Tài liệu OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 114 pdf

Still means 'going on longer than expected'.. B Yet Yet usually goes at the end of a negative statement or a question.. It goes before haven't, can't, etc.. It's nearly lunch-time, and

OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR

114 YET, STILL AND ALREADY

Yet means that we are expecting something (It's the time to book a holiday.) Still means 'going on longer than expected' (It's late to be thinking about a

holiday.)

Already means 'sooner than expected' (It's early to have had a holiday.)

B Yet

Yet usually goes at the end of a negative statement or a question

Vicky has got a present, but she hasn't opened it yet Wait a minute I'm not ready yet Have they

sent you your cheque yet? ~ No, not yet I should get it next week

C Still and already

In a positive statement, still and already usually go in mid position (see Unit

113B)

Sarah isn't home yet She's still at work We wrote a month ago, and we're

still

waiting for a reply I've only been at work an hour, and I'm already

exhausted

There's no need to tell me I already know

We can also use still in a negative statement It goes before haven't, can't,

etc

It's nearly lunch-time, and you still haven't opened your mail

My friend is sixteen, and she still can't swim

Compare these sentences The meanings are similar

Rita hasn't booked a holiday yet Rita still hasn't booked a holiday Still is

stronger than yet It

often expresses surprise that the situation has gone on for so long

In a question still and already usually go after the subject

Are you still waiting after all this time? Has Tom already been on holiday?

D No longer and any longer/any more

No longer means that something is finished It goes in mid position (see

Unit 113B) You

can't buy these bikes now They no longer make them I used to belong to the

sports club,

but I'm no longer a member

No longer can be a little formal In informal speech we use not any

longer or not anymore

They don't make these bikes any longer/any more

Rita has moved She doesn't live here any longer/any more

Any longer/any more comes at the end

12A Yet and already with the present perfect

114 EXERCISES

1 Yet, still and already (A)

Put in yet, still or already

► Mark: I know it isn't lunch-time yet, but I'm really hungry

Sarah: It's only eleven And you've already had two coffees since breakfast

1 Vicky: You've ……… got this library book, and it was due back ten days ago

Rachel: Well, I haven't finished it

2 Nick: Tom is a very slow eater, isn't he? He's having his soup

David: And we've started our pudding

3 Trevor: Has the postman been ? I'm expecting a letter from the bank

Laura: Yes, he has, but that letter hasn't arrived

2 Word order with yet, still and already (A)

Put the word in brackets into one of the sentences

? I've bought some CDs I haven't played them, (yet)

/ haven't played them yet

? This calculator works I've had it for ages, (still)

This calculator still works

1 I owe Emma £20.1 can't ask her for more, (already)

2 We've spent all our money And we're only halfway through our holiday, (already)

3 I've cleaned this window But it looks dirty, (still)

4 Our friend took some photos We haven't seen them, (yet)

5 I can't understand the rules I know you explained them to me (still)

3 Still and any more (C-D)

Two people are talking about the place they live in Write the replies using

still or not any more

Old man: Young man:

? There was a church ~ Well, there's still a church

? You could see fields ~ You can't see them any more Now it's just houses

1 Children played there ~ Not now

2 Boats came along the river ~ Oh, Look at them

3 The view was beautiful ~ Well, It's awful

4 It was our home ~ And

\ Yet, still, already, no longer and any longer/any more (A-D)

Put in already, any more, no longer, still and yet

► It's still raining, look How much longer can it go on?

1 The railway closed down years ago, so there's……… a railway station here

2 They want to build a new hotel here, but they haven't got permission .………

3 Rita isn't going out with Nick She told him she didn't want to see him……… _

4 Those people moved here only three months ago, and

they're……… leaving