Just / Yet / Ever / Never / Already

Just / Yet / Ever / Never / Already

We often use these adverbs in the Present Perfect to express unspecific time. What is difficult is that they are each used in different ways.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is used in Y/N Questions about experiences and references ALL TIME before the question is asked (from birth until now).

• never

• ever

• just

• already

Have you ever been to France?

The question is asking if, at any time in the persons life, they have been to France.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is used in sentences about experiences to mean NOT EVER (in a persons entire life).

• already

• just

• never

• yet

I have never been to France.

This sentence means that the person has not been to France ever (in their entire life).

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can be used in MANY tenses, BUT in the Present Perfect often means "recently"

• already

• just

• ever

• yet

I have just gotten back from France.

This sentence means that the person was in France and arrived home recently.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is used in Y/N questions and negative sentences to discuss recent time and expected actions.

• already

• ever

• just

• yet

Have you been to France Yet? No I haven't yet, but I am going to go soon.

In this question, the asker is expecting the person to go to France (but doesn't know if they have or not). In the answer the person is saying that no, they haven't but they expect to go soon.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is typically used in positive sentences to mean "before now".

• already

• never

• just

• yet

I have already been to France once, but I want to go again.

Here the person is saying that, they have been to France before now.

Watch out for this:

1. Have you ever cooked?

2. Have you cooked yet?

What is the difference in meaning?

Open Ended

Create a sentence/question in the Present Perfect using these words:

Study / Ever / Spanish

Open Ended

Create a sentence/question in the Present Perfect using the following words:

just / take / the second quiz

Open Ended

Create a sentence / question in the present perfect using the following words:

yet / eat / dinner / today