JUST ALREADY STILL YET English Grammar Lesson

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believe

it’s already time for another grammar

lesson

are you still watching me are you not

bored of me yet

did you notice that i just whoops

used already just still and yet in those

sentences

those words are the topic of today’s

lesson because they are words that

learners of english usually struggle

with but once you learn them they’re

easy to use

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started with the lesson so you’re likely

familiar with adverbs

these are words that add extra details

to verbs they describe verbs

words like slowly

quietly quickly

an example i slowly walked through the

park or the little girl sat quietly in

her room now the four adverbs that i’m

going to discuss with you today are a

little different they are adverbs of

time meaning they generally describe

when something happens there are a few

exceptions and don’t worry we will go

through those as well to understand them

visually

take a look at this timeline

we can see the past now and the future

already and just

are used to talk about actions in the

past that are finished they’re not

ongoing

they’re finished completed done

yet is used to talk about things that

are planned to happen in the future and

still is the tricky one it can have

different meanings depending on the

usage these adverbs of time are mostly

used with the present perfect have done

i have done this is because they’re used

to describe actions that are related to

the present in terms of their timing i’m

going to give you a couple of examples

to demonstrate the timing now with just

we have i’ve just finished my homework

i’ve just finished my homework i

finished my homework a short while ago

with already

i’ve already watched that movie i’ve

already watched that movie i watched

that movie sometime in the past

so just is a short while ago and already

sometime in the past

it could be a few days ago it could be a

few months ago we don’t know but what we

do know is that it happened longer ago

than just

i’ve just watched that movie i very

recently watched it i’ve already watched

that movie a bit further back in time

let’s take a look at yet

i haven’t been to the supermarket yet

i haven’t been to the supermarket yet

this means that it’s planned but not

done you’ve planned something but you

haven’t done it yet see perfect place to

use that word and still

i still haven’t called my teacher

i still haven’t called my teacher in

this context it also means that it’s

planned but not done this meaning is

very similar to the third example the

previous example the differences that

this implies the still here implies that

this action should

have already been completed but you

still

haven’t done it yet the still here

focuses a little bit more on that you

should have already performed that

action but you still haven’t

maybe you’ve been procrastinating maybe

you downloaded candy crush i did that

once i know that’s a very old game

i was ridiculous anyway moving on so

we’ve got the basic outline let’s dive a

little deeper and look at them as

individuals

already

already has three basic usages

first usage

it’s used to describe something that

happened in the near past as we

discussed before you don’t need to wash

up i’ve already done it i’m very

recently washed up the action likely

happened several minutes ago

second usage we use it to describe an

action that happened longer ago i don’t

want to travel to spain i’ve already

been there that is the biggest lie i’ve

ever said i always want to travel to

spain in this sentence the meaning of

already could be months or years in the

past it’s much further in the past than

the first example the third use of

already and this is an important one is

to express the idea that something

happened quicker than expected

the test started 10 minutes ago but

she’s already finished it that is way

quicker than i expected

maybe the test was meant to be 30 or 60

minutes long but the student finished it

in 10 minutes this action took place

sooner than expected i can’t believe you

finished it already let’s have a quick

test to check your understanding i’m

going to show you two sentences and i

want you to think about the meaning of

already in that sentence whether it’s

the first usage the near past the second

usage

longer ago or the third usage quicker

than expected first one

i don’t want to see that concert i’ve

already seen them live i don’t want to

see that concert i’ve already seen them

live

one two or three

near past longer ago or quicker than

expected

if you chose number two then you are

correct number two it’s 11 am and he’s

already eating his lunch

it’s 11 am and he’s already eating his

lunch i can relate hard with this

sentence i can really relate with this

sentence

whenever i have a packed lunch i just

can’t stop thinking about it until i’m

finally eating it which usage one two or

three

if you chose three then you are

in

joking you’re correct did that make you

jump yeah he’s eating his lunch sooner

than expected but he knows his body

clock so he can do what he wants let’s

move on to the next word

just

just has a very similar meaning to

already as we have already discussed a

short while ago

but it expresses that something happened

much more recently i’ve just finished

dinner

now it’s time for dessert i finished

dinner moments ago and now i’m ready for

dessert however just can talk about

something that happened a little longer

ago it could be used to describe

something that happened recently for

example william has just come back from

america william could have come back

several days ago rather than moments ago

but this is still considered recent i’ve

also got three more usages of the word

just they all have a similar general

meaning in that they express a strong

feeling towards something an example

that’s just what i wanted to say that’s

exactly or precisely what i wanted to

say so just here is used to express a

precise or exact meaning

that’s just what he thought that’s

exactly precisely what he thought

another example

she is just an amazing singer she is

just an amazing singer it’s like saying

simply she is simply an amazing singer

so just here is used to show a strong

feeling about something i strongly feel

that she is an amazing singer what about

this

just finish the task as quickly as you

can

just finish the task as quickly as you

can

just here is used to express

impatience when giving orders just do it

do it now

so those were all about having a strong

feeling towards something we now have

two more meanings these are used very

frequently if i phone my husband and

he’s at work

and he says what do you need

i might say

i just wanted to tell you that i love

you i just wanted to tell you that i

love you we use just here to reduce the

force of a statement and almost to

suggest that it’s not important oh it’s

not important i just wanted to tell you

that i love you another example

can i just borrow your phone for one

minute can i just borrow your phone

that’s all i want it’s not much please

can i borrow your phone and lastly we

can use it to mean simply or only

i’m just a student so i can’t afford it

i’m simply or only a student so i can’t

afford it okay so we have those seven

usages let’s test you once again to

check your understanding what is just

being used for in this sentence you

should call tom he is just the man for

the job i might have given it away with

my hand you should call tom he’s just

the man for the job it’s the third one

to express a precise or exact meaning he

is the exact man for the job and the

next sentence i don’t want to hear any

excuses just be quiet

i don’t want to hear any excuses just be

quiet which meaning is it

it’s usage number five to express

impatience when giving orders so we’ve

already spoken about

already and just but we still haven’t

spoken about still or yet so let’s move

on to these last two i mentioned earlier

that still can be a little bit tricky

this is because it can have various

applications let’s take a look we can

use it to describe something that is

going to happen in the near future in

this case it’s used in a negative

context i’ve been waiting for 20 minutes

but he still hasn’t arrived

still is often used with continuous

grammar describing an action that is

continuing and hasn’t finished yet he is

still washing his car he is continuing

to do so he hasn’t finished yet this can

imply

that somebody is taking longer than they

should or something is taking longer

than it should he’s still cleaning his

car he’s still out there he loves that

car the last use of still is to talk

about habits in particular habits that

have not changed even if they maybe

should have changed an example he’s 35

but he still lives with his mum

obviously it’s absolutely fine to live

with your mum when you’re 35 whatever

works for you i mean the housing price

is now moving on

however there is that implication that

it’s not normal to do that it’s a habit

that should have been broken according

to society another example do you still

go to that nightclub oh we stopped going

ages ago it’s implying oh you still do

that oh we stopped that ages ago it

doesn’t always have to be negative do

you still work for

google

for example do you still work for google

yes cool so there’s still for you it’s

used to describe something that’s going

to happen in the near future or likely

to happen in the near future an action

in progress that still hasn’t finished

or to talk about a habit that hasn’t

changed sometimes with an implication

that it should have changed i hope

that’s clear for you if you want to test

your understanding even more there is a

quiz in the pdf

finally let’s talk about yet this adverb

of time has a couple of meanings

but the most common one is to express

that something’s going to happen soon

have you finished your homework yet i

expect you to finish it soon but i don’t

know if you’ve completed the task or not

comparing this to already have you

already finished your homework implies a

little bit more that i’m shocked that

you’ve done it so soon have you already

finished your homework if i say have you

finished your homework yet there’s no

strong implication that you’ve done the

homework quicker or slower than expected

have you still not finished your

homework that implies that your homework

is being completed at a much slower rate

than expected there is another meaning

of yet and it’s similar to the meaning

of nonetheless nonetheless

what a great

great word to say nevertheless was

always a favorite of my students

nonetheless means despite what has been

said or done

it’s similar to but

nonetheless

he’s retired

yet he still continues to work he’s

retired

nevertheless or nonetheless he still

continues to work

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