GTA 6: worth the wait? The present perfect with already, yet and just
About this lesson
This B1 ESL lesson plan teaches the present perfect with already, yet and just, plus for and since, with GTA 6 and its release date of November 19, 2026.
- Grammar
- Have / has + past participle for news and for what is still true (Fans have waited since 2013.), against the past simple for a finished time: The last game came out in 2013.
- Topic
- Thirteen years between Grand Theft Auto V and GTA 6, two trailers and two delays, with words such as release, pre-order, sequel and hype.
- Activities
- A news story, Mia and Tyler's dialogue, self-checking drills, a chat with a friend before the launch and boxes about waiting.
What's inside
Chapter 1Warm-up: are we there yet?
Chapter 2Let's read: thirteen years later
Chapter 3Let's listen: a red circle on the calendar
Chapter 4Grammar: still waiting or already over?
- Study the scheme: have waited or waited?Grammar schemeTry it
- Choose the correct option: present perfect or past simple?Choose the optionUnlock
- Fill in the gaps: present perfect or past simple? Use the verbs in bracketsFill in the gapsTry it
- Choose the correct word: for, since, already, yet or just?Choose the optionUnlock
- Fill in the table: a finished time or until now?Fill in the tableUnlock
- Choose the correct answer: which sentence is right?QuizUnlock
Chapter 5Let's talk: was it worth the wait?
Chapter 6Homework
- Match the words and the meaningsMatchUnlock
- Unscramble the wordsAnagramUnlock
- Fill in the gaps with the lesson's wordsFill in the gapsUnlock
- Choose the correct option: Nora and SamChoose the optionUnlock
- Fill in the gaps: present perfect or past simple? Use the verbs in bracketsFill in the gapsUnlock
- Sort the time phrases into the correct columns: for or since?Sort into columnsUnlock
- Put the words in the correct orderUnjumbleUnlock
- Choose the correct option: a fan's postChoose the optionUnlock
- Drag the events to the correct dates: the long road to GTA VIDrag and dropUnlock
Video game vocabulary
10 words and phrases from the lesson, each with a picture and audio in edio.
+7 more with pictures and audio in the lessonMore words
- trailer
- hype
- sequel
- console
- launch
- developer
- record
Grammar: the present perfect with already, yet and just vs the past simple
The present perfect ties a past event to now: Rockstar has delayed the game twice. The past simple goes with a finished time: The first trailer came out in December 2023. Around a game whose release date falls thirteen years after GTA V, learners read the time phrase before they choose a tense, put already, yet and just in place and pick for or since.
Have waited or waited?
Present perfect: the past is connected to now. Past simple: a finished time in the past.
Have / has + the past participle
Have or has comes first, then the third form: I've waited, she has waited, it hasn't come out, Has it come out? Regular verbs add -ed; irregular ones have their own: seen, taken, bought, been. After have, use the third form: Have you seen…?, not Have you saw…?
Present perfect: have / has + past participle
| Person | Positive | Negative | Question |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | I have waited (I've waited) | I haven't waited | Have I waited? |
| you | you have waited (you've waited) | you haven't waited | Have you waited? |
| he | he has waited (he's waited) | he hasn't waited | Has he waited? |
| she | she has waited (she's waited) | she hasn't waited | Has she waited? |
| it | it has come out (it's come out) | it hasn't come out | Has it come out? |
| we | we have waited (we've waited) | we haven't waited | Have we waited? |
| they | they have waited (they've waited) | they haven't waited | Have they waited? |
The past participle
Regular verbs: add -ed (wait → waited, delay → delayed, release → released). Irregular verbs have their own third form: see – saw – seen, take – took – taken, come – came – come, break – broke – broken, know – knew – known, buy – bought – bought, sell – sold – sold, make – made – made, be – was / were – been, have – had – had.
Connected to now, or a finished time?
Use the present perfect when the past still matters now: Fans have waited since 2013, and they are still waiting. Say when it happened, and the past simple takes over: The second trailer came out on May 6, 2025. When did the first trailer come out?
Connected to now, or finished?
Present perfect: connected to now
- It started in the past and is still true: Fans have waited since 2013.
- News, and the result matters now: Rockstar has delayed the game twice.
- With already, yet, just, ever, never, so far: I haven't played it yet.
- For … now: Mia and Tyler have been roommates for two years now. (They still are.)
Past simple: a finished time
- We say when: The last game came out in 2013.
- Time words: in December 2023, on May 6, last year, two years ago, yesterday, when…
- Questions with When: When did the trailer come out?
- A finished period: Mia lived in Chicago for two years. (She doesn't live there now.)
On a Monday in November 2026
- Fans have waited for thirteen years, and they are still waiting.
- The last game came out on September 17, 2013.
- Rockstar has delayed the game twice so far.
- The second trailer came out on May 6, 2025.
- Tyler has already pre-ordered the game, but it hasn't come out yet.
- “Have you seen the trailer yet?” “Yes, my brother sent it to me last year.”
For, since, already, yet and just
For a length of time, since a starting point: for five years, since 2013. Already (sooner than you expected) and just (a very short time ago) go between have and the participle. Yet means “until now” and closes negatives and questions: Have you seen it yet?
| Word | How to use it | Example |
|---|---|---|
| for | + a length of time: for thirteen years, for two days, for a long time | I've had this console for five years. |
| since | + a starting point: since 2013, since Monday, since the first trailer | Fans have waited since 2013. |
| already | sooner than you expected; between have / has and the participle | I've already pre-ordered it. |
| yet | until now; at the end of negatives and questions | It hasn't come out yet. Have you seen it yet? |
| just | a very short time ago; between have / has and the participle | He has just ordered pizza. |
Common mistakes with time phrases
The last game has come out in 2013 puts a finished time with the present perfect: say came out. An unfinished wait takes the present perfect, not the present simple: I have waited since 2013, not I wait since 2013. A length of time takes for: for thirteen years.
No present perfect with a finished time
When you say when it happened, use the past simple: The last game came out in 2013 (not: has come out in 2013). I saw the trailer last year (not: I have seen it last year). And use the present perfect, not the present simple, with for and since: I have waited since 2013 (not: I wait since 2013).
Common mistakes
The last game has come out in 2013.
The last game came out in 2013.
a finished time: past simple
Fans have waited since thirteen years.
Fans have waited for thirteen years.
for + a length of time
I wait for this game since 2013.
I have waited for this game since 2013.
still true: present perfect
Have you saw the trailer yet?
Have you seen the trailer yet?
have + the third form: seen
Did you eat yet? in casual American English
In casual American speech, people also use the past simple with already, yet and just: Did you eat yet? The lesson asks for the present perfect in writing and on tests: Have you eaten yet?
In American conversations
In casual American English, you will also hear the past simple with already, yet and just: “Did you eat yet?” In this lesson, in writing and on tests, use the present perfect: Have you eaten yet?
More lessons on this grammar: Present perfect lessons and exercises · Past simple lessons and exercises
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What's in the lesson
- 16 auto-checked exercises
- 5 games
- 1 article
- 1 grammar scheme
- 1 set of word cards
- 1 audio clip
- 1 picture
- 1 transcript
The main objectives of this lesson are to:
- say what is still true with for and since: Fans have waited since 2013. I've had it for five years.
- put already, yet and just in the right place: I've already pre-ordered it. Have you seen the trailer yet? He has just ordered pizza.
- give news with a result now, and use the past simple with a date: Rockstar has delayed the game twice. The second trailer came out on May 6, 2025.
- avoid the slips the lesson drills: came out in 2013, not has come out in 2013; for thirteen years, not since thirteen years
- talk about their own long waits: What have you waited a long time for? Was it worth it?
GTA 6: worth the wait? is one of five stand-alone lessons in English B1 · Hot Topics, each for the week of its event. GTA VI's release date is November 19, 2026, after two delays. Pair it, before or after, with Would you visit an airport just for fun?, lesson 1 of English B1.1 · Stories That Travel, which sets the present perfect against the past simple. A wait that started in 2013 is made for have waited since, and each delay has its own date.
Students spin a wheel of questions about waiting, games and trailers, learn ten words, from release and delay to developer and record, on cards with audio and short definitions, and play a memory game. They read a news story dated Monday, November 16, 2026, then hear roommates Mia and Tyler, both AI-voiced: he has pre-ordered the game and taken Thursday off, and she has never played a GTA game. The grammar chapter has the scheme and five self-checking exercises, among them a table of eight verbs in both tenses. In the speaking chapter, students answer a friend's texts on their own, then open boxes about waiting with a partner or the teacher.
All nine homework tasks check themselves: a word match, an anagram and gaps with the lesson's words, then Nora and Sam's tense choices, gaps about an invented sequel, a for or since sort, word order, a fan's post with choices and a GTA VI timeline to drag into place.
- Grammar:
- present perfect · past simple · for and since · already, yet, just
- Topic:
- GTA 6 · video games · waiting · game news · trailers · November 2026
Teaching tips
- Put the dates on a timeline before the reading: September 2013, December 2023, May 2025, November 2025 and November 19, 2026. Students guess what happened on each date, then read the news story to check.
- Split Tyler's news into two lists while the dialogue plays: what he has already done (pre-ordered the game, taken the day off, just ordered pizza) and what he hasn't done yet (cleaned the kitchen).
- Collect time phrases in two columns, finished and up to now: in 2013, last year and on May 6 against since 2013, so far and yet. Then each student builds one sentence from a phrase.
- Keep the talk on the wait, not the game: the series is made for adult players, so with teens, the boxes about students' own waits, trailers and pre-orders carry the speaking.
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The whole course: English B1 · Hot Topics
Five stand-alone lessons for teens and adults at B1, in American English, each tied to an event of late 2026: GTA VI's release on November 19, Black Friday, two blockbusters on December 18, Christmas around the world and New Year. Teach each one in the week of its event, for example between units of English B1.1 or B1.2. Every lesson has its own grammar point, and the practice exercises check themselves.See the course
Unit 1 November: a launch and a sale
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Lesson 2Black Friday: deal or trap?The first conditional: if + present simple, will / won't
Unit 2 December: holidays and big screens
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