STILL        ALREADY        NOT...YET        NOT...ANYMORE       NO LONGER

   STILL :  encore      

                                It's still raining    ( il pleut encore )

                                John is still at work    ( John est encore au travail )

                                Are you still in bed ?    ( es-tu encore  au lit ? )

                                We still don't know whether they are survivors from the plane crash.

                                                    STILL se met habituellement avec le verbe

   ALREADY :  déjà

                                I've already been to Paris    ( je suis déjà allée à Paris )

                                I'm already late...   ( je suis déjà en retard...)

                                You already told me that   ( tu me l'as déjà dit )

                                Have you already written to your mother ?

                                                     ALREADY peut être placé avant le verbe principal ou en fin de phrase

                                                                I've already been to Paris  /  I've been to Paris already

   YET : s'utilise dans des phrases interrogatives ou négatives

                                Have you finished your homework yet ?   ( as-tu fini tes devoirs ? )

                                I have not finished yet     (je n'ai pas encore fini )          not...yet : pas encore

                                I haven't received a letter from Tom yet   ( je n'ai pas encore reçu de lettre de Tom )

                                Are you ready ? No, not yet

                                                      YET est habituellement placé en fin de phrase

   NOT...ANYMORE          NO LONGER        ne plus

                                Lydia doesn't live here anymore    ( Lydia n'habite plus ici )

                                Lydia no longer lives here

                                       les deux phrases ont le même sens

                                       dans le 1° cas le verbe est à la forme négative

                                       dans le 2° cas il est à la forme affirmative

                                 People no longer drive carriages    /    People don't drive carriages anymore

                                                     ANYMORE  en fin de phrase

                                                    NO LONGER en milieu de phrase               We are no longer friends

                               This is the story of  five nice smileys which would like to eat five delicious red apples.

English exercise "Still / already / not...yet" created by lili73 (22-10-2007) with The test builder
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1. A_______B_______C_______D_______E_______ None of the smileys has been given any apple all already anymore no longer still yet ,they all look very sad.
2. A_B_______C_______D_______E_______Most of the smileys don't have an apple but A has all already anymore no longer still yet one, he is happy.
3. A_B_C_______D_______D_______Now A and B have an apple but the others don't have one all already anymore no longer still yet
4. A_B_C_D_______E_______The last two smileys don't have an apple but the first three smileys have all already anymore no longer still yet one.
5. A_B_C_D_E_Now all already anymore no longer still yet the smileys have an apple,each of them would like to eat that apple.
6. A_______B_C_D_E_A has lost his apple, the others all already anymore no longer still yet have theirs.
7. A_______B_C_D_E_______B, C, D have an apple , but A and E don't have one all already anymore no longer still yet Where are the apples ?
8. A_______B_______C_D_E_______Only C and D have an apple, the others all already anymore no longer still yet have one.
9. A_______B_______C_______D_E_______Another apple has disappeared D has
all already anymore no longer still yet an apple.
10. A_______B_______C______D_______E_______All the apples have gone away, the smileys haven't any apple all already anymore no longer still yet.
11. We all already anymore no longer still yet don't know where the apples are. Oh look!____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________