LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

7.4 Adverbs of frequency

7.2B 'Still' and 'yet' [> LEG 7.25,7.27]

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1 Still and yet mean 'until now' and we often use them with the present perfect [> 9.5А].

2 We use still to emphasize continuity, mainly in affirmatives and sometimes in questions:

I'm still waiting for my new passport. Is Martha still in hospital?

We can also use still in the negative for special emphasis: John still hasn't written to me.

Still has the same position in a sentence as adverbs of frequency [> 7.4В].

3 We use yet mainly in questions and negatives and often put it at the end of a sentence:

Has your new passport arrived yet? - No, not yet. It hasn't arrived yet.

Rewrite these sentences supplying still or yet. Sometimes both are possible.

1 The children are at the cinema ТМ.с^Ш?™-.

2 I haven't met your brother

3 Jim works for the same company

4 Has she phoned you? - No, not..

5 The new law hasn't come into force

7.2C 'Already' and other adverbs of time [> LEG 7.23-24,7.26,7.28-29]

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1 Already means 'before now' or 'so soon'. We use it in questions and affirmatives, but not in

negatives. We can put it in the middle [> 7.4B] of a sentence or at the end:

Have you already finished lunch? Have you finished lunch already?

This machine is already out of date. It's out of date already.

2 Other common adverbs of time are: afterwards, at last, just, lately, now, once, recently, soon,

suddenly, then, these days. We often use these adverbs in story-telling.

Rewrite these sentences using yet or already. Sometimes both are possible.

1 Have you had breakfast? - I've had it, thanks

2 I haven't received an invitation to the party

3 I have received an invitation to the party

4 Have you finished eating?

5 Haven't you finished eating?

7.2D Context

Write: Put in already, immediately, this week, still, then, yesterday, yet. Use each word once only.

^ FIT FOR HUMANS, BUT NOT FOR PIGS!
A à^1 there's going to be a festival of British Food and Farming in
Hyde Park in London. The festival hasn't begun^2 and farmers are
R^év J i) \ )^3 bringing their animals. But a pig farmer has^4
Л/ run into a serious problem.^5 he arrived with his pigs from the
" Ш Welsh Hills - hundreds of miles away. The pigs were very thirsty when they arrived
^láfl» 'n Hyde Park and the farmer^6 gave them some London water.
'" '^1 he 9 0t a big surprise because the pigs refused to drink the
water. London water is fit for humans but not for pigs!
Not fit for pigs!