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E1. Make each sentence negative.

1. Maria has been to Paris.

2. They have found an apartment.

3. He has had breakfast this morning.

E2. Write three negative sentences in the present perfect.

F. Already/yet

We often use already and yet with the present perfect. Use already with an affirmative sentence
and yet with a negative sentence. Use either already or yet in questions. Put yet at the end of the
sentence. Put already between have/has and the present participle.

Summary

Already Yet

Affirmative Negative
Have + already + past participle (sentence) yet.
Questions Questions

Marie has been in Montreal for a month. She has already visited Quebec and

Ottawa. She has not been to Toronto yet but she plans to go soon.

Already shows that something has happened. Yet shows that something has not happened but
possibly will happen.

F1. Add already or yet to each sentence.

1. The program has not begun.

2. I have read that magazine.
3. Have you found an apartment?

4. She has been to Niagara Falls.
5. We have had a lot of bad weather and it is snowing again.

6. I have not spoken to her about the problem.
7. They have thought about it for a long time.

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