When to use Already, Still and Yet in English ?? - Time words in English

When to use Already, Still and Yet in English ?? - Time words in English In this lesson you will learn when to use already, still and yet and other time words in English.We will talk what is difference between STILL and YET.We will review in detail the difference between FOR and SINCE which confuse many many ESL students. When to use Already, Still and Yet - Time Words in English Hi there and welcome back to Harrys English lessons.And if you havent already subscribed to Learn English with Harry YouTube channel, just press the subscribe button.  Today, Im going to talk to you about time words. These are English expressions that we use about time.So I go through each of them and then Ill give you some examples and hopefully youll be able to understand exactly what they mean because I know they cause some people a few problems.So the first one we have is AGO.Ago is referring to back in time in the past. Its all about back. So here were using the simple past in terms of verb tense.When we talk about ago, we can say something like two weeks ago. So its back in time. Youre travelling back in time, like Dr Who.So heres an example. You meet your friend and youre walking down the street and youre asking them about some other friend Jane. He says:Oh yes, Jane, she moved to Canada two weeks ago.So hes talking about two weeks that from the time that you met him two week s ago.The next time word I want to use is BEFOREIn our first example, when were using ago, we said when we spoke to Paul that Jane had moved to Canada two weeks ago.So when you met him two weeks ago, when we use before we can use the same example:The last time I met Paul, he had told me that Jane had moved to Canada two weeks before. Two weeks before the date you last met Paul. So before is talking about again about history.But we can also use before with the simple present and the simple past. Let me give you two examples.I will leave before he comes.Meaning I will leave the office, I will leave the meeting, I will leave home before he comes. Simple present. Okay.Or the simple past.  He completed or did or finished his homework before he had dinner.The next time word I want to use is SINCESo this again can be a little bit confusing, but we use since with the perfect tenses present, perfect or past perfect depending on the circumstances.So let me give you a good understanding of how we use it.So lets say I have been living in this particular house for 19 years.  So that means today is 2019. 19 years ago when I moved in would have been the year 2000. So when I use the word since it takes me back to the past, brings me up to the present and tells me that Ive been living here since a particular date or year.The next time word that I  have for you is FORNow,  since and four always get confused.When were using the word FOR, were talking about a duration period of time.So lets go back to my example about the house here.Living here since the year 2000 started in the past.  It brings me up to the present.I can say it in the exact same way by saying I have been living here for 19 years, for 19 years, the duration of 19 years. Again, it started in the past. It brings me up to the present. I have been living here for a period of 19 years.   When to use Already, Still and Yet - Time Words in English And the next time word that I want to use is ALREADY  And here again we use already with the perfect tenses.It either comes in the middle of the sentence or at the end of the sentence and it tells you something that has already happened.She had already left the party before he arrived. Did you post that letter for me? Yes, Ive posted already. I have posted it already. Here we use the present perfect. I have have plus the past participle posted. I have posted it already and here we have already at the end of the sentence.So you can have it in the middle. You can have it at the end, you can use it with the past perfect. And you can use it with the present perfect.And the next time word then is YET And this one is a bit different so be careful. We only use it with negative statements and questions. And its always about something that hasnt been completed. It isnt finished.So youre asking a question about whether something has done as has been done or youre asking us making a stable as s omething in the negative.Has he finished his dinner yet?Present perfect.  And then if you want to put it into a negative statement:He hasnt called me yet. He hasnt called me yet. Im getting very worried.So again, up to the time that youre talking to the person, you havent received a phone call, so it isnt complete that as an action that hasnt finished. Its a negative statement. HAnd then one I have for you is STILLThis is the last time word. So we use this in positive statements or we use it in questions.It comes after the auxiliary verb and before the main verb. For example:Are you still playing tennis? Yes. I am still playing tennis. Okay, so weve looked at ago, before, since, four, yet and still.So hopefully youve got a good understanding of how to use them.And if you want to contact us, of course, you can subscribe to our channel and join me on www.englishlessonviaskype.com and subscribe, as I said, and we’ll see you soon.