Complete the following sentences using appropriate verb forms.
1She has not ............... started working on the project.
Wrong!
Use "yet" in negative present perfect sentences to mean that something has not happened up to now.
2I have ............... sent the payment.
Wrong!
Use "already" in affirmative present perfect sentences to show that something has happened before now.
3............... I haven’t had time to talk to her.
Wrong!
Use "As yet" at the beginning of a sentence to mean "up to now."
4I have ............... finished.
Wrong!
Use "already" in an affirmative present perfect sentence when the action is complete.
5He was tired, ............... he didn’t give up.
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Use "yet" as a conjunction to mean "but" or "however."
6The invitees have ............... turned up.
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Use "already" to show that the invitees have arrived before the expected time or by now.
7I was surprised that they had ............... finished the job.
Wrong!
Use "already" with the past perfect to show that the job was finished before another past moment.
8I was surprised that she had ............... working on that project; she had not begun.
Wrong!
Use "yet to start" after "had" to mean that she had not started at that time.
9The government ............... the project, so work cannot begin.
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Use "has yet to approve" to mean that the approval has not happened up to now.
10I have ............... had enough.
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Use "already" in "have already had enough" to emphasize that the limit has been reached.
Done.
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Answers
- She has not yet started working on the project.
- I have already sent the payment.
- As yet I haven’t had time to talk to her.
- I have already finished.
- He was tired, yet he didn’t give up.
- The invitees have already turned up.
- I was surprised that they had already finished the job.
- I was surprised that she had yet to start working on that project; she had not begun.
- The government has yet to approve the project, so work cannot begin.
- I have already had enough.
