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STILL / YET
Focus Grammar
Description Let's practise the difference between STILL and YET as adverbs.
Instructions 1- Look at the sentences and think of its meaning 2- Move your mouse over the black button to check your answer. 3- If you were right, click on the green button, if wrong, click on the red.
 
Item Match Comments
Aún no me sé la lección I don't know the lesson yet
¿Todavía lo quieres? Do you still want it?
¿Has terminado ya? Have you finished yet?
¿Tienes ya hambre? Are you hungry yet?
Sigo sin saber qué hacer I still don't know what to do
¿Sigue lloviendo? Is it still raining?
Todavía me acuerdo de eso I still remember that
No han dicho nada todavía They haven't said anything yet
Sigo sin saber la respuesta I still don't know the answer
¿Sigues teniendo sed? Are you still thirsty?
Sigo sin poder dormir por la noche I still can't sleep at night
Todavía estamos estudiando We're still studying
Sigo sin poder entrar allí, solo tengo 16 años I still can't go in there, I'm only 16
Él aún no lo sabe He doesn't know it yet
Sigo aquí I'm still here
David sigue viviendo en Brighton David still lives in Brighton
Todavía no han abierto las tiendas The shops are not open yet
¿Lo has comprado ya? Have you bought it yet?
Todavía no estoy cansado, puedo seguir. I'm not tired yet, I can go on.
Todavía no sé qué hacer I don't know what to do yet
Todavía no me acuerdo de su nombre I can't remember her name yet
¿Lo has comprado ya? Have you bought it yet?
Creo que ella sigue sin saber quién soy yo I think she still doesn't know who I am
No tengo tiempo todavía, tengo que acabar esto aún. I don't have time yet, I still have to finish this.
Ella sigue sin saberlo She still doesn't know it
Total number of items: 25
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MEANING

We use STILL to say that something has not finished  (we look to the past)
- It's still raining  (it started raining in the past and it has not stopped)

We use YET to say that we expected something to happen but it has not happened... but we think it will.  (we look to the future)
- Annie hasn't arrived yet. She's late


WORD ORDER

STILL goes in mid-position (before normal verbs and after special verbs: modals and auxiliaries)
- I still love you
- I can't still see anything
But very often we put it always after the subject, so it usually goes before special verbs too!
- I still can't see anything

YET always goes at the end of the sentence
- The movie hasn't started yet


USAGE

We use STILL in all kinds of sentences

(+) I didn't forget. I'm still thinking about it
(-) I've read your explanations, but I still can't understand
(?) Are you still working for Microsoft?

We only use YET in negatives and questions

(-) Wait for me, I haven't finished yet!
(?) Has your father arrived yet?

 

STILL and YET in negatives and questions

Remember that STILL looks to the past and YET looks to the future

1- I still don't have a job  (I've been looking for a job in the past but I don't have a job)
2- I don't have a job yet  (but I will, sooner or later)

Case 1 thinks of the situation as something that was negative and is negative.
Case 2 thinks of the situation as something that is negative but will be positive.
So the situation is the same, but in 1 we are pessimistic about it and in 2 we are more optimistic.

In questions we also have the past/future look: STILL asks if a past action continues or not, and YET asks if something is true or we must wait a bit more.

- Is it still raining? (the past rain continues or not?)
- Is it raining yet?  (is the action true now? if not, I expect it to be true in the future)

 

Note for Spanish Speakers

AFIRMATIVAS: STILL se puede traducir por: Todavía, Aún, o también por: Seguir + gerundio
It's still raining= Todavía está lloviendo = Sigue lloviendo

NEGATIVAS:  STILL= Seguir sin, YET= Todavía/aún:
- I still don't have a job = sigo sin tener trabajo (¡qué vida esta!)
- I don't have a job yet = todavía no tengo trabajo (pero estoy buscando, a ver si pronto me sale algo)

INTERROGATIVAS: STILL= Seguir, YET= Ya:
- Is it still raining? = ¿Sigue lloviendo?  (¿aún no ha dejado de llover?)
- Is it raining yet? = ¿Ya está lloviendo? (¿Ya ha empezado a llover?)