Perfect Yet/Already, Present Perfect Progressive, Used To, Indirect Question, Causative Have and Get

Perfect Yet/Already

Already se refiere a algo que ha pasado antes o más pronto de lo que se esperaba y es traducido como “ya” en español.

Yet es usado para algo que esperábamos que sucediera, pero todavía no ha pasado. Tendemos a usarlo en frases negativas e interrogativas. En frases negativas puede ser traducido como "aún" o "todavía" y en preguntas como "ya". En contraste con los otros adverbios de esta lección, "yet" va al final de la frase.

- I've already drunk three coffees this morning. Don't write to John, I've already done it.

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

Present Perfect Progressive

- The present perfect progressive expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on. It puts emphasis on the duration or course of the action.

Used To

- Used to expresses the idea that something was an old habit that stopped in the past. It indicates that something was often repeated in the past, but it is not usually done now.

- Jerry used to study English.

Indirect Question

- Indirect questions are a little more formal and polite. We use them when talking to a person we don’t know very well, or in professional situations, and their form is a little different.

- Could you tell me…

- Do you know…

- I was wondering…

- Do you have any idea…

- I’d like to know…

- Would it be possible…

- Is there any chance…

- Do you know what time the bank opens?

Causative Have and Get

- We use causative verbs to show that someone or something caused something to happen. Causative verbs are: get, have, make, let and help.