English Grammar – Using ALREADY & YET

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tarinn

Hi alex thank you for your good lesson about the use of ALREADY and YET.,i have question regarding my grammar.i can’t write down by using should.could.would,i want to start as a beginner in english,although i know little bit in english.can you help me?thank you!

ghienmars21

Hi Alex.how i improve my grammar?how i start,this is my problem always when i write in a sentence even simple sentence i made a mistake.can you give me some advice.please!
thank you..

ghienmars21

Thanks for the video script.
I have a doubt, can I use this sentense?
“I already arrived at Seoul”

kissyuni

good for you

Mirth Morales

He has already done

kotoz

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naravit chaimontri

dear Mr: Alix
thank you so much, could you explan to me what is the different between do and make as well as take because that is deficult for me
sincerely
kassem

kassem

Thanks alot
but if you but more excample it’ll be better

aldammak

I have already finished the quiz and I got 100%! But I haven’t watched some lessons yet. So, I’m going to do that! Thanks, Alex, for a good explanation!By the way, I’m from Russia. До скорых встреч! or in English see you soon))

Alena20

Has she finished her homework yet?

I have a confusion in the sentence.

please can you Mr.Alex explicate why this is right and other is wrong ?

I’m waiting you ,,

thank you ..

Eeng

You can use both sentences:

“Has she finished her homework yet?” means that she has likely not completed her homework, and you want to find out if she has completed it.

“Has she finished her homework already?” is used as an expression of surprise. It means that she finished it very quickly, and you are surprised at how quickly she did finish it.

I hope this helps.

Alex

Dear Alex
At the end of your answer you wrote…” and you are surprised at how quickly she did finish it.
Well, why “did finish it” and not “finished it”? Can you tell (explain) the difference?. I read many books and the use of “did” in the affermative sentence is very common.
Can you please give us a lesson about this form?
Thanks in advance

Roywolf

very clear explaining

reza9402284

Yeah! Eeng, I even dont understand how different between 3nd and 4nd question? also thank so much !

nguyenchituyensd9

Thanks you very much. II prefer still on more difficultly passes tests, help me please. I am from Tadjikistan.
Best regards to everyone.
Shahlo

shahlo

I usually use already when I want to ask questions, for example: Have you already taken your medicine? and I use yet in negative sentences, for example: I haven’t traveled to USA yet. Am I correct?
Thanks.

Sueli Cardoso Tavares

hi Eeng

because we did not know if she finished her homework or not we just ask

and the next qustion ” Which question do you use if you want to show that you are surprised that something has been finished?
Have they arrived at the party already?!
Have they arrived at the party yet?!

”

we know that they arrived to the party
howwe know that ” they arrive to the party ” because in the question said “you are surprised that something has been finished?”

already comes with somthing done active you did it and finished and you know that

yet-> comes with negative “not” in the sentence
and in the question if you did not know if somthing done or not

i hope you got it

girl full of hope

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dinhvantrang

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Alex

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danym2007

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kin

Dear sir

Could you please tell me if this sentence has any faults.

PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APPROVAL AND CONFIRMATION, ABOUT THE YEAR END PARTY.

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its very interesting and made me interested to learn english
once again thanks a lot

rajakibria

do you have lesson more on spoken English?

Joseph

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black rider

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hassanson

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wahby

hello Alex, thank you for your lesson, but i have a question in this sentence. i don’t understand. Could you explane me please this sentence, I

batyr

sorry, I HAVE NOT YET SEEN AFRICA. thank you. i will wait for your answer please

batyr

hi, i have a difficulty yet in english.is it a correct sentences.i will wait for your reply.

noureen khurshedi

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Pavoreal

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Seungho

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Genesis

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Valldecy

Salam Alex How are you doing i hope you are fine and doing well I am from Afghanistan I love your lessons, you are great your lessons are great thanks a lot.
salam means Hello in Afghanistan language

Himatyar

I’m sorry I’m not an expert in English, but in the quiz has a mistake(in my opinion):
“My aunt has not gotten her driver’s license _______.

yet
already”
Is “gotten” right?If I am not right,I apologize
And thank you, Alex, for the excellent lessons.

Mike

“Gotten” is used in American English. In British English it is not used that much anymore.

engVid

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Emil Ibragimov from Baku

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engVid

Thank you!

Emil Ibrahimov

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paula riana

for the first time i learned how to use yet and already .thnk you very much. you colleage and you are fantastic. ilearned much from this web site .please revised my comment ,if possible .by

nabi

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ibrahim

i have so many times already sign up but you provider have not yet send any password . why ?

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Zoka

Thanks alot, Sir Please clarify the use of “yet to be”.

prakash

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CRAZY

please help me..I just want learn how to use the word ‘yet’in different ways!!
Thank you sooooo much!!

absolutely

Hi Alex…I’d like to know the difference between the use of YET and STILL because a few days ago I came up with the two options for a sentence and I wasn’t sure about the correct one…Cheers form Argentina…and THANKS

Carina

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Paola

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John

Dear Alex, nice website. I would like to know if the following is correct: “Please submit your form if you haven’t already done so.” Or should I use “yet” here….
Thanks beforehand for your reply

Martyn

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awba

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awba

Hi Alex your teaching is very well in this website. I like your teaching.I have one doubt ‘yet’ and ‘so far’ are same meaning or different.

Thanks

Yazar

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Anna

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Tatiana

hi alex good lesson but I have a question for you can i answer in positive and negative way
has carmen arrived yet? please help me

ecuadorian teacher

You can answer with “Yes, she has,” or “No, she hasn’t.” Or “No, she hasn’t arrived yet.” :)

Alex

please can you explain me how to answer in a yet question

ecuadorian teacher

Alex hi you’re the best teacher

danym2007

Thank you Alex. I have a question to ask you. I’ve heard someone said ” not yet”. What does it mean?

thnatee

Alex, just to confirm..
In this lesson, the reason using past participle, like taken/seen is because got intention, right?

lan1301

thanks mr alex very good lesson

ahmad,egypt

thank you so much Alex ,now i can understood how to use ALREADY&YET ,THANKS

nami111

ı have already understood lesson thanks a lot

svmg

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ahmed nunow

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freemelia77

this lesson is just about two words but truly useful. I’m grateful to those who spent their precious time to prepare this wonderful lesson and prepared it for the people who are starving for education. Anyway, Ii don’t know how to thank you completely

Deeq

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Tahmid

hey i just confiused about how to use the already and yet

benito

Dear Alex, your lecture is excellent. Thanks a lot. In the quiz, I am little bit confused about the following question.

Which question do you use if you want to find out if the following action has taken place before now?

* Has she finished her homework already?
* Has she finished her homework yet?

Could you please explain why second one is correct?
Another question is that, Suppose, My team leader has assigned me a task. But I could not do the task in time. So, can I tell, “I could not complete my task yet.”

Mahedee

Great video. Thank you Alex and EngVid.

kharz86

Thank you Alex for your video!
But I’ve a question about your example:
“I’ve not yet seen Africa”.
What is the difference between this statement and that: “I haven’t seen Africa yet”?

hubert

There is no difference, except that “I”ve not yet seen Africa” is more formal. The other form is more commonly used.

Alex

Thank very much for helping me to understand how
end when I can use the words already and yet.
This little grammar lesson was very useful to me.

Jorge

Tnx a lot. It was really helpful

Thilini

thank Alex for explain to me about already and yet lesson, I love it very much, thanks

honglee

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daniyar

thank you m.Alex

Heba

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ajamal25

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regina

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AIOON

Thank you a lot Alex. But, I have YET questions about this difference.

Rugs.

renato79

hey Alex , could you please explain for me when we use got, getting,
I’ve seen a lot of people in American use it a lot like in these sentences:
today at school we got assigned to reading group.
he was the one that should be getting yelled at .
i got put in the gifted group
and so on

safa

i would like to know if is correct the following sentence.
haven’t you finished yet?
thank you very much

lia

such an excellent explanation!!! I got it so fast, especially the meaning of questions when using already and yet!!! Alex you’re the best!!!

María Angélica

Dear teacher, It was really wonderful education. I want to say thank you very much to all of you.

thinley

Thanks Alex ! It’s really simple, but highly helpful.

Dilanka

I’m so confused, in question should I use already or yet? like…Are we there yet or already? and Is Tuesday already or yet?? AAAA help me please…Thanks

michele

thank you sir for sharing this. now i know how to use YET and ALREADY. Thanks and more POWER!!!

jaja

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EDYTA

edyta28

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kmcatracha

Hi teacher Alex! how can I to use “already” wiht “to have lunch” in the past?.
can I say “I had already lunched”.?

Aldo Miranda

thanks again sir alex…

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Alvis

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Thoeun

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carolinamustaon

Alex, I am really confused of this sentence I solve it, but I am not quite sure about its correctness.

A- Why did not you come by bus ?
B- Because it already (leave) the station by the time I arrived there.

I solve it:
It has already left, I am I right?

And why we did not say:
It had already left. And why ? :(

waiting your splendid answer

Yousef

thanks for the lesson …….keep coming back more

amna58

has the workshop started already or yet? pls sir help me.

jonathan

You can use both, but it depends on what you want to say.

“Has the workshop started already?” (maybe you came late)

“Has the workshop started yet?”
(maybe you came early, and want to know if it will begin soon)

Alex

Thank you very much sir.

randika

Thank you very much for those very well structured lessons, thus very understandable and useful. Definitely to be keeping safe. (Sorry for the mistakes, I’m only intermediate level).

Solia

hi alex thanks a lot

sara

i’m confused..@_@

usmaaaan

hey there. I’d like to ask you what is the difference between these two sentences :
1) Its a fixed decision
2) Its a fix decision
please explain explicitly.. thanks a lot

Mimi

Hi Mimi: how I see that,fixed is an adjective means specific or constant,It’s a fixed decision means that decision can’t be changed.
fix can be noun or verb,means repairing.It’s a fix decision means that decision leads to repair something=find the solution.
I hope that’s clear and helpful :)

Rahaf

please explain whether these sentences are correct:
1) The girl has already finished her homework.
2) The girl already finished her homework
which one of these sentences is correct and please explain Sir..thanks

Mimi

Thank you. I have already finished watching this lesson.

wakeelahmedchanna23

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irene

Thank you Alex very much for your help!

irina

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sara

great… but i still confused.. can you help me about “has” and “have” , already and yet”… owwhh no

srinelvia

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Fatima

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Bounlom

it’s so great. thanks alot, Alex

silver164

I have already finished my work. Is it correct?
I have not completed yet my work.

Sir Alex both sentences are correct?

ZAFAR

you are an awesome teacher alex thanks for learning english :)

hakago

Hi teacher! You’re good teacher for us, but ain’t not sure to answe well. Could you give more exemples? Lily from Brazil

Eliete

Thank you very much for your hilp I have 2 quition first 1 how can I use this is our family, when I have to use our or oar and second 1 in English use for one person how are you, how can I use 2 or 3 poeple I am relly Canfoise on these worlds thanks I am waiting for you response

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vania67

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Your teaching style is easy to follow and remember too!!

mindhunter

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raina

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sony

Dear sir,

I want to know the uses of “Let” and “Yet”

Moin

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Faruque

golamfaruque

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Vusale from Baki

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Hope it can help me improve my English!

Sandy

It is better to say:
Why didnt you take the bus?

Gakz

Thanks for a good lesson. Appreciated.

Thanks for your lesson, Alex!
I have a question about yet. What is the meaning of the sentence “I have yet to meet anyone who can run as fast as him”?

lena2012

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You are an excellent teacher, I love all your subjects. Keep up the good work. i wasn’t aware of this website before, was browsing so many English learning websites and I found this is a good one. Keep adding more lessons and preferably writing e-mails for the corporate offices. Thank you once again. Give my regards to Emma, Rebecca, Jon and Valen.Let me know if anythings needs to be corrected on the sentences i have written here, i like to learn from the mistakes

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Luisa

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Gennadiy

Hi,

Thank you very much Alex, I’ve found it really useful. Hope to see more from you.

Reza

I’m still a bit confused for no.3&4….can you help me for this mate?thanks Jayr

Jayr

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Thank you for everything.

Mr. Myat Win Htun

thanks

kobra

hi! i´m argentina, and tomorrow i will have a test and i did not remeber about this, thanks for all

maru

hi Alex! ”have they arrived at the party yet!?” why is this sentence uncorrect? thenk you!

Alina

Hi Alex, I have problem here with this question in the exam: 3. Which question do you use if you want to find out if the following action has taken place before now?

Has she finished her homework already?
Has she finished her homework yet?

I marked first one because u say that if an action has finished or happened before now, we use “already.”
but the second one was correct!! So I have misunderstood here…
Thanks again dear Alex ;)

aida29

Hi Alex, I like your lessons a lot. Are these questions correct? Am I not allowed to use yet in other tenses ?

Can we leave yet?
I do not know yet.

Karel

Both are perfect sentences. Nice work!

Alex

teacher
how can i fix my exam resald

irmakserra67

I must be study english and i try alot evryday and i reqards yours for yours nice and use foul site.
Best Regards
Mansoor

Ahmad Mansoor

thanks so much, for such a helpful lesson

argenis

You will have already received….

Does this statement indicate future or past?
Does it imply that I will soon receive.. or I should have already received…

Feras

thank u very much..

madeva

Hi Alex,
I’ve learned a lot from your lessons!
Thank you so much.

Ken

Thank u sir :D
I got 6/6 :D:D

Nouf

As always: very good. Thank you!

RAC

Thanks, Sir! I got 6/6.

chanchal17

Thank you to teach us in such details, including emotion conveyed.

stupor67

Alex, just to confirm..
In this lesson, the reason using past participle, like taken/seen is because got intention, right?

lan1301

Interesting lesson, thank you!

unclefungus

I got a perfect score :)

airam

thank you so much,it was a great lesson.

kaouthar

I’m happy to take a quiz….i am also excited to get result out. i am so happy with this website. Thanks Alex :D

Pinky Phyo

are there more examples of ( yet and already )
such as : not yet or i already did it ?!

daad

Very good way to learn and improve my English
Hi everyone

Enri64

It’s kind of weird for me to use Yet with a positive auxiliary verb in a question.

Has she arrived at the party yet?

Can I say…

Hasn’t she arrived at the party yet?

Thank you for the lesson. :D

Zero10

Hi Alex, I love the way you have been teaching us. You did explain very clearly and easy to understand. Could you give us some more lesson about how we use “Do” and the verb to be “Is, am, are ” when we want to ask a question?
T

chaumaxim

Thank you very much!

chaumaxim

Thank you ! It’s very good lesson !

Yeleneel

I’ve already caught it!!! Thanks ;)

Patricia Godoy

i get 83 thanks

abduarhman

yet or already, it’s an idiom that we must to remaind

moezbesbes

Thank you very much Alex.

Nadir

I already understand the statement of the phrase!
They aren’t bought the wallet yet?

:D Thank You.

chivialoco

Thank You

yusufgerek

Thank you sir, i got the perfect score… Which means, I have perfectly learned from your lesson sir. Thank you..

seankylesueli@yahoo.com

I’ve gotten the complete score in the quiz , and now I’m going to use it in my speaking , because I felt these grammar should be used to be in our mind .

Thank you so much for clarifying your lessons and make it crystal clear .

R5emy

Thanks Alex, the way you are teaching the stuff is great and easy to grasp.
And by the way, thank you so much for offering this website.
I use it everyday in order to improve my english step by step and it works.
Its a great chance for people like me who dont have the time and financial resources to visit an additional english class.

Chrisl

Teacher, help-me please. I didn’t know the number 3 question, could you explaind me better.

3. Which question do you use if you want to find out if the following action has taken place before now?
Has she finished her homework already?
Has she finished her homework yet?

Moacir Silva

thanks alex!

luoyong6

It is a very important topic. I am always confused about when to use YET or ALREADY. Thanks Alex!

John B

thanks Alex. i got 6/6

Thanks Alex. I like your videos

Hannah.Truong

thank Alex.I benefited from the study

mahmoud mena

Thank you for this lesson in English , Thanks alot Mr ALEX

Hussein Gabralla

I got 6 out of 6 !!! :D

JavoDime

Good for the Iranian like me.

tienhoangngu

Thank you again _Alex!!

Ramiro.

useful lesson
i got 100%

k.abed

Thanks for this lesson

Barkha29

Hi, Alex. Question 3 make me confused, I think ‘yet’ only used in negative format. Am I right?

blinklv

my question is,how we could use has been finished? which type of tense is it? i have learned has been teaching or have been working
please explain me!

Suhale303

thanks! now the difference is more clear :)

Michele Vis.

Thanks!

Sam007

thanks Mr Alex
I hope to give us more examples
in your lessons.

alharth

Thanks!

shihai182

Confused in yey

Abdul Rafae

Yet*

Abdul Rafae

Hi Mr. Alex,
First of all, thank you for your useful lesson. I’ve been learning a lot with you. But I’m confused with something in the test. In question 3 the correct answer is the second one with yet “3. Which question do you use if you want to find out if the following action has taken place before now?
Has she finished her homework already?
Has she finished her homework yet?” But at the end of the quiz, you wrote a reminder saying that when an action has finished or happened before now, we use “already”. So, that is my problem. I’ve chosen the one with already and it was the wrong answer. Can you explain it to me, if it’s possible? I don’t know if my English is good enough to explain my doubt. However, I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks!