(1)already 与yet 都有“已经”的意思,但already 常用于肯定句中,放在助动词have/has之后,过去分词之前;yet 常用于疑问句中,并用于句末。
I’ve already seen the film.
Have you seen the fil yet?
(2)yet 用于否定句中,意为“还(没);尚(未)”,通常位于句末。
I haven’t seen the film yet.
(3)already 与yet 的转换
在现在完成时态的句子中,含有already 的陈述句变为否定句或疑问句时,already 改为yet ,并放于句末。
I have already finished reading the book.
----I haven’t finished reading the book yet.
----Have you finished reading the book yet?