Premium Only Content

#107 Differences between Already, still and yet in English
#107 Differences between Already, still and yet in English
READ the TEXT here: https://SpeakEnglishpodcast.com
Hi, dear listener! I'm Georgiana, founder of the Speak English Now podcast. My mission is to help you to speak English fluently. Speaking English is way easier when you use the right material and techniques.
Do you have a hard time using the words Already, Still and Yet?
Well, today I’ll help you to understand how to use these three words.
And with a point of view story, you will learn grammar without memorizing any rules.
As you know, I don't teach grammar to my students. However, many of you have difficulties using the words: already, still, and yet. So in this episode, I'm going to explain how to use them.
Before I go any further, I want you to know that native English speakers do not learn these words by studying grammar. Not at all!
What’s the secret then? Well, they learn new words and expressions in context. And that's exactly the way you learned your own language.
Let's see some examples:
My idea is to give you a general sense of how to use these words. So I won't go into details, exceptions, etc. Because the only effective way to learn these subtleties is to listen and read in context.
Let's start with an example:
"It's 11 o'clock in the morning, and Finn is still in bed."
So, here we have Finn. It's 11 o'clock, but Finn is STILL in bed. Here we emphasize the idea that the situation hasn't changed (Finn didn't get up.) even though it's late (it's 11 o'clock).
Now, let's say that Finn is a responsible guy and doesn't want to oversleep because he has many things to do.
For example:
"It's 6 o'clock in the morning, and Finn is already up and ready to go."
See? It's very early (6 in the morning), and Finn is ALREADY up. Since it's so early in the morning, we didn't expect our friend Finn to be awake.
Now back to the first example. This time I'm going to use the same example to explain how to use "YET."
"It's 11 o'clock in the morning, and Finn is still in bed."
(this was the first example)
If I want to use "YET," it will be something like this:
"It's 11 o'clock in the morning, and Finn's not up yet."
See? If we compare these two examples, they look very similar.
So how do we differentiate still and yet?
Unlike still, yet is used in negative phrases or questions.
The following question contains the word "yet."
"It's 11 o'clock in the morning. Is Finn in bed yet?"
Let's hear more examples:
"Is Finn in bed?"
"Is Finn in bed yet?"
Here the meaning is almost identical, but in the second sentence "yet," provides a sense of expectation. We don't expect Finn to be in bed.
Let's see more examples:
"It's getting late, and Finn is still working."
"It's only 5 p.m., and Finn already finished all the tasks."
"It's getting late, and Finn hasn't finished the task yet."
"Has Finn finished his task yet? It's getting late."
#107 Differences between Already, still and yet in English
READ the TEXT here: https://SpeakEnglishpodcast.com
-
11:30
Speak English podcast with teacher Georgiana
2 years ago244 The court of Law in the USA —Part 1
273 -
1:29:49
Game On!
17 hours ago $0.86 earned10,000 Followers Celebration Stream! Let's Talk Sports!
22.3K2 -
15:38
SKAP ATTACK
18 hours ago $2.14 earnedA Legacy Tainted: Unpacking the LeBron Steroid Rumors
27.4K10 -
2:04:52
The Confessionals
21 hours agoThe Great Spiritual Hijack — And Why It’s Ending
10.9K6 -
1:49:30
Nick Freitas
14 hours agoHere's Why The Housing Market Is Permanently Broken
13.8K3 -
17:03
Nicholas Bowling
19 hours ago $0.72 earned"Celebrity" Tells Street Preacher His Dad's in the ILLUMINATI
10.7K3 -
2:01:09
BEK TV
22 hours agoTrent Loos in the Morning - 7/30/2025
11.8K -
4:10
Blackstone Griddles
14 hours agoCajun Dogs with Bruce Mitchell
10.5K2 -
29:38
Uncommon Sense In Current Times
15 hours ago $0.46 earnedIs Doubt a Sin? Wrestling with Faith & Belief (Part 1) | Dr. Randal Rauser
18.7K5 -
8:29
The Art of Improvement
21 hours ago $0.35 earned4 Strategies To Accelerate Your Personal Growth By 200%
14.5K1