{"id":3863,"date":"2021-12-30T13:44:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T13:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/already-and-yet\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:01:05","slug":"already-and-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/en\/already-and-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Already and yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Already and yet are two very used <strong>adverbs<\/strong> which we must be clear about their difference and give them their correct use. Here, we will show you how to use them to perfection.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Already<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We use <strong>already<\/strong> to refer to <strong>something that has happened or may have happened before the time of speaking<\/strong>. Already can sometimes suggest surprise on the part of the speaker, that something is unexpected, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Is it nine o&#8217;clock already? &#8211; Is it ten o&#8217;clock already?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(in this case the speaker did not expect it to be so late).<\/p>\n<p>It goes in the affirmative before the main verb. That is, between the have and the participle. If already is used with the present perfect tense it means &#8220;before now&#8221;. You should use it to emphasize that something happened before something else or earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The plane&#8217;s left already! &#8211; The plane has already left!<\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;text-align: justify;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/already.jpg\" alt=\"already adverb\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" style=\"text-align: justify;\" src=\"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/already.jpg\" alt=\"already adverb\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\"><\/noscript>Already can be placed between the auxiliary and main verb or at the end of the clause.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The plane has already arrived &#8211; El avi\u00f3n ya ha llegado.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I have already finished my homework &#8211; Ya han terminado mis deberes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I have already seen that video! &#8211; I have already seen this video.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Angie has already arrived home. &#8211; Angie has already arrived home.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I have already bought the tickets- Ya compr\u00e9 las entradas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The boys have already finished dinner and are ready for bed. &#8211; The children have finished dinner and are ready for bed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">When Marta met Oscar she had already divorced her first husband. &#8211; When Marta met Oscar, she had already divorced her first husband.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I already know how to do this exercise.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now we talk about the use of yet. It can be used as an adverb, to <strong>talk about an additional idea or to emphasize a feeling or thought<\/strong>. It can also be used as a <strong>conjunction<\/strong>, similar to the way conjunctions such as &#8220;but&#8221; or &#8220;however&#8221; are used. With proper placement and punctuation, you can use yet with confidence when writing or speaking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We use yet as an adverb to refer to a time that begins in the past and<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yet.jpg\" alt=\"yet adverb\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yet.jpg\" alt=\"yet adverb\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\"><\/noscript> continues to the present. It is used mainly in negative statements or in questions in the present perfect tense. It is usually in the end position:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Haven&#8217;t finished my dinner yet. &#8211; I haven&#8217;t finished my dinner yet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We find yet in negative form when it indicates that an event is expected to occur in the future:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Martin hasn&#8217;t phoned yet. &#8211; Martin has not yet called<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We use the interrogative with yet when the speaker is waiting for something to happen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Has your passport arrived yet? &#8211; has your passport arrived yet?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">How do you know the answer if you haven&#8217;t asked the question yet. -How can you know the answer if you haven&#8217;t asked the question yet?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">We can still go to Berta&#8217;s birthday party, She hasn&#8217;t arrived yet. -We can still go to Berta&#8217;s birthday party, she hasn&#8217;t arrived yet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Don&#8217;t put the pasta in the water yet, it&#8217;s not boiling. &#8211; Do not put the pasta in the water yet, it is not boiling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">They haven&#8217;t even finished the building yet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I haven&#8217;t called the cab yet. &#8211; I have not called the cab yet.I haven&#8217;t considered your offer yet. &#8211; I have not yet considered your offer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The store hasn&#8217;t closed yet. &#8211; The store has not yet closed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We hope that from the explanation and examples you understand the correct usage of these two important English expressions. But don&#8217;t forget, the secret to understanding is practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Already and yet are two very used adverbs which we must be\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-classes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Already and yet | Funtalk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you know the use of the adverbs already and yet in English? 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