PRESENT PERFECT + ever, never, already, yet
| The adverbs ever and never express the idea of an unidentified time before now (Ever ve Never Şu andan itibaren daha önce belirsiz bir zamanda olan işleri ifade eder.) |
| 'Ever' is used ('Ever' aşağıdaki gibi kullanılır.) |
a. in questions. (Soru cümlelerinde kullanılır.)
Example :
Have you ever been to England?
Has she ever met the Prime Minister?
b.in negative questions (Olumsuz soru cümlelerinde kullanılır.)
Example:
Haven't they ever been to Europe?
Haven't you ever eaten Chinese food?
c. and in negative statements using the pattern nothing.......ever , nobody.......ever
(ve 'Nothing .... ever' ile 'Nobody....ever' kalıplarıyla olumsuz ifadelerde kullanılır.)
Example:
Nobody has ever said that to me before.
Nothing like this has ever happened to us.
d.'Ever' is also used with 'The first time....
(Ever İlk kez yaptığımız işler için de kullanılır.)
Example:
It's the first time (that) I've ever eaten snails.
This is the first time I've ever been to England.
| 'Never' means at no time before now, and is the same as not ..... ever: (Never daha önce hiç bir zaman anlamına gelir. Not ....ever ile aynıdır.) |
I have never visited Berlin
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You must not use never and not together:
(Dikkat edin. Never ile Not birlikte kullanılamaz.)
I haven't never been to Italy.
I have never been to Italy.
Position: 'Ever' and 'never' are always placed before the main verb (past participle).
(Ever ve Never daima esas fiilden önce kullanılır.)
| Already and yet: |
| Already |
It is also used in questions:
a. Have you already written to John?
b. Has she finished her homework already?
Position: already can be placed before the main verb (past participle) or at the end of the sentence:
(Already esas fiilden önce ya da cümlenin sonunda kullanılır.)
a. I have already been to Tokyo.
b . I have been to Tokyo already.
| Yet |
Position: Yet is usually placed at the end of the sentence. (Yet daima cümlenin sonunda kullanılır.)
Alıntıdır.
