Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| Kevin ______________________ bought the house ______________________? I thought he was going to visit several houses before he made a decision! | -- / yet / already |
| Have you ______________________ finished everything ______________________? Sorry, I wanted to help you but I couldn't come earlier. | -- / already / yet |
| It's not ______________________ too late ______________________, we can have another drink. | yet / already / -- |
| You've got a wedding ring. Have you ______________________ got married ______________________? Congratulations! | already / yet / -- |
| Were you waiting for Mr Cooper? He's ______________________ here ______________________. | -- / already / yet |
| I can't go to university, I haven't ______________________ finished my secondary school ______________________. But next year, I will. | already / yet / -- |
| Have you ______________________ seen that movie ______________________!? Where? It's not out in the cinemas yet! | yet / -- / already |
| They don't want to have more children, they ______________________ have 3 ______________________. | -- / already / yet |
| I have ______________________ finished ______________________, I can help you if you want. | -- / already / yet |
| I'm not ______________________ hungry ______________________. Can we have dinner a bit later? | -- / already / yet |
| You ______________________ got married ______________________?! But you only met three months ago! Isn't it a bit too soon? | yet / already / -- |
| I don't know what time it is, can you tell me if the train from Barcelona has ______________________ arrived ______________________? | already / yet / -- |
| They don't want to have more children, they ______________________ have two ______________________ and they think that's enough. | yet / already / -- |
| Have you ______________________ fallen in love with her ______________________? You haven't seen her in two days and you look so sad. | yet / already / -- |
| Have you ______________________ seen that movie ______________________? We can go to the cinema together, I'm free next Saturday. | -- / already / yet |
| I haven't seen you for years! Have you ______________________ got married ______________________ or are you still single? | -- / yet / already |
| I haven't ______________________ finished ______________________, can you help me? | already / yet / -- |
| Has the party ______________________ started ______________________? I don't want to be late. | already / yet / -- |
| They don't ______________________ have any children ______________________, they got married only two months ago. | already / yet / -- |
| Oh, it's ______________________ 10 o'clock, we're late! | yet / already |
NOTE: The word YET goes at the end of the sentence and ALREADY goes in mid position. ALREADY can also go at the end for emphasis. Nevertheless, since this excercise only admits one possibility, stick to the normal mid-position "already" except when showing big surprise (we'll use "!?" to mark it), then put it at the end.
ALREADY is usually found in mid-position (before normal verbs, after special verbs: modals and auxiliaries) but we can put it at the end for emphasis. YET always goes at the end
- I'm already tired
- She has arrived already!
- I'm not tired yet
- She hasn't arrived yet
ALREADY is used in affirmative sentences and YET in negative sentences
- I have already finished
- I haven't finished yet
ALREADY / YET in questions
We can use both in questions, but the meaning is a bit different. YET simply asks if something has happened or we still have to wait. ALREADY knows that something has happened, it simply expresses surprise because it happened sooner than expected.
- Has the doctor arrived yet? - No, not yet, but you can wait for him, he will arrive in a few minutes.
- Your father is here already?! I thought the train arrived at 10:30 and it's only 9:45!
Compare:
- have you finished yet? (come on, I'm waiting!)
- have you already finished? (wow, you're so fast!)
- have you finished already!? (oh wow! I can't believe it!!)
