| isaacsenglish2.blogspot.com isaacsenglish.ning.com Instructor de la escuela de ingles IBE ingles garantizado da tutorial del uso de las palabras inglesas ALREADY, YET y EVER. IBE english language instructor gives an ESL tutorial on the adverbs ALREADY,EVER and YET. TENSES PRESENT PERFECT + ever, never, already, yet The adverbs ever and never express the idea of an unidentified time before now eg Have you ever visited Berlin? 'Ever' is used a. in questions. eg Have you ever been to England? Has she ever met the Prime Minister? b. in negative questions eg Haven't they ever been to Europe? Haven't you ever eaten Chinese food? c. and in negative statements using the pattern nothing.......ever, nobody.......ever eg Nobody has ever said that to me before. Nothing like this has ever happened to us. d. 'Ever' is also used with 'The first time.... eg It's the first time (that) I've ever eaten snails. This is the first time I've ever been to England. 'Never' means at no time before now, and is the same as not ..... ever: I have never visited Berlin BE CAREFUL! You must not use never and not together: I haven't never been to Italy. I have never been to Italy. Position: 'Ever' and 'never' are always placed before the main verb (past participle). Already and yet: Already refers to an action that has happened at an unspecified time before now. It suggests that there is no need for repetition, ega I've already drunk three coffees this morning. (and you're offering me another one!) b ... |
