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yet/already                                      Module 7

               yet is used only with the                             The verb should
               question and negative form of   Have you  inished yet?
               verbs. It is placed at the end of the  He hasn’t arrived yet.
               sentence.                                           AFFIRMATIVE   I/He/She/It/We/You/They should go
               already is used with the                              NEGATIVE    I/He/She/It/We/You/They shouldn’t go
               affirmative and question form of  I’ve already seen that
               verbs. It is placed between the    ilm.              QUESTIONS    Should I/he/she/it/we/you/they go?
               auxiliary and the main verb, or
               at the end of the sentence for   You’ve  inished eating   SHORT
               emphasis.                  already!                   ANSWERS     Yes, I/he/she/it/we/you/they should.
                                                                                 No, I/he/she/it/we/you/they shouldn’t.

                                                                  We use should:
                 Present Perfect Simple with how long/            •  to ask for and give advice.
                since/for                                           What should I do? You shouldn’t work so hard.
                                                                  •  to express an opinion.
              •  We use the Present Perfect Simple with for, since     I think the children should eat more fruit.
                and how long for actions that started in the past and   •  to make a suggestion.
                continue up to the present.                         We should go to the cinema. There’s a nice  ilm on.

               How long...?            How long have you had
               To ask about the duration   this collection?
               of an action.                                         The article ‘the’
               since + a point in time                            ‘the’ is used:
               (e.g since 1980, since   I’ve had this collection   •  for somebody or something specific or already
               yesterday, since last   since 1999.                  mentioned.
               week, since 4am)                                     A: There’s a new car in the street.
               It refers to the time                                B: Yes, it’s the car I bought yesterday.
               when the action started.                           •  for things that are unique.
                                                                    the Earth, the Pyramids
               for + a period of time                             •  with the superlative of adjectives/adverbs.
               (e.g for two weeks, for three   I’ve had this collection   Joan is the best dancer of all.
               days, for  ive minutes,  for six years.              My canary sings the most beautifully of all.
               for months)                                        •   before names of seas, rivers, oceans and deserts.
               It refers to the duration                            the Black Sea, the Thames, the Indian Ocean, the Kalahari
               of the action.
                                                                    Desert
                                                                  •  before groups of islands, mountain ranges and countries
                                                                    in the plural.
                                                                    the Azores, the Alps, the Netherlands
                 Relative Pronouns                                •  before nationalities, when we refer to the whole nation.
                                                                    The Chinese invented paper thousands of years ago.
              •  The relative pronouns who, which, that, whose and the   •  before people’s surnames, when we refer to the whole
               adverb where introduce relative clauses..            family.
                                                                    The Simpsons came to see us last night.
                          PRONOUNS          EXAMPLES
                                                                  •  before names of hotels, restaurants, theatres, cinemas
                                      The woman who/that is         and newspapers.
                                      driving that sports car is    the Ritz, the National Theatre, the Guardian
               People     who/that    my aunt.                    •  before musical instruments.
                                      The teacher (who/that) I      My son plays the drums.
                                      like the most is Mrs Robins.  •   before the cardinal points.
                                                                    Sussex is to the south of London.
                                      The bag which/that is on    ‘the’ is not used:
               Animals and   which/that  the desk is mine.        •  before names of people, streets, islands, mountains, cities,
               Things                 The  ilm (which/that) I saw   countries and continents.
                                      last night was terrible.      Joe Black, Oxford Street, Corsica, Everest, Rome, Turkey,
                                      The man whose wallet you      Africa
               Possession  whose                                  •  before names of days and months.
                                      found is over there.
                                                                    on Monday / in July
                            ADVERB
                                                                  •  before plural countable nouns or uncountable nouns
                                      The place where I live is     when we are talking about something in general.
               Place      where
                                      beautiful.                    Tigers are wild animals.
                                                                    My brother likes chocolate.
                                                                  •  before abstract nouns (love, hope, beauty etc.).
               NOTE:  •  Who, which and that can be omitted when they   You mustn’t lose hope.
                     are the object of the verb in the relative clause.  •  before names of magazines, sports, games, colours and
                    •  Whose and where can never be omitted or      languages (when they are not followed by the word
                     replaced with that.
                                                                    language).

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