Friday, October 18th

A. Still, Yet and Already
Still  
We use still to say that a situation or action is continuing. It hasn't changed or stopped:
  • It's 10 o'clock and Abdullah is still in bed.
  • When I went to bed, Mohammed was still working.
  • Do you still want to go to the party or have you changed your mind?

***Still usually goes in the middle of the sentence with the verb.

Yet 
Yet =' until now'. We use yet mainly in negative sentences ( I haven't finished yet) and questions (Have you finished yet?). yet shows that the speaker is expecting to happen.
***Yet usually goes at the end of sentence:
·         It's 10 o'clock and Abdullah hasn't got up yet.
·         I'm hungry. Is dinner ready yet?
·         We don't know where we are going for our holidays yet.

We often use yet with present perfect ( Have you finished yet?).
Compare yet and still:
·     Abdullah lost his job a year ago and is still unemployed.
Abdullah lost his job a year ago and hasn't found another job yet.
·     Is it still raining?
Has it stopped raining yet?

Still is also possible in negative sentences(before the negative):
·    She said she would be here an hour ago and she still hasn't come.

This is similar to 'she hasn't come yet'. But still.. not shows a stronger feeling of surprise or impatience. Compare:
·    I wrote to him last week. He hasn't replied yet. (but I expect he will reply soon).
·    I wrote to him months ago and he still hasn't replied. (he should have replied before now)
Already  
We use already to say that something happened sooner than expected. 

***Already usually goes in the middle of a sentence:

  • 'When is Sara going on holiday?'    ' She has already gone.' (= sooner than you expected)
  • Should I tell Fatima the news or does she already know?

 Here is a good recap of the uses of these adverbs:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammarchallenge/pdfs/gc_31_still_yet_already_explanation.pdf

Here is a short multiple choice test to test your knowledge:

1: I haven't _____ done my homework
2: Although he treated her badly, she ______ loves him.
3: I only arrived here last week, and I haven't _____ met all the people.
4: He told me once, then he told me the same thing ______ .
5: I've been trying this for hours, and I _____ can't get the right answers.
6: Have you ______ not found out how to do it?

B. Tell me something about yourself...

  1. List 3 beautiful/exotic places (countries, cities, regions, etc) that you want to visit but that you haven't yet (hint: use yet)
  2. List 3 memorable activities that you have done in the past (hint: use already)
  3. List 3 things that you plan to do but that you may not have started or you may have started but not finished (hint: use still)


Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Go to movies menu and select Top Movies.  Choose your top 3 movies from the list of Best Movies of 2013 Once you have made your selections, do the following:
  1. Read the synopsis of the movie
  2. Watch the trailer
  3. Read a few user reviews and qualify the movie as:
    • Very Bad
    • Bad
    • Mediocre
    • Good
    • Very Good
    • Excellent
  4. Write your own review of the movies
  5. Select one of the critics' reviews and make it your own by modifying a few words.
  6. Do you recommend this film? Why or why not?

2 commentaires:

  1. Unknown25 octobre 2013 à 01:53

    Painful, nervous, impatient… many negative words to describe the people in a waiting room of a hospital. How does the emergency work, what do the patients wonder, how do the doctors react to their clients with the constraint systems. I’d like to get the answers in this film.
    “If you want to understand how the American system of health care delivery works for people without employer-sponsored health insurance, I can think of no better introduction than watching Peter Nicks' documentary The Waiting Room.”

    How does American public hospital work especially with the people who doesn’t have a job or isn’t well covered by insurance. This documentary will be the best to give you the response.

    The Waiting Room—Yes, I recommend this film. It has a very interesting title and idea. I like documentaries since they record the things in neutered ways. They give the space to audiences to think in their own point of view. It’s still more attractive as the film is realized in an American hospital. Nowadays everyone talks health insurance and everyone talks US as the most developed countries in the world. The collision of these two points may bring many discussions. Being in a high health insurance coverage country (i.e. France), we may get ideas and lessons from this American film.
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  2. Unknown25 octobre 2013 à 02:25

    56 UP

    You can never find two people who are totally identical in the world, also you can always find some common points with somebody else. This film shows others’ lives from children hood to 56 years-old. The audiences may find some resonance when they project it to their own life.

    “I think the best thing about this movie (and the entire series) is that it forces the viewer to think about their own lives. It’s kind of an awakening experience.”

    Watching the others’ lives to thinking their owns.

    Yes, I will recommend this film since people are curious…

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