADE 2911
15 HAS JUST LAUNCHED 2783
16 HAVE JUST RELEASED 2779
17 HAVE JUST FOUND 2775

19 HAVE JUST COMPLETED 2727
20 HAVE JUST RETURNED 2722
21 HAVE JUST RECEIVED 2686
22 HAVE JUST GOT 2675
23 HAVE JUST COME 2575
24 ‘VE JUST FINISHED 2522
25 HAS JUST COMPLETED 2513
26 HAS JUST FINISHED 2478

29 HAS JUST COME 2380
30 HAVE JUST READ 2204
31 HAVE JUST SEEN 2166
32 HAVE JUST PURCHASED 2060

35 HAS JUST GONE 1856
36 HAVE JUST GONE 1855

38 HAVE JUST SAID 1815

41 HAVE JUST TAKEN 1780

43 HAVE JUST MOVED 1744
44 ‘VE JUST BOUGHT 1733
45 HAVE JUST BEGUN 1727

47 HAS JUST RETURNED 1686
48 ‘VE JUST SEEN 1672
49 HAVE JUST GOTTEN 1670

51 HAS JUST MADE 1618

53 HAS JUST OPENED 1537
54 HAS JUST PUBLISHED 1519

You know Hansen has just published another paper?

listen

55 ‘VE JUST MADE 1512
56 HAS JUST ARRIVED 1495
57 HAVE JUST DISCOVERED 1488

I have just discovered how Ukrainian and Polish citizens are treating Indian and African students 

and other people of color who are fleeing the war.

New York Daily News

58 ‘S JUST GOT 1473
59 HAVE JUST CREATED 1448

62 ‘VE JUST COME 1407
63 ‘VE JUST FOUND 1401
64 HAVE JUST GIVEN 1377

67 HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED 1343

Dallas police have just announced they have a suspect in the killing of a Dallas policeman.

listen

69 HAVE JUST LAUNCHED 1314
70 ‘VE JUST READ 1298
71 HAS JUST RECEIVED 1298

73 HAS JUST TAKEN 1287
74 HAVE JUST PUT 1210
75 HAS JUST GOTTEN 1162
76 HAS JUST GOT 1161
77 HAVE JUST ADDED 1146
78 HAVE JUST LEARNED 1134
79 HAVE JUST ORDERED 1107
80 HAVE JUST USED 1098

82 HAS JUST MOVED 1071
83 HAS JUST PASSED 1031
84 ‘VE JUST ADDED 1028
85 HAVE JUST LEFT 1020
86 HAVE JUST SPENT 1020
87 HAVE JUST ARRIVED 985
88 HAS JUST TURNED 965
89 ‘VE JUST SPENT 958

91 ‘VE JUST RECEIVED 952

93 HAVE JUST INSTALLED 940

96 HAS JUST GIVEN 920
97 ‘VE JUST CREATED 909
98 HAVE JUST TRIED 888

100 HAS JUST HAPPENED 870


A2:

added, arrived, completed, happened, just, moved, ordered, passed, received, returned, spent, tried, turned
B1:
announced, created, discovered, installed, published
B2:
launched, purchased, released

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