Tasks for self-study task 1. complete with the words in brackets. choose just, already, yet, ever, never, for, since. 1 don´t forget to phone alice. 'i phoned her. (yet, already, ever) 2 have you seen him anywhere? 'yes, i have seen him in the kitchen' (just, already, ever) 3 i to japan. what about you? (yet, never, ever) 4 has ann just phoned? 'yes, she ' (ever, yet, just) 5 why don't you read that paper? 'i have read it' (yet, already, just) 6 has it stopped snowing? 'no, it hasn't stopped snowing ' (just, yet, already) 7 sandra has studied french may. she speaks very fluently. (for, since, yet) 8 have you to space? 'of course not' (never, since, ever) 9 poor he has a girlfriend in his life! (ever, never, yet) 10 it hasn´t rained three months (since, for, ever) 11 i haven't told my parents about my failure (ever, just, yet) 12 would you like a sandwich? 'no, thanks. i have lunch.' (just, yet, ever) task 2. these are sentences from real conversations. put in the question tags. 1 i'm cooking tonight, ? 2 he's not a baby, ? 3 it'll be all right, ? 4 laura's still got short hair, ? 5 she doesn't feel well, ? task 3. put the words in brackets in the right order to make inversions. 1 (never/i/meet) such well-behaved children before. they are as good as gold. 2 (no sooner/my father/sit down) dinner than there was a knock on the door. 3 (little/he/know) that his culinary skills are quite substandard. 4 (at no time/mean) to hurt your feelings. it was all a big misunderstanding. 5(seldom/we/have) friends over for a drink. we prefer to meet them at pubs or restaurants. 6 (not only/he/make) a mean cheesecake, but he also prepares homemade jam. 7 only when the situation gets out of (the government/begin) to act 8 not until (you/can/get) all the swimming gear out of the drawers.