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ye still yet already still an hour ago ow ‘The rain hasn't stopped An hour ago it was raining. It is still raining now. still = something is the same as before: 1 Thad a lot to eat, but I'm still hungry. (= I was hungry before, and I'm hungry now) G ‘Did you sell your car? ‘No, I've still got it? 1 ‘Do you still live in Barcelona?” ‘No, I live in Madrid now? J yc: 20 minutes ago now Bill will be here soon Where's Bill? He's very late, 8 ‘Twenty minutes ago they were They are still waiting for Bill waiting for Bill, Bill hasn’t come yet. yet = until now We use yet in negatire sentences (He hasn’t come yet.) and in questions (Has he come yet?) ‘Yet is usually at the end of a sentence: | DA: Where's Emma? ws: She isn’t here yet. (= she will be here, but until now she hasn't come) GA: What are you doing this evening? b: I don’t know yet. (= I will know later, but I don’t know at the moment) DA: Are you ready to go y b: Not yet. In a minute, (= I will be ready, but I'm not ready at the moment) 1 a: Have you finished with the newspaper yet? : No, I’m still reading it. Compare yet and still: She hasn't gone yet. = She's still here. (ot she is yet here) © T haven't finished eating yet. = i'm still eating. J already = earlier than expected: 1 ‘What time is Joe coming?” ‘He’s already here.’ (= earlier than we expected) 12 ‘I'm going to tell you what happened? “That's not necessary. | already know? © Sarah isn’t coming to the cinema with us. She has already seen the film. 200 alreadylyet + present perfect > Unit 16 word order (stil/already) —> Unit 94 Exercises 95.1 95.2 953 95.4 questions with still Tina ~ two years ago , mee) pv be en BEE 2 (ive in = \C Street. A “ +e 1 g0 to the ») — sinema 3 lt, ) fer. (ot Give your father them) Exercises Unit 96 96.1 Mark had some things that he didn’t want. He gave them to different people. \ S4RaH Raa A_NEIGHBOUR = $8 Lf aE HIS BROTHER HIS SISTER GARY Write sentences beginning He gave 1 What did Mark do with the armchair? He, gare. it to, his. brother. 2 What did he do with the tennis racket? He gave 3. What happened to the books? He 4 5 What about the lamp? What did he do with the pictures? 6 And the ladder? 96.2 You gave presents to your friends. You decided to give them the things in the pictures. Write a sentence for each person. 1 PAUL 2 joanna | 3 RICHARD | 4 EMMA 5 racue — | 6 KEVIN a \ Bey 6 96.3 Write questions beginning Can you give me ... ? / Can you pass me ... ? ete. 1 (you want the sale) (pass) ...Can_you. pass..me the, salt? 2 (you need an umbrella) (lend) Can you 3 (you wane my address) (give) Can your 4 (you need twenty pounds) (lend) 5 (you want some information) (send) G 6 {you want to see the letter) (show) 7 (you want some stamps) (get) 96.4 Which is right? Egave-to-Sormh-the-keys./ I gave Sarah the keys, (L gave Sarah the keys Tl lend to you some money if you want. / I'll lend you some money if 3. Did you send t / Did you send the letter to me? 1 2 3 4 T want to buy for you a present. / I want to buy you a present. 5 6 7 is right) 0 want. Can you pass to me the sugar, please? / Can you pass me the sugar, please? This is Lisa's bag, Can you give it to her? / Can you give her it? I showed to # policeman my identity card, / 1 showed the policeman my identity card

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