1We have ............... to hear from him.
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Use "yet" in "have yet to" to mean that an expected action has not happened.
2I have ............... sent the application.
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Use "already" to show that the application has been sent before now or sooner than expected.
3They have ............... to make a formal announcement of the discovery.
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Use "yet" in "have yet to" to mean that the expected announcement has not happened.
4I have ............... finished.
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Use "already" to show that finishing has happened before now or sooner than expected.
5"Has the postman been?" "Not ..............."
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Use "yet" after "not" in a short negative answer about something expected.
6He was angry, ............... he said nothing.
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Use "yet" as a linking word to introduce a contrast.
7As ..............., I haven't had the time to finish that novel.
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Use "yet" in the phrase "as yet" to mean up to now.
8By the time we got there, they had ............... left.
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Use "already" to show that they had left before the time mentioned.
9The guests have ............... arrived.
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Use "already" to show that the guests have arrived before now or sooner than expected.
10I haven't called the plumber ...............
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Use "yet" at the end of a negative present perfect sentence about an expected action.
11The mangoes aren't ripe ...............
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Use "yet" at the end of a negative sentence about something expected later.
12When I was ten, I ............... knew that I wanted to be a writer.
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Use "already" to show that knowing this at age ten was earlier than expected.
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- We have yet to hear from him.
- I have already sent the application.
- They have yet to make a formal announcement of the discovery.
- I have already finished.
- “Has the postman been?” “Not yet.”
- He was angry, yet he said nothing.
- As yet, I haven’t had the time to finish that novel.
- By the time we got there, they had already left.
- The guests have already arrived.
- I haven’t called the plumber yet.
- The mangoes aren’t ripe yet.
- When I was ten, I already knew that I wanted to be a writer.