FOR, SINCE, EVER , NEVER, ALREADY, YET - created from Mind Map

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We also use "since" as a conjunction to introduce a subordinate clause: It’s so long since I saw them. (since + clause) / Lenny had slept most of the way since leaving Texas. (since + clause)

"For" In English, we use the preposition "for" to talk about an amount of time or space. The amount of time could be seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or even years.

Ever: at any time. We use "ever" in questions: Has he ever scored a goal before? (at any time in his life) / Do you ever dream about winning the lottery

"Never" means at no time in the past or at no time in the future: I have never lost the weight I put on in my teens. / Never had he been so free of worry.

We use "already" to say that something happened sooner than expected. Already usually comes before the main verb or between an auxiliary or modal verb and the main verb.

We use "yet" in questions or negative statements to talk about things that we expected to happen before now. "Yet2 usually comes at the end of the sentence.

We use "since" to refer back to a previous point in time, as a preposition with a date, a time or a noun phrase: It was the band’s first live performance since May 1990. (since + date) / I have been happily married for 26 years, since the age of 21. (since + noun phrase)

Examples, but with different verb tenses: (Past) Last year, I traveled for three weeks. (Present Continuous) I'm travelling for three weeks. (Future) Next year, I will travel for three weeks.

We can use not … ever in negatives, but never is more common than not ever: Laurie doesn’t ever call me at weekends. or Laurie never calls me … We haven’t ever had a problem with noise in the neighbourhood before or We’ve never had a problem with noise …

"Never" means 'not in any circumstances at all' / I would never do anything to hurt him. / Even if you are desperate to get married, never let it show.

I am sorry, she has already gone home. / The film has already started. / She's only four years old and she can already read

Have you finished work yet? / I haven't seen the new James Bond film yet. / Have you met our new colleague? ~ Not yet.