OXFORDPRACTICEGRAMMAR114 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. . OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 114 YET, STILL AND ALREADY Yet means that we are expecting something 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: