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.

Verbal Ability Sentence Improvement Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
  • A
    have seen
  • B
    have not seen
  • C
    did not see
  • D
    No improvement
  • E
    had not seen

Answer

Correct Answer: have not seen

Explanation

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

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

Option analysishave 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/AlternativeConversational variant: ‘‘We haven’t seen this movie yet.’’

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

Final Answerhave not seen

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