Already | Yet | Still (+quiz) Advanced grammar

Описание: Already, yet, still adverbs main key points:

#useofalready
💢How to use already: We use already to refer to something which has happened or may have happened before the moment of speaking.
Syn: before now, or before a particular time

#alreadyadverb
💢 Already in sentences: Already comes before a main verb and after auxiliary verb.

#alreadymeaning
💢Already can sometimes suggest surprise on the part of the speaker, that something is unexpected:


#useofyet
💢How to use yet: We use yet most commonly in questions and negatives, to talk about things which are expected but which have not happened.
Syn: any time up to now

#yetposition
💢yet in sentences:
Yet comes:
1- at the end of the sentence ( In spoken English)
2- after ‘do not’, ‘have not’, ‘is not’ etc.
3- before ‘why’, ‘whether’ etc

#yetmeaning
💢use yet in expected situations.

#alreadyandyet
💢 Already and yet:
Already refers to things which have happened or which people think may have happened. Yet refers to things which have not happened or which people think may not have happened.


#useofstill
💢How to use still: We use still not yet or already to refer to the continuation of a situation.


#stilladverb
💢 Still in sentences: Still comes before the main verb and after the am, is are, was and were.


#stillgrammar
💢Still comes after the first auxiliary verb in positive sentences and before the first auxiliary verb in negative sentences.

#yetgrammar
💢Negatives with yet mean that something has not happened up to now.

#stillmeaning
💢Negatives with still suggest that the situation should have changed, but it has not.

#already grammar
💢Negatives with already are far less common than negatives with yet and still. They usually refer to things which should have happened before they did happen.


💢We usually put yet after the main verb, whereas we usually put still after the subject.