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are you still watching me are you not
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did you notice that i just whoops
used already just still and yet in those
sentences
those words are the topic of today's
lesson because they are words that
learners of english usually struggle
with but once you learn them they're
easy to use
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started with the lesson so you're likely
familiar with adverbs
these are words that add extra details
to verbs they describe verbs
words like slowly
quietly quickly
an example i slowly walked through the
park or the little girl sat quietly in
her room now the four adverbs that i'm
going to discuss with you today are a
little different they are adverbs of
time meaning they generally describe
when something happens there are a few
exceptions and don't worry we will go
through those as well to understand them
visually
take a look at this timeline
we can see the past now and the future
already and just
are used to talk about actions in the
past that are finished they're not
ongoing
they're finished completed done
yet is used to talk about things that
are planned to happen in the future and
still is the tricky one it can have
different meanings depending on the
usage these adverbs of time are mostly
used with the present perfect have done
i have done this is because they're used
to describe actions that are related to
the present in terms of their timing i'm
going to give you a couple of examples
to demonstrate the timing now with just
we have i've just finished my homework
i've just finished my homework i
finished my homework a short while ago
with already
i've already watched that movie i've
already watched that movie i watched
that movie sometime in the past
so just is a short while ago and already
sometime in the past
it could be a few days ago it could be a
few months ago we don't know but what we
do know is that it happened longer ago
than just
i've just watched that movie i very
recently watched it i've already watched
that movie a bit further back in time
let's take a look at yet
i haven't been to the supermarket yet
this means that it's planned but not
done you've planned something but you
haven't done it yet see perfect place to
use that word and still
i still haven't called my teacher
i still haven't called my teacher in
this context it also means that it's
planned but not done this meaning is
very similar to the third example the
previous example the differences that
this implies the still here implies that
this action should
have already been completed but you
still
haven't done it yet the still here
focuses a little bit more on that you
should have already performed that
action but you still haven't
maybe you've been procrastinating maybe
you downloaded candy crush i did that
once i know that's a very old game
i was ridiculous anyway moving on so
we've got the basic outline let's dive a
little deeper and look at them as
individuals
already
already has three basic usages
first usage
it's used to describe something that
happened in the near past as we
discussed before you don't need to wash
up i've already done it i'm very
recently washed up the action likely
happened several minutes ago
second usage we use it to describe an
action that happened longer ago i don't
want to travel to spain i've already
been there that is the biggest lie i've
ever said i always want to travel to
spain in this sentence the meaning of
already could be months or years in the
past it's much further in the past than
the first example the third use of
already and this is an important one is
to express the idea that something
happened quicker than expected
the test started 10 minutes ago but
she's already finished it that is way
quicker than i expected
maybe the test was meant to be 30 or 60
minutes long but the student finished it
in 10 minutes this action took place
sooner than expected i can't believe you
finished it already let's have a quick
test to check your understanding i'm
going to show you two sentences and i
want you to think about the meaning of
already in that sentence whether it's
the first usage the near past the second
usage
longer ago or the third usage quicker
than expected first one
i don't want to see that concert i've
already seen them live i don't want to
see that concert i've already seen them
live
one two or three
near past longer ago or quicker than
expected
if you chose number two then you are
correct number two it's 11 am and he's
already eating his lunch
it's 11 am and he's already eating his
lunch i can relate hard with this
sentence i can really relate with this
sentence
whenever i have a packed lunch i just
can't stop thinking about it until i'm
finally eating it which usage one two or
three
if you chose three then you are
in
joking you're correct did that make you
jump yeah he's eating his lunch sooner
than expected but he knows his body
clock so he can do what he wants let's
move on to the next word
just
just has a very similar meaning to
already as we have already discussed a
short while ago
but it expresses that something happened
much more recently i've just finished
dinner
now it's time for dessert i finished
dinner moments ago and now i'm ready for
dessert however just can talk about
something that happened a little longer
ago it could be used to describe
something that happened recently for
example william has just come back from
america william could have come back
several days ago rather than moments ago
but this is still considered recent i've
also got three more usages of the word
just they all have a similar general
meaning in that they express a strong
feeling towards something an example
that's just what i wanted to say that's
exactly or precisely what i wanted to
say so just here is used to express a
precise or exact meaning
that's just what he thought that's
exactly precisely what he thought
another example
she is just an amazing singer she is
just an amazing singer it's like saying
simply she is simply an amazing singer
so just here is used to show a strong
feeling about something i strongly feel
that she is an amazing singer what about
this
just finish the task as quickly as you
can
just finish the task as quickly as you
can
just here is used to express
impatience when giving orders just do it
do it now
so those were all about having a strong
feeling towards something we now have
two more meanings these are used very
frequently if i phone my husband and
he's at work
and he says what do you need
i might say
i just wanted to tell you that i love
you i just wanted to tell you that i
love you we use just here to reduce the
force of a statement and almost to
suggest that it's not important oh it's
not important i just wanted to tell you
that i love you another example
can i just borrow your phone for one
minute can i just borrow your phone
that's all i want it's not much please
can i borrow your phone and lastly we
can use it to mean simply or only
i'm just a student so i can't afford it
i'm simply or only a student so i can't
afford it okay so we have those seven
usages let's test you once again to
check your understanding what is just
being used for in this sentence you
should call tom he is just the man for
the job i might have given it away with
my hand you should call tom he's just
the man for the job it's the third one
to express a precise or exact meaning he
is the exact man for the job and the
next sentence i don't want to hear any
excuses just be quiet
i don't want to hear any excuses just be
quiet which meaning is it
it's usage number five to express
impatience when giving orders so we've
already spoken about
already and just but we still haven't
spoken about still or yet so let's move
on to these last two i mentioned earlier
that still can be a little bit tricky
this is because it can have various
applications let's take a look we can
use it to describe something that is
going to happen in the near future in
this case it's used in a negative
context i've been waiting for 20 minutes
but he still hasn't arrived
still is often used with continuous
grammar describing an action that is
continuing and hasn't finished yet he is
still washing his car he is continuing
to do so he hasn't finished yet this can
imply
that somebody is taking longer than they
should or something is taking longer
than it should he's still cleaning his
car he's still out there he loves that
car the last use of still is to talk
about habits in particular habits that
have not changed even if they maybe
should have changed an example he's 35
but he still lives with his mum
obviously it's absolutely fine to live
with your mum when you're 35 whatever
works for you i mean the housing price
is now moving on
however there is that implication that
it's not normal to do that it's a habit
that should have been broken according
to society another example do you still
go to that nightclub oh we stopped going
ages ago it's implying oh you still do
that oh we stopped that ages ago it
doesn't always have to be negative do
you still work for
google
for example do you still work for google
yes cool so there's still for you it's
used to describe something that's going
to happen in the near future or likely
to happen in the near future an action
in progress that still hasn't finished
or to talk about a habit that hasn't
changed sometimes with an implication
that it should have changed i hope
that's clear for you if you want to test
your understanding even more there is a
quiz in the pdf
finally let's talk about yet this adverb
of time has a couple of meanings
but the most common one is to express
that something's going to happen soon
have you finished your homework yet i
expect you to finish it soon but i don't
know if you've completed the task or not
comparing this to already have you
already finished your homework implies a
little bit more that i'm shocked that
you've done it so soon have you already
finished your homework if i say have you
finished your homework yet there's no
strong implication that you've done the
homework quicker or slower than expected
have you still not finished your
homework that implies that your homework
is being completed at a much slower rate
than expected there is another meaning
of yet and it's similar to the meaning
of nonetheless nonetheless
what a great
great word to say nevertheless was
always a favorite of my students
nonetheless means despite what has been
said or done
it's similar to but
nonetheless
he's retired
yet he still continues to work he's
retired
nevertheless or nonetheless he still
continues to work
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