Unit 14: New Year, New Project
Present perfect with just, already and yet
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- 1Nice to meet you!
- 2What to wear
- 3Like this, like that
- 4The daily grind
- 5Christmas every day
- 6Great achievers
- 7The Titanic
- 8Travel
- 9The big wedding
- 10Sunny's job hunt
- 11The bucket list
- 12Moving and migration
- 13Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14New Year, New Project
- 15From Handel to Hendrix
- 16What's the weather like?
- 17The Digital Revolution
- 18A detective story
- 19A place to live
- 20The Cult of Celebrity
- 21Welcome to your new job
- 22Beyond the planets
- 23Great expectations!
- 24Eco-tourism
- 25Moving house
- 26It must be love
- 27Job hunting success... and failure
- 28Speeding into the future
- 29Lost arts
- 30Tales of survival
Session 2
Time to focus on the language, as we learn how to make sentences with the present perfect and just, already and yet. Let's practise the rules!
Activity 2
Yet
More rules
In the last activity, we said we usually use just and already in positive sentences. Yet, on the other hand, comes at the end of a negative sentence or question. For example, Finn said this in the video:
- No – I haven't had a cup yet! No coffee for me this year.
Yet means 'before now', or 'until now'. It's often used with something that's expected to happen, like in this question:
- Have you finished your essay yet?
In the question, the speaker expects the essay will be finished.
Form
We usually put yet at the end of a negative sentence or question.
- I haven't had lunch yet.
To do
Let's do a quiz to test what you have learnt about just, already or yet.
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Test yourself!
5 Questions
Choose the correct word for each gap. Check the grammar rules if you need help!
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Activity
Choose the correct word for each gap. Check the grammar rules if you need help!
Hint
This is asking if an action has happened up to nowQuestion 1 of 5
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Choose the correct word for each gap. Check the grammar rules if you need help!
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It's not raining now, but it might start. What do we use for a negative sentence that says an action hasn't happened up to now?Question 2 of 5
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Activity
Choose the correct word for each gap. Check the grammar rules if you need help!
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They seem surprised it is here so soonQuestion 3 of 5
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Choose the correct word for each gap. Check the grammar rules if you need help!
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The speaker hasn't met anyone like this, but they might do in the futureQuestion 4 of 5
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Choose the correct word for each gap. Check the grammar rules if you need help!
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The speaker is thereQuestion 5 of 5
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Next
Well done. You've practised using the words just, already and yet with the present perfect. In the next activity, you can hear more examples and do a practice quiz with Finn and Alice in 6 Minute Grammar.
Session Grammar
Yet = before now / until now
We use yet in negative sentences and in questions.
- Steve hasn’t decided which course to apply for yet.
- Has your tutor approved your research topic yet?
