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Grammar Exercise | Already, Since, For, Yet, Just, Ever, Never
Do the exercise below and click the button to check your answers.
(Before doing the exercise, you may want to read the lesson about the present perfect with already, since, for, yet, and just)
📝 Need a quick reminder first?
You can jump to the Present Perfect key words recap at the end of the page before starting the exercises.
Exercise 1: Practice with Already, Since, For, Yet, Just
👉 Quick tip:
Use already in positive sentences, yet in negative sentences or questions, and since / for to talk about time (since = starting point, for = length of time).
Exercise 2: Already, Yet, Just, Ever, Never, For, Since
Do you need more practice on the present perfect signal words (already, yet, just, ever, never, for, since)? Do the following quiz:
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
- I have _____ seen that movie three times; I love it!
- a) yet
- b) already
- c) never
- d) just
- Have you ____ been to Paris?
- a) ever
- b) never
- c) just
- d) for
- She hasn’t finished her homework ____.
- a) already
- b) just
- c) yet
- d) since
- We have lived in this house ____ 2015.
- a) for
- b) since
- c) ever
- d) just
- He has ____ arrived. You can talk to him now.
- a) never
- b) yet
- c) just
- d) for
- I have known her ____ ten years.
- a) since
- b) for
- c) ever
- d) already
- They have ____ tried sushi; they are a bit nervous about it.
- a) ever
- b) already
- c) just
- d) never
Answer Key & Explanation
2. a) ever (Used in questions about life experience)
3. c) yet (Used in negatives to mean “up to now”)
4. b) since (Refers to a specific starting point in time)
5. c) just (Means “a very short time ago”)
6. b) for (Refers to a duration or length of time)
7. d) never (Used to make a negative statement about life experience)
How did you do? If you want more focused practice on the trickiest pair, ‘for’ and ‘since’, proceed to our video quiz below!
3. Video Quiz: For or Since Exercises
Ready for the next level? Following our exercise on already, just, and yet, let’s now focus specifically on for and since. This video quiz will test your mastery of these two tricky words with the Present Perfect tense through targeted practice.
Recap & Focus: Present Perfect Key Words
Let’s quickly review the words from our last session. They all signal when or how often something happened in relation to the present.
| Word | Purpose (What it signals) | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Already | Something happened sooner than expected (positive/neutral). | “I’ve already finished the report.” |
| Yet | Something hasn’t happened, but we expect it to (in questions & negatives). | “Has the mail arrived yet?” |
| Just | Something happened a very short time ago. | “She has just left the office.” |
| Ever | At any time in one’s life (used in questions). | “Have you ever visited Japan?” |
| Never | At no time in one’s life (makes a sentence negative). | “I have never seen that movie.” |
| For | A duration of time (how long). | “I’ve lived here for five years.” |
| Since | The starting point of an action (when it began). | “I’ve lived here since 2018.” |
