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.)

Example:
Have you ever visited Berlin? Yes, I have.
Have you ever visited Paris? No, never.

 

'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

BE CAREFUL!
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

Already refers to an action that has happened at an unspecified time before now. It suggests that there is no need for repetition,
(Already daha önce belirsiz bir zamanda olmuş bir eylemi bildirir ve onun tekrar edilmesinin gereksiz olduğunu ifade eder.)
Örnek
a. I've already drunk three coffees this morning . (and you're offering me another one!)
b. Don't write to John, I've already done it.

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

yet is used in negative statements and questions, to mean (not) in the period of time between before now and now, (not) up to and including the present.
(Yet soru ve olumsuz cümlelerde kullanılır. Biraz önce olmasını beklediğimiz olayların gerçekleşmediğini ifade eder ya da sorarız.)
a. Have you met Judy yet?
b. I haven't visited the Tate Gallery yet.
c. Has he arrived yet?
d. They haven't eaten yet.

 

Position: Yet is usually placed at the end of the sentence. (Yet daima cümlenin sonunda kullanılır.)