Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."

[dalex]

Test No. incompl/elem-1 "Speaking already", question 2

She hasn't come home ..........

(a) still
(b) already
(c) yet
(d) till

Test No. incompl/elem-1 "Speaking already", answer 2

She hasn't come home yet.

Correct answer: (c) yet

Your answer was: incorrect
She hasn't come home still.
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what does yet mean?

dalex

[Alan]

Hi,

This means up till now or so far.

Alan
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[beginner]

Hi,

Which would be the difference between yet and still.

Thanks

[Alan]

Yet is up till now negative and interrogative - He's not home yet - Is she home yet?

Still is continuing even now in all forms.

Is she still working?
Yes, she's still working because she's still not finished.
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[gmarthews]

the question is unclear, and you are trying to cover it up. She hasn't come home yet is fine.

[Alan]

Can you explain?
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[Zheng.coral]

I thing yet is usually placed at the end of a sentence and still in the middle. Is it right to defference these two words? Thanks.

[Madhu_S]

Hello Alan,

I was using the word "yet" in the middle of the sentence like: "She hasn't yet come home". Can you explain me more about how to use yet in the sentences? Should it alwyas be used at the end? Can you please give me more examples?

Thanks,
Madhu.

[Alan]

Hi,

The usual construction would be: She hasn't come home yet. If you put 'yet' as in your sentence:

[Torsten]

[Vidi]

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[Icy]

what does already mean?
How to use it?
thanks for helping

[Suresh3541]

[Iraberezhany]

Hi, Alan
Could you tell me what sentence is correct:
1) I have been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)
2) I had been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)
3)I worked as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

[Alan]

Hi Ira,

My comments in italics:

1) I have been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

That's fine. You could add: but I have decided to stop work now.

2) I had been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

You need to add another past tense as for example: but I stopped working last week

3)I worked as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

That's fine and it suggests that the sentence doesn't have any connection to any time now but is just a statement about the past.

Alan
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