Learn how to use the English words still and yet.
Channel: Real English Fluency Now with Trisha and Hope
Date: 09/02/2018

Still and yet are confusing for many English learners to use correctly. In this lesson I will help you to understand how to use them better.

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*** English Lesson Notes / transcript:  ***

In today’s lesson you will learn how to use the words ‘still’ and ‘yet’.
Let’s get started!
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Hello Real Fluency Friends! I’m Trisha and I’m here to teach 
you Real English used in Real Life so you can reach Real Fluency! Now! 

And today I will teach you how to use the words ‘still’ and ‘yet’ because  I know that they can be confusing for some English learners. 

Both still and yet are used to talk about things that have happened or haven’t happened.
It can be confusing because they can both be used in negative sentences when talking about something that wasn’t true in the past and isn’t true now.  For example:

I’m not done making this video yet.
I’m still not done making this video. 

These mean the same thing, either sentence is ok.  But notice that yet is used at the end of the sentence and still is used earlier in the sentence, before the verb. 

Using still in this way also can sound like a person is less patient with something. 
Or you might even hear someone use both in the same sentence: 
I’m still not done making this video yet!

Now let’s go over some other uses for still and yet.  
Other uses for Still
1) To not move or to be quiet.  You might say to your kid:
Sit still! 

2) Noun – equipment used to make alcohol
3) Something that happened before now and is continuing to happen:
It’s still raining.  (It was raining all night, and it’s still raining today!)

4) Questions – this was true earlier – is it still true:
     Do you still want to learn English?
yet
as a conjunction – don’t worry so much about using this way – but understand when you see it.  
- used to introduce a statement that adds something to a previous statement and usually contrasts with it in some way

She studied hard for the test, yet failed it.  
She studied hard for the test, but still failed it. 
Although she studied hard for the test, she failed it. 

- Something that is expected to happen and you want to know if it has already happened – used in questions:
Did you get the mail yet?
Are we there yet?
In general, I recommend that you listen a lot to English and read as much as you can.
If you listen and read as much as possible it will help you to internalize the use of words like these and grammar in general so that it comes more naturally to you and you don’t have to think so hard about it.
Short quiz for more practice:
Fill in the blank with either still or yet.
1) It was snowing earlier, is it _____ snowing?
2) I don’t have enough YouTube subscribers ___.
3) I think it will snow today. Is it snowing ___?
4) I _____ don’t have enough youtube subscribers.
5) Do you _____ want me to help you with English?
Answers are at the very end of this video – so please keep watching to get the answers!
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