Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adverb.
1Have you heard from them ...............?
Wrong!
Use "yet" at the end of a present perfect question to ask if something has happened before now.
2We haven't booked the tickets ...............
Wrong!
Use "yet" at the end of a negative present perfect sentence to mean something has not happened up to now.
3Has he ............... left?
Wrong!
Use "already" in this question to show surprise that something has happened sooner than expected.
4He has ............... arrived.
Wrong!
Use "just" with the present perfect to mean a short time ago.
5Have you ............... replied to their email?
Wrong!
Use "already" in this present perfect question to ask whether something has happened before now.
6He hasn't returned ...............
Wrong!
Use "yet" at the end of a negative present perfect sentence to show that something has not happened up to now.
7I have ............... received a letter from him.
Wrong!
Use "just" with the present perfect to mean the action happened a very short time ago.
8The room looked ............... clean.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "fairly" and "rather" can modify the adjective "clean" in this sentence.
9The buses are ............... late.
Wrong!
Use "often" to say that the buses are late many times.
10I ............... take the bus to work.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
The adverbs "usually", "always", and "never" can all describe how often you take the bus.
11Have you ............... flown on an airplane?
Wrong!
Use "ever" in this present perfect question to ask about life experience.
12I am ............... waiting to hear from them.
Wrong!
Use "still" to show that waiting is continuing up to now.
Exercise complete
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- Have you heard from them yet?
- We haven’t booked the tickets yet.
- Has he already left?
- He has just arrived.
- Have you already replied to their email?
- He hasn’t returned yet.
- I have just received a letter from him.
- The room looked fairly / rather clean.
- The buses are often late.
- I usually / always / never take the bus to work.
- Have you ever flown on an airplane?
- I am still waiting to hear from them.