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 PRACTICE ON POINTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

• Pres Perf Summary
• Up to Now
• Duration/ Repetition
• Permanent/Temp
• Experience
• Ongoing
• Just / Recently
• Already / Yet
• Implied Meanings
• State of Mind
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Already / Yet

Activities Occurring Sooner or Later Than Expected

 

 

 

 

Already vs. Yet

ALREADY	YET
Action or activity occurred earlier than expected.	Action or activity occurred later than expected.
The bus has already been here. (It came early and left.)	The bus hasn't come yet. (It's late and I am still waiting.)
The others have left already.(They came early and left.)	The others haven't left yet. (We expected them to leave by now.)

 

 

Adverbs & Sentence Types

STATEMENT	NEGATIVE	QUESTION
We have already finished the work. We have finished the work already.	We haven't finished the work already. (incorrect)	Have you finished the work already? (I think you have.)
We have finished the work yet.  (incorrect)	We haven't yet finished the work. We haven't finished the work yet.	Have you finished the work yet? (I don't think you have.)

 

 

Adverbs & Sentence Position

MEDIAL	FINAL
We have already finished the work.	We have finished the work already. (We are early.)
We haven't yet finished the work. (alternate word order)	We haven't finished the work yet. (We are late.)

 

 

 

Practice

Expecting a Baby

 

 

1. Select the word from each menu that best completes the sentence. 
2. Compare your response to the answer by clicking the "check" button to the right. 

#	YOUR RESPONSE	ANSWER CHECK
1.	- Have your wife have Has your wife have Does your wife have her baby yet?
2.	No, - she haven't. she hasn't. she doesn't have.
3.	- Have already she have Has she already had Already she has a sonogram?  (medical image created using ultrasound)
4.	Yes, - she already has one. she's already had one. already she have one.
5.	- Has she found out Have she found out Does she found out the baby's gender yet?
6.	Yes, - already she found out she has already found out that it's a boy.
7.	Do we have to leave already? yet?
8.	No, we don't have to go already. yet.
9.	I haven't finished my coffee already. yet.
10.	Have you finished yours already? yet? both correct

 

 

 

 

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