How to use yet already and still in English Learn English Grammar

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topic today’s lesson topic is yet

already and still here are today’s

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if you want we’re going to talk about

using yet

uh and we’ll also talk about it as a

coordinating conjunction not just in

these um perfect tense structures we’re

going to talk about already and still so

one two three

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started with yet yet okay

yet

first

let’s talk about this uh use with

perfect tense structures okay with

perfect structures so just yet

to express an action

or a condition

that has not happened

but

that we expect

to happen so the key with yet

is there’s some expectation we think

that thing or that condition is going to

happen but it has not happened we use

yet when we want to express this

so

here’s a basic pattern we can use to

create a yet sentence we have subject

plus hasn’t

or haven’t so no the negative form not

has or have but has not and have not

right

so subject hasn’t

past participle verb

yet

or

subject haven’t

past participle verb

yet

okay

so note we use the negative form here

has not and have not are reduced to

hasn’t and haven’t

so let’s look at some example sentences

that use yet in this way you can send

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live so first example we’re going to see

these uh in today’s lesson these three

sentences a lot okay so i haven’t

eaten

lunch yet

i haven’t eaten lunch yet so let’s break

this down so i is our subject

haven’t

is right here my negative have not for

this structure and then eaten is my past

participle verb in this case eaten lunch

what did i eat or not eat and yet at the

end of the sentence

so this shows we have an expectation

there’s some expectation we’re going to

eat lunch but

it didn’t happen or it has not happened

so this sentence i haven’t eaten lunch

is 100 correct i haven’t eaten lunch the

difference is this sentence i haven’t

eaten lunch

sounds like a simple fact right we’re

just reporting information i haven’t

eaten lunch yet sounds like i’m planning

to or there’s some expectation

okay

let’s go to the next one then

he hasn’t finished his homework yet

he hasn’t finished his homework yet

so this sentence uses a he subject he

hasn’t he hasn’t

and here our verb is finished he hasn’t

finished

his homework yet

he hasn’t finished his homework yet so

again we are expressing an expectation

this sentence is also correct he hasn’t

finished his homework but when we use

yet it expresses the expectation so

maybe if you’re this person’s teacher or

their mother father or whatever

he hasn’t finished his homework yet

we’re expecting something

okay some examples

riddy singh writes i haven’t yet eaten

lunch correct or not good point yeah

sometimes you may see yet

before the verb like i haven’t yet eaten

lunch this sounds at least in today’s

american english that’s this tends to

sound a little bit old-fashioned or it

might sound a little more formal so if

someone prefers to have a more formal

speaking style they might use yet in

this position generally we use it at the

end of the sentence here

okay

all right christopher uh on facebook

says is yet a conjunction yeah we’re

going to talk about it down here too

okay

all right so let’s continue to the next

one they haven’t arrived yet they

haven’t arrived yet all right so again

my subject they

haven’t my negative form and my verb is

arrived with yet

okay so the key with yet in this use is

it expresses expectation

right we think that something is going

to happen or we expect that something

will be true

okay so let’s now let’s move to the

second part with this one

about using yet as a coordinating

conjunction a coordinating conjunction

this sounds scary but a coordinating

conjunction means a word we use to

connect two sentences yeah for example

and or but or or those words are

coordinating conjunctions and yet is

also a coordinating conjunction

so we use yet to connect our sentences

to connect two ideas

and the meaning in this case is although

or despite that okay

so how do you know it’s a coordinating

conjunction when you see yet in the

middle like between two ideas between

two sentences it’s probably a

coordinating conjunction

okay

so for example

she hasn’t answered the phone all day

yet

she’s in the office

she hasn’t answered the phone all day

yet she’s in the office so this is like

saying she hasn’t answered the phone all

day

although she’s in the office so in this

case we’re showing like hmm i know this

is true why isn’t that true so we use

yet

to have this feeling this meaning

all right

cool okay some other examples we haven’t

finished our class yet okay i haven’t

brushed muhajir as easy on facebook i

haven’t brushed past participle verb

yeah my teeth yet okay hello i haven’t

written in french yet okay

uh someone christopher wrote they

haven’t ate yet h is the simple past

form you need to use the past participle

verb yeah i haven’t eaten so eat becomes

eaten not eight in this grammar pattern

okay cool

all right

so let’s uh end part one there with yet

yet

that’s a lot okay

uh

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all right onward to all ready to already

okay so already let’s talk about this

word

uh already so we use already to express

an action or a condition that has

happened

and that we expected to happen we expect

it to happen so like with yet the

expectation is really important here

so we’re expressing that feeling we

thought something was going to happen so

we had an idea

but

with already the action happened it’s

finished or it started already all right

okay so let’s move on

to the pattern for this one so we have

the subject again

here we’re going to use the positive has

and have when we use yet we use the

negative right hasn’t and haven’t

okay so subject has already

passed participle verb subject has

already passed participle verb or

subject have i have already past

participle verb so again we’re not using

simple past tense here we’re using past

participle verb here

okay

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checking your questions live let’s go to

the examples with already them so first

one so these are the same examples from

part one we’re just changing the keyword

so

i have already eaten lunch i have

already eaten lunch so again we have our

subject our auxiliary verb here have or

our helping verb i have and then already

in this position plus our past

participle verb right here i have

already eaten lunch

okay

another one he has already finished his

homework he has already finished his

homework

and finally they have already arrived

they have already arrived

so again

we’re using the positive form of these

has and have words and already comes

before the verb in this

pattern okay some examples are coming

evelyn says i have already sent you the

link nice okay

um nick nick says i have already eaten

my breakfast yet i forgot to make coffee

oh no coffee is very important okay

um

other examples he has already eaten all

his food excellent eric cd alright cool

that looks good so already looks pretty

clear nice everybody

uh

alicia can i use yet before the past

participle verb as a question more

formal can you give me an example before

the verb as a question i’m not sure what

you mean okay let’s go to

uh the next couple points here we use

already sometimes as a response

in a conversation

so we use it as a one word response to

show surprise or to show shock i have

that here can use as a response to show

surprise okay for example in a

conversation with teens mr a and mr b so

first person says i finished my holiday

shopping i finished my holiday shopping

second person says already

it’s november already it’s november

so this already shows that we’re

surprised or shocked this person

finished holiday shopping

sooner

than expected like it seems very very

fast this person says it’s november

you finished already so there was some

expectation of holiday shopping but if

it happens very quickly

you can use already to do that another

example might be someone in your office

or your school says hey

i already or maybe like i went for lunch

um with my friends an hour ago you might

say already it’s only 10. so when

something happens earlier than expected

you can use already to show your

surprise

okie dokie

uh good examples of already are coming

in i have already seen that

riddy says i’m already told him about

not i am not i am i have already told

him i have already told him so

make sure if you are making these

sentences for the first time follow this

pattern yeah this should be i we you

they have has already and ver yeah so

just follow the pattern

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friendly english class 101

look it up

same as the facebook page okay

all right let’s go to the last point

here the last point uh

already

maybe used at the end of a sentence you

may hear some people use it in this

position for example i have eaten lunch

already you may hear this as well

we tend to use it in this one i have

already eaten lunch he’s already

finished this homework

and as i just did native speed tends to

kind of smush those letters together so

not already but i’ve already eaten lunch

this sentence becomes i’ve already eaten

lunch already already i have already

eaten lunch so the pronunciation becomes

a lot shorter i’ve already eaten lunch

that’s how we would say it

okay cool some more examples are coming

in i have already signed a contract says

test king okay tarek says i have already

seen this movie good uh hugo says i have

already finished my workout good

um

i already had dinner okay that works for

me karina nice okay

uh i have already eaten breakfast today

good okay lots of people are talking

about food perfect examples good job

everybody

okay let’s go to the last part facebook

i’m looking for you

uh some of you are writing some

unrelated comments i have already eaten

lunch eliza i have already eaten lunch

many people i think

are missing this part

i’ve seen this error a few times they’re

not i am but i have i have already okay

all right phew let’s take one more quick

break and then we’ll go to still our

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about how to use yet already and still

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grammar structures in this lesson but we

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here and there too okay

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still still so let’s talk about still

still

expresses a continuing action or state a

continuing action or state and

it’s unexpected so it’s like a surprise

or something that’s shocking or we’re

kind of like what i’m confused maybe too

okay

so we can use still with many grammar

patterns there are lots of different

grammar patterns we use still with today

we’re going to practice this perfect

tense pattern and then we’ll look at a

few other grammar patterns too

okay

so let’s look at this one first and then

i will continue on so to make a perfect

tense

uh sentence with this we use subject

plus still

plus negative here hasn’t or haven’t

plus our past participle verb okay so

again just like with yet at the

beginning of the lesson we need to use

the negative form here

notice too this part

still comes before

these uh have and hasn’t haven’t hasn’t

sections right so this position is

different right let’s take a look at

some examples and see how we do this all

right so

i still

haven’t eaten

lunch

i still haven’t eaten lunch so here’s my

subject right here

still

in this position after the subject

haven’t follows and eaten lunch the past

participle verb form

all right i still haven’t eaten lunch so

what does this communicate this

communicates we have some expectation

well rather there’s there’s an

expectation we’re going to eat lunch but

it hasn’t happened yet and we are

surprised so for example maybe i say

this at like 3 p.m three in the

afternoon i still haven’t eaten lunch

that expresses the action hasn’t

continued or my state

of not eating lunch is continuing like

oh no

so

we expect this action

should happen but it’s been too long

that’s the feeling so me not eating

lunch has continued and i’m surprised i

still haven’t eaten lunch

okay let’s look at another one so he

still hasn’t finished his homework he

still hasn’t finished his homework so

here’s my subject he

plus still in the next position

negative hasn’t he still hasn’t finished

past participle verb his homework

he still hasn’t finished his homework so

we expect

by now his homework should be done but

it’s not so

we’re expressing

like the continuing state of not being

finished it might be kind of an odd way

to think of it or we could just imagine

it as like

we expect this thing should be done by

now but it is not

he still hasn’t finished his homework

okay some examples are coming in marine

life says i still haven’t eaten

breakfast oh no okay

olivia says she still hasn’t told me her

secret ooh that’s a good example

sentence okay

uh yeah mean says we still haven’t

identified thief nice ones everybody

okay al tariq says i still have not had

a break good

uh

other examples i still haven’t finished

my work okay good good good good

everybody’s examples are super okay uh

oh one more so they still haven’t

arrived they still haven’t arrived one

more example

so these are examples that use these

perfect tense patterns yeah let’s finish

today’s lesson let’s look at some other

grammar patterns we use still

with

so the first one you’re still working

it’s 9 p.m

you’re still working it’s 9 p.m

so here we have still

directly before this verb yeah so you

are is what this means you are still

working question mark exclamation point

so we’re expressing a surprise it’s 9

p.m it’s 9 00 at night

so this expresses surprise or shock

you’re not finished yet that’s how we

use still in a sentence like this

let’s look at another example

he didn’t study for the test but he

still

passed

he didn’t study for the test but he

still passed

so this expresses our surprise yeah he

didn’t study for the test right he

didn’t study for the test but even

though that’s true

he passed so this is another kind of

grammar pattern another use of still

alright and one more

we knew the dessert wasn’t healthy

but we still ate it

we knew the dessert wasn’t healthy

but we still ate it so again this still

before the verb expresses that like that

even though feeling right so these are

some other uses of still

and you’ll notice these come before

the verb in simple past tense we still

ate it it’s like saying even though

we knew this

we ate it right it’s the even though

feeling okay

so again we can use still with other

grammar patterns but i wanted to

practice it uh with the perfect tense

structures for today’s lesson to compare

uh with yet and already okay

uh some other examples are coming in

andre says i’m still working at this

time okay uh alaratam says i still feel

unhealthy okay

on hualim says can we play still at the

end of the sentence

uh

as in like here like they haven’t

arrived still

we wouldn’t put that in flick in writing

for example if i were writing a text

message to someone i wouldn’t put it at

the end here

but in speech

you might hear someone add

still

after they say something like because

they want to express that surprise or

that unexpected thing for example in

this case like you’re waiting at the

airport maybe you might think ah they

haven’t arrived

still

so you might hear it like that in speech

like like after the sentence the speaker

wants to add that feeling of shock so

you might hear it in that way but if

you’re writing something

uh we wouldn’t use it in that way so i

hope that that helps you interesting

question

okay phew that’s it so we have talked

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was super super fun uh so i’ll finish up

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okay so today we talked about using yet

and already

and still so the focus grammar for today

was again present perfect tense uh but

we can use

these words in other grammar patterns as

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