APIEStill, No Longer, Not Anymore, Not Yet
Old gadgets and changing technology
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Learn how to talk about things that continue, things that stopped, and things you are waiting for in everyday English.
📟 Still, No Longer, Not Anymore, Not Yet
📋 How to use this lesson
👨🏫 For the Teacher:
Use this 12-minute interactive guide to clarify duration and change in habits. Check answers using the instant feedback keys under each exercise.
🧑🎓 For the Learner:
Read the 4 quick rules and pattern examples first. Then complete the 12 practice items from easy to challenge.
💡 The 4 Rules
Read how each word works, then study the technology examples.
still
Use this when an action continues now. Put it before main verbs or after am/is/are/was/were. In questions, put it after the person. Never put it at the end.
📌 My grandfather still writes letters by hand.
📌 Do you still listen to music on a cassette player?
no longer
Use this when something stopped happening. Put it in the same place as still with a positive verb. Do not add another negative word like don't.
📌 Our town no longer has a cinema.
📌 People no longer dial phone numbers on a heavy landline with a wire.
not ... any more / any longer
This means the same as no longer. Put a negative verb like doesn't in the middle and put any more at the very end.
📌 The bus doesn't stop here any more.
📌 My family doesn't play vinyl records any longer because we use digital apps.
not ... yet
Use this for something that did not happen up to now, but you expect it soon. Put yet at the end of a negative sentence or question.
📌 The pizza isn't ready yet, so please wait.
📌 I don't have a modern phone yet, so I use my old one.
Sentence Pattern Showcase
"My grandmother still uses a landline, but I no longer have one."
Why this works: Use "still" for habits that continue today, and use "no longer" to show that a habit stopped in the past.
✅ What to do:
- • Put still before main verbs: "He still dials the number."
- • Use positive verbs with no longer: "We no longer use wires."
- • Put yet at the end: "The player isn't working yet."
⚠️ What to avoid:
- • Avoid putting still at the end: "He writes still."
- • Avoid double negatives: "He doesn't no longer use it."
- • Avoid mixing yet and any more together in one clause.
🎯 Practice Arena (12 Questions)
Answer each question below. Check your explanation after each item.
1. Context: Nick loves vintage music and listens to vinyl records every day.
Choose the sentence that correctly describes Nick's habit.
2. Context: The store stopped selling typewriters last year because they are outdated.
Choose the sentence that correctly describes this change.
3. Context: Heavy landline phones with wires disappeared from modern offices years ago.
Choose the sentence that correctly describes office phones today.
4. Context: Dan stopped using an outdated watch. (no longer)
Rewrite the sentence using no longer:
____5. Context: Dan stopped using an outdated watch. (not ... any more)
Rewrite the sentence using not ... any more:
____6. Context: My brother plans to upgrade to a modern laptop soon, but he does not have it now. (yet)
Rewrite the sentence ending with yet:
____7. Context: Streaming services are popular, but Sam's habit did not change.
"Even though streaming is popular, Sam ____ listens to music on a cassette player." (continue)
8. Context: Dial phones are old technology and we stopped using them.
"We don't use dial phones ____ because everyone has a mobile." (stop)
9. Context: The update is coming soon, but you must wait now.
"The new software upgrade is not ready ____, so don't restart your computer." (wait)
💬 Message from Alex:
"Hey! I doesn't no longer play my old cassettes." (negative)
10. Choose the corrected message:
💬 Message from Maria:
"Can you call me on the landline? My dad writes still letters." (position)
11. Choose the corrected message:
💬 Message from Sam:
"I bought a cassette tape, but I don't have a player yet any more." (mix-up)
12. Choose the corrected message:
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