Present Perfect + yet/ already

Present Perfect + yet/ already

Already

"Already" refers to something that has happened earlier or sooner than expected and is translated as "already" in Spanish. "Already" usually goes between the auxiliary verb and the verb

Examples:

They have already  finished  their  homework.(Ya han acabado sus deberes.)

Jacob has already  left  work.(Jacob ya se ha ido del trabajo.)

The train has already  arrived.(El tren ya ha llegado.)

Yet 

"Yet" is used for something that we expected to happen, but it has not happened yet. We tend to use it in negative and interrogative phrases. In negative phrases it can be translated as "still" or "still" and in questions like "already". In contrast to the other adverbs in this lesson, "yet" goes to the end of the sentence.

Examples:

I’m really hungry. I haven’t eaten yet.(Tengo mucha hambre. Todavía no he comido.)

Jacob hasn’t left his job at the hospital yet.(Jacob todavía no se ha ido de su trabajo en el hospital.)

Have they finished their homework yet?(¿Ya han terminado sus deberes?)

Has the train arrived yet?(¿Ya ha llegado el tren?)

Exercise Write yet or already in the spaces.

1) I've been on the waiting list for two weeks .

2) Steve hasn't had that car for a month  and it's scratched.

3) I haven't thought about what to do .

4) Has your company had financial problems ?

5) She's completed five exercises .

6) Poor Mary is so busy she hasn't had time to do the housework .

7) She hasn't got over her health problems .

8) John's planned the first phase of the project .

9) Have you met the Jones's ?

10) It's  rained twice this morning.

Answers

1. already

2. yet

3. yet

4. yet ("already" es posible si sospechamos o sabemos que la respuesta es sí.)

5. already

6. yet

7. yet

8. already

9. yet ("already" es posible si sospechamos o sabemos que la respuesta es sí.)

10. already