Always, still (examples, how to use)
How to use always and still correctly.
| Always, still | |
| We use always to say that something happens all the time. | I always go swimming on Monday evenings. She has always wanted to visit Finland. |
| We can use always to describe a repeated action that annoys annoying us. | He is always forgetting things. He's always complaining. |
| We use always to say that something will never end. | I'll always remember the first time I met her. |
| Always is usually before the main verb, after an auxiliary or modal verb, or after the verb be. |
I always go . . . I can always . . . He is always . . . |
| Still means 'continuing later than expected.' It expresses that something started in the past and is the same now. |
She still lives with her parents. Why are you still talking about it? They still haven't mended my car. (= They haven't mended my car yet.) |
| Still usually comes before the main verb. Still usually comes after the verb be and modal verbs like can. |
I still love her. He is still here. He can still run 100 metres in under 15 seconds. |