Present Perfect with Already and yet By Buthaina

Present Perfect with Already and yet By: Buthaina Al Othman n n q (a) I’ve already eaten. (b) I haven’t eaten yet. (c) Have you eaten yet? (d) Have you eaten already? OR (e) Have you already eaten? Use already to show that an event was completed earlier. n Use yet when an event has not been completed. n Yet in questions is more neutral than already. n The use of already in questions shows that the speaker expects that an event has been completed. n

Present Perfect in questions Examples Explanations q Have you ever eaten frogs’ legs? No, I haven’t. q Have you ever been to the South Pacific? Yes, I have. q When did you go there? I went there last year. Use the present perfect with ever when you want to know if something happened. n When you ask these questions, you usually expect the answer to be: “Yes, I have”, or “No , I haven’t”. n Use the simple past in questions when you want to know when something happened. n

Ever and Never in Questions Explanations Examples q Use ever in questions with the present perfect to mean “at any time before now”. q q Ever is not usually used in affirmative statements, (those that mean or use yes). q q Ever is used in negative statements q Use never with the present perfect to mean “at no time before now”. Have you ever eaten Mexican food? Yes, I have eaten it. Not Yes , I have ever eaten it. q No, I haven’t ever eaten it. OR q No, I have never eaten it.