Complete the following sentences using appropriate verb forms.
1She has not ............... started working on the project.
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Use "yet" in negative present perfect sentences to mean that something has not happened up to now.
2I have ............... sent the payment.
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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.
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Use "As yet" at the beginning of a sentence to mean "up to now."
4I have ............... finished.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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- 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.