Practice #1 Adverbs: Already, Still, Yet

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Practice #1
Adverbs: already, still, yet

Choose between the two adverbs in the parentheses to complete each sentence.

1. We (still/already) can't speak to our computers.

2. Good, inexpensive voice recognition software hasn't been invented (still/yet).

3. It's true that there is (still/already) software to help blind people use computers.

4. But, the software (still/ yet) "speaks" in a mechanical voice and it (already/still) only
recognizes basic spoken commands.

5. There is also some voice recognition software that allows you to "type" a letter, for
instance, but it is (still/yet) very expensive.

6. It's amazing that technology has come so far (yet/already).

7. (Yet/Already) it has so far to go!

8. It (still/yet) takes at least three days to drive from New York to Los Angeles.

9. We can't even send people to Mars and the other planets (still/yet).

10. There are (still/already) many discoveries to be made!