We’ll explain some basic information for knowing the meaning of these adverbs and where to put them in English.
We use ‘still’ to talk about something, an action or a situation, that’s following, often for a longer time than expected. It hasn’t stopped or changes. ‘Still’ often is in the middle of the sentence, before the verb.
| Still | ||
| Are you | still | married to him? |
| Is she | employed? | |
| I’m | living with my parents. | |
| They | haven’t replied. | |
Example : Are you still living in Ireland ?
We generaly use ‘yet’ in questions and negative sentences. Saying ‘yet’ shows that we’re expecting something to happen or have happened. In spoken English ‘yet’ often is at the end of the sentence or question and is frequently used with the present perfect.
| Questions with ‘yet’ | |
| Have you cleaned your room Has he come office Has he finished Have they seen her |
yet? |
| Negative statements with ‘yet’ | |
| You haven’t met her He hasn’t done it She hasn’t spoken to him They haven’t paid |
yet. |
We say ‘already’ to talk about things that have happened, often earlier than expected. It often is in the middle or the end of sentence, just before or after the verb and is also frequently used with the present perfect.
| Present perfect with ‘already’ | ||
| Have you us | already | met? |
| She’s done it He’s pluged it They’ve sold their car |
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