Just, Already, Still, Yet
Complete: I haven't finished ___.
yet
Report: "I am tired."
She said she was tired.
Complete: He got angry and hung ___.
up
She ___ me she was tired.
told
Make "happy" negative.
unhappy
Complete: I've ___ eaten, so I'm not hungry.
already
Report: "I work here."
He said he worked there.
Complete: Please put me ___ to the manager.
through
Complete: He ___ that he was sorry.
said
Make "legal" negative.
illegal
Complete: We've been here for an hour and we're ___ waiting.
still
Report: "I have lost my phone."
She said she had lost her phone.
Complete: I've been put ___ hold.
on
Correct the mistake: "She told me don't speak."
She told me not to speak.
Make "patient" and "polite" negative.
impatient, impolite
Choose: "She's ___ arrived. She came through the door 10 seconds ago."
just
Report: "I didn't do my homework."
He said he hadn't done his homework.
What's the difference between "call back" and "hang up"?
Call back = phone again; hang up = end a call.
Complete: He promised ___ lend me some money.
he would
Make "possible", "convenient" and "fortunate" negative.
impossible, inconvenient, unfortunate
Make one sentence using still and one using yet correctly.
Answers vary, e.g. I'm still waiting. / I haven't eaten yet.
Report: "My grandmother will be 60 on Saturday."
She said her grandmother would be 60 on Saturday.
Complete all 3: put me ___; put ___ hold; cut ___.
through, on, off
Fix BOTH: "She said me she was busy." / "He told that he was tired."
She told me she was busy. / He said that he was tired.
Explain the pattern: illegal, impatient, impossible. Why aren't they all "un-"?
Different negative prefixes are used with different words; il- before some l words and im- before some m/p words.