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Has my lunch arrived yet? Already and yet with the present perfect

An A2 ESL lesson plan on already and yet with the present perfect, for saying what has already happened and what hasn't happened yet.

Grammar
Already between have or has and the participle (The robot has already left.), yet at the end of negatives and questions (Has it arrived yet?), and short answers such as Not yet.
Topic
Food delivery robots at George Mason University in Virginia and American college life, with words such as unlock, meal plan, freshman and tailgate.
Activities
A post about robot lunches on campus, a viewer's voice message and a lunch order by app, drills that check themselves, a to-do-list chat and boxes of speaking prompts.

What's inside

  1. Chapter 1Lunch by robot?

    • PictureUnlock
    • Spin the wheel and answerSpin the wheelUnlock
    • Study the words: robots on campusVocabularyTry it
    • Look at the pictures and chooseChoose by pictureUnlock

  2. Chapter 2Let's read: lunch on six wheels

    • Look at the photo: a robot on campusPictureUnlock
    • Read the show's postReal-life documentTry it
    • Read and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock
    • Read again and choose the right answerQuizUnlock

  3. Chapter 3Let's listen: where's my lunch?

    • Listen to the Viewer's QuestionListeningTry it
    • Transcript, for the teacherUnlock
    • Listen and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock
    • Listen to Maya and BrianListeningUnlock
    • Transcript, for the teacherUnlock
    • Listen and choose the right answerQuizUnlock

  4. Chapter 4Grammar: Has it arrived yet?

    • Study the scheme: already and yetGrammar schemeTry it
    • Choose the correct optionChoose the optionUnlock
    • Fill in the gaps: already or not … yetFill in the gapsTry it
    • Fill in the table: already and not … yetFill in the tableUnlock
    • Choose the right sentenceQuizUnlock

  5. Chapter 5Let's talk: done yet?

    • Choose the right replies: our to-do listChatTry it
    • Open a box and answer: done yet?Open the boxUnlock

  6. Chapter 6Homework

    • Match the words and the meaningsMatchUnlock
    • Unscramble the wordsAnagramUnlock
    • Fill in the gaps with the lesson's wordsFill in the gapsUnlock
    • Choose the correct wordChoose the optionUnlock
    • Fill in the gaps: write the past participleFill in the gapsUnlock
    • Fill in the table: short answers and not … yetFill in the tableUnlock
    • Put the words in the correct orderUnjumbleUnlock
    • Choose the correct option: Maya's to-do listChoose the optionUnlock
    • Drag the words into the gaps: Keisha's commentDrag and dropUnlock

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Vocabulary

10 words and phrases from the lesson, each with a picture and audio in edio.

+7 more with pictures and audio in the lessonMore words

  • pin
  • alert
  • curb
  • meal plan
  • freshman
  • tailgate
  • to-do list

Grammar: already and yet with the present perfect

Already and yet measure a job against now: done, maybe sooner than expected, or not done so far. As a robot carries lunch across a college campus, learners place already mid-sentence and yet at the end, give short answers like Not yet, and keep yesterday and last night for the past simple.

It has already left. It hasn't arrived yet.

Present perfect: have / has + the past participle (left, arrived, eaten). already: it's done, maybe sooner than you think. yet: up to now, in negatives and questions.

Already or yet?

Already goes in positive sentences, between have or has and the verb: The robot has already left. In a question, it adds surprise: Have you already ordered? Yet ends negatives and questions: It hasn't arrived yet. Has it arrived yet?

WordUse it in…Where?Example
already ✅positive sentencesbetween have / has and the verbThe robot has already left.
already 😮questions: a surprise (so soon?)between have / has and the verbHave you already ordered?
yet ❌negative sentencesat the endIt hasn't arrived yet.
yet ❓questionsat the endHas it arrived yet?

Every person, and the participles

I, you, we and they take have; he, she, it and one name take has: Maya has already eaten. He hasn't charged his phone yet. The participles come from the lesson's own verbs: ordered, unlocked, left, paid, seen, done.

Every person

Whoalready ✅not … yet ❌
II've (I have) already ordered.I haven't (have not) eaten yet.
youYou've already paid.You haven't unlocked it yet.
heHe has already eaten.He hasn't charged his phone yet.
sheShe has already left.She hasn't arrived yet.
itIt has already crossed the street.It hasn't arrived yet.
weWe've already chosen.We haven't paid yet.
theyThey've already seen it.They haven't seen it yet.

Past participles in this lesson

  • order → ordered
  • unlock → unlocked
  • charge → charged
  • eat → eaten
  • leave → left
  • see → seen
  • send → sent
  • pay → paid
  • do → done
  • write → written

Questions and short answers

Have or has opens the question, and the short answer repeats it: Has the robot arrived yet? Yes, it has. No, it hasn't. Not yet works on its own. A yes answer keeps have in full: Yes, I have, never Yes, I've.

Questions and short answers

QuestionYesNo
Have you ordered yet?Yes, I have.No, I haven't. / Not yet.
Has the robot arrived yet?Yes, it has.No, it hasn't. / Not yet.
Has she already eaten?Yes, she has.No, she hasn't.
Have they charged it yet?Yes, they have.No, they haven't.

he, she, it: has

With he, she, it and one name, use has: Maya has already eaten. (Not: She have already eaten.) In a yes short answer, don't shorten have: Yes, I have. (Not: Yes, I've.) In a no answer, haven't is fine: No, I haven't.

American usage and finished times

Americans also say I already ate and Did you eat yet?, with the past simple; the lesson practices have and has. A finished time always takes the past simple: I ordered it yesterday, not I've ordered it already yesterday.

American English and finished times

In American English, people also say I already ate or Did you eat yet? In this lesson, we use have / has with already and yet. With a finished time (yesterday, last night, in 2019), use only the past simple: I ordered it yesterday.

On campus

  • Brian has already opened the app.
  • Have you charged your phone yet? – Not yet.
  • The robot has already crossed the street.
  • My lunch hasn't arrived yet.
  • Has Marco already eaten? Wow, so fast!
  • I've already unlocked the robot!

Common mistakes

  • It has arrived yet.

    It has already arrived.

    positive sentences: already

  • It hasn't already arrived.

    It hasn't arrived yet.

    negative sentences: yet

  • Has it yet arrived?

    Has it arrived yet?

    yet goes at the end

  • I've ordered it already yesterday.

    I ordered it yesterday.

    yesterday: past simple

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What's in the lesson

  • 17 auto-checked exercises
  • 4 games
  • 1 real-life document
  • 1 grammar scheme
  • 1 set of word cards
  • 2 audio clips
  • 2 pictures
  • 2 transcripts

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

  • say what is done with already: I've already ordered. The robot has already crossed the street.
  • say what isn't done with not … yet: My lunch hasn't arrived yet. I haven't charged my phone yet.
  • ask with yet and answer in short: Have you ordered yet? Yes, I have. No, not yet.
  • check a to-do list with a friend: Have you made the slides yet? Yes, I've already read the article.

Lesson 6 is the second lesson of Clever tech at home in English A2.2 · Curious Minds, and it brings the other half of the unit's goal: saying what you have or haven't done yet. It builds on lesson 5, where have just shared news from a moment ago, and on the present perfect for experiences from lessons 1 and 2. A lunch that has already left the kitchen but hasn't arrived yet needs both words.

Students spin a wheel of lunch and phone questions and learn ten words, from unlock and charge to freshman and tailgate, with pictures and audio. The show's post explains how a robot lunch works at George Mason University, from ordering in an app and putting a pin on the map to the alert and unlocking the robot. Two AI-voiced listenings follow: Keisha's voice message with her challenge, then Maya and Brian, a sophomore, waiting for lunch. After the scheme come four self-checking exercises, among them a table of already and not … yet for every person. To speak, students go through a project to-do list with Maya in a chat, then open boxes such as Say two things you haven't done yet today.

Homework has nine self-checking tasks: a word match, an anagram and a gap-fill for the new words, a choice of already, yet or a helper verb, past participles, a table of short answers, sentences to put in order, Maya's to-do list and a viewer's comment with gaps.

Grammar:
present perfect + already · present perfect + yet · Have you … yet? · short answers
Topic:
delivery robots · George Mason University · college life · campus · meal plans · tailgating · Curious Minds

Teaching tips

  • Keep a real to-do list on the board during class: check off each job as it's done, and students report: We've already checked the homework. We haven't read the post yet.
  • Follow the robot on a board map: draw the kitchen, the street, the crosswalk and the pin, move a magnet along, and students say It has already crossed the street. It hasn't arrived yet.
  • Hand out an already card and a yet card: read positive and negative sentences with a gap, and students hold up the right card: already for positives, yet for negatives.
  • Teach the four college years before the reading: freshman, sophomore, junior and senior. A comment under the post names all four, and the student in the lunch dialogue is a sophomore.

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The whole course: English A2.2 · Curious Minds

32 lessons that pick up where English A2.1 ends, in simple American English, from the present perfect to used to, have to and relative clauses. Eight units cover nature, tech at home, heroes, healthy habits, fashion, school, animals and traditions. Pictures and definitions replace translations, and the practice exercises check themselves.See the course

  1. Unit 1 Wonders of nature

    the present perfect with ever and never, been to, superlatives with I've ever, articles with place names

    1. Lesson 1Have you ever seen the sky dance?The present perfect for experiences
    2. Lesson 2Have you been to the Grand Canyon?Present perfect vs past simple
    3. Lesson 3The longest cave in the worldSuperlatives with the present perfect
    4. Lesson 4The first national parkArticles with place names

  2. Unit 2 Clever tech at home

    the present perfect with just, already and yet, phrasal verbs, subject and object questions

    1. Lesson 5The chocolate bar that meltedThe present perfect with just
    2. Lesson 6 · you're hereHas my lunch arrived yet?Already and yet with the present perfect
    3. Lesson 7Turn it on, turn it offPhrasal verbs with it and them
    4. Lesson 8The girl who tests waterSubject and object questions

  3. Unit 3 Everyday heroes

    the past continuous, when and while, adjective order, story linkers

    1. Lesson 9When the pager beepsThe past continuous with was and were
    2. Lesson 10The man who planted apple treesPast continuous and past simple with when and while
    3. Lesson 11What's in the lost and found?The order of adjectives
    4. Lesson 12The dogs who saved NomeStory linkers

  4. Unit 4 Healthy and happy habits

    will for predictions, the zero and first conditionals, so do I and neither do I

    1. Lesson 13Why does school start later in California?Will and won't for predictions, decisions and offers
    2. Lesson 14Brain freeze!The zero conditional for facts
    3. Lesson 15Doctor's orders: go to the park!The first conditional with if and will
    4. Lesson 16Walking in the mall at 7 a.m.Agreeing with So do I and Neither do I

  5. Unit 5 Style through time

    used to, didn't use to, made of and made from, still and not anymore

    1. Lesson 17Why did everyone use to wear a hat?Used to for past habits and states
    2. Lesson 18Jeans used to be work clothesUsed to in negatives and questions
    3. Lesson 19Quilts made from old clothesMade of, made from and made by
    4. Lesson 20Cowboy boots, still made by handStill, not anymore and no longer

  6. Unit 6 School in America

    have to, must and mustn't, be allowed to, had to

    1. Lesson 21Do you have to wear a uniform?Have to and don't have to for rules
    2. Lesson 22Stop for the yellow bus!Must, mustn't and don't have to
    3. Lesson 23A class trip to the SmithsonianBe allowed to and can for permission
    4. Lesson 24One room, one teacher, every gradeHad to and didn't have to for past duties

  7. Unit 7 Amazing animals

    relative clauses with which, that, who and where, look and sound + adjective, adjectives with prepositions

    1. Lesson 25The bird that copies car alarmsRelative clauses with which and that
    2. Lesson 26Alligators and crocodiles togetherWho, which, that and where in relative clauses
    3. Lesson 27Sailors thought it was a mermaidLook, sound and feel as linking verbs
    4. Lesson 28Beagles at the airportAdjectives with prepositions

  8. Unit 8 Traditions we love

    invitations, will vs going to, so and such, one and ones

    1. Lesson 29Come to our cookout!Making, accepting and refusing invitations
    2. Lesson 30Is spring going to come early?Will vs going to for the future
    3. Lesson 31From turnips to pumpkinsSo and such for emphasis
    4. Lesson 32Giant balloons over ManhattanOne and ones in place of a noun

Questions about this lesson

How do you use just, already and yet?
In the present perfect, just means a moment ago and already means done, maybe sooner than expected, while yet means up to now and goes in negatives and questions. The popcorn has just popped. The robot has already left. It hasn't arrived yet. Just and already sit before the participle; yet comes at the end of the sentence.
When do you use already and yet?
Already goes in positive sentences, yet in negatives and questions: I've already ordered. I haven't eaten yet. Have you ordered yet? Both usually go with the present perfect. Already can also go in a question, to show surprise that something happened so soon: Has Marco already eaten? Wow, so fast!
Where do already and yet go in a sentence?
Already usually goes in the middle, yet at the end: already sits between have or has and the participle (The robot has already crossed the street.), and yet follows everything else (We haven't unlocked the robot yet.). So Has it yet arrived? is wrong; say Has it arrived yet? In the A2 lesson Has my lunch arrived yet? on edio.ai, a word-order task drills exactly this.
How do you use yet in present perfect questions?
Put yet at the end of a present perfect question: Has the robot arrived yet? Have you charged your phone yet? It asks whether something has happened up to now. Short answers repeat have or has: Yes, it has. No, it hasn't. Not yet also works alone. In a yes answer, keep have whole: Yes, I have, not Yes, I've.
How do you use already with the present perfect?
Already says something is done, maybe sooner than expected, and it goes between have or has and the participle: I've already unlocked the robot! Brian has already opened the app. In a question, it shows surprise: Have you already ordered? The chat in Has my lunch arrived yet?, an A2 lesson on edio.ai, has students reply Yes, I've already read it.
Is it "It hasn't arrived yet" or "It hasn't already arrived"?
It's It hasn't arrived yet: negatives take yet, not already. The reverse mistake happens too: It has arrived yet should be It has already arrived, because positive sentences take already. A quick test: if the sentence has not or n't, reach for yet and put it at the end.
Is "Did you eat yet?" correct?
Yes, in everyday American English: people say Did you eat yet? and I already ate, with the past simple. Textbooks usually teach the present perfect first, and it is right everywhere: Have you eaten yet? I've already eaten. With a finished time, only the past simple works: I ordered it yesterday, not I've ordered it already yesterday.
What do freshman, sophomore, junior and senior mean?
Freshman, sophomore, junior and senior are the American names for the four years of high school and college: a freshman is in the first year, a sophomore in the second, a junior in the third and a senior in the fourth. In high school, a senior is in twelfth grade. In the comments on the show's post in edio.ai's A2 lesson Has my lunch arrived yet?, a college junior lists all four.
How do I teach already and yet to A2 students?
Start with a to-do list, half of it checked off: checked jobs give already (I've already sent the email.), open ones give not … yet (I haven't called Grandma yet.). With the list in front of students, show where each word goes, then add questions and short answers: Have you called Grandma yet? No, not yet. This lesson's chat works the same way, with a to-do list for a biology project.
What's a good game for practicing already and yet?
An open-the-box game of done and not-done jobs is a good one: each box asks for three things you've already done today, two things you haven't done yet or a question for a partner, such as Have you had lunch yet? Students answer aloud: I've already had breakfast, but I haven't done my homework yet. The A2 lesson Has my lunch arrived yet? on edio.ai has eight boxes like these in its speaking chapter.
Are there interactive exercises for already and yet?
Yes: gap-fills and chats that check each answer show at once whether already or yet fits. With no account, this page plays four parts of Has my lunch arrived yet?, an A2 lesson on edio.ai: the show's post about delivery robots on campus, a viewer's voice message with her question, a gap-fill of already or not … yet, and a chat about a to-do list. The rest stays locked.
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