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Sentence improvement — Present perfect with ‘‘yet’’: correct the tense and polarity in ‘‘We did not see this movie yet.’’ to match standard contemporary English usage.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: have not seen

Explanation:


Given data
Original: ‘‘We did not see this movie yet.’’


Concept/Approach
In standard English, ‘‘yet’’ with a still-unrealized action takes the present perfect: ‘‘have not seen (it) yet.’’


Option analysis
have seen — Affirms viewing; contradicts ‘‘yet’’.have not seen — Correct: ‘‘We have not seen this movie yet.’’did not see — Simple past mismatches the ‘‘yet’’ expectation in neutral registers.No improvement — Leaves the tense error.had not seen — Past perfect needs a later past reference point.


Verification/Alternative
Conversational variant: ‘‘We haven’t seen this movie yet.’’


Common pitfalls
Using simple past with ‘‘yet’’ (except in certain dialects/contexts); forgetting contraction rules in formal vs informal writing.


Final Answer
have not seen

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