I have not completed it yet . vs I had not completed my work yet

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I have not completed it yet.' is used when referring to something that is still ongoing or relevant in the present. 'I had not completed my work yet.' is used when talking about a past event or situation that was ongoing at a specific point in the past.

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I have not completed it yet .

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to something that is still ongoing or relevant in the present.

This phrase is used to indicate that a task or activity has not been finished up to the present moment.

Examples:

I have not completed my homework yet.
She has not finished reading the book yet.
They have not fixed the issue yet.
He has not eaten his lunch yet.
We have not received the package yet.

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The committee has not completed its work.
It is unacceptable for the candidate countries to be taken hostage because we have not completed all our tasks.
Yet, implementation of many of these measures by the Member States is not completed.
It is a pity that Hitler work has not completed.
Since then the process of clearing up the aftermath has been very slow and is still not completed.
'OPT' when the variable is optional and is not completed.
I have not completed one full revolution of your sun, yet I have found that Earth is more beautiful and harder than any place I have ever been.
In Article 22 a new provision was added for waste facilities that have stopped receiving waste on the date of transposition of the Directive but have not completed their closure procedures yet.
One of the principal characteristics of the dramatic upheavals in the labour market over the last decade and more is the high rate of unemployment among the unskilled workforce and workers who have not completed their secondary education.
My seamstress has not completed her work.
In 1997, work was actually begun, but it was not completed.
It is also about lack of recognition and about hindrances at national level whereby the internal market is not completed.
Two Member States have not completed the regulatory quality reporting.
Parliament has now completed its agenda.
During 2004, the Commission completed its modernisation package.
I have to pretend not to know her till the song is completed.
Too bad you never completed it.
Excellent work has already been done, but we have not completed the task yet, and I would therefore urge that the following be implemented.
We know that negotiations are under way, but they are not completed.
Another point on which we must, in my view, be very careful is that these short deadlines for the introduction of the project may lead to great bitterness if the projects contained in this proposal are not completed.

Alternatives:

I still haven't completed it.
I haven't finished it yet.
It is not done yet.
I am yet to complete it.
I am still working on it.

I had not completed my work yet

This phrase is correct and commonly used when talking about a past event or situation that was ongoing at a specific point in the past.

This phrase is used to indicate that a task or activity was not finished at a particular time in the past.

Examples:

I had not completed my work yet when the meeting started.
She had not finished her presentation yet when the power went out.
They had not fixed the issue yet when the system crashed.
He had not eaten his lunch yet when the phone rang.
We had not received the package yet when they called.

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Those provisions have been put back for one year because Member States had not completed the preparatory work to enable the legislation to be implemented.
In fact, don't do anything until I've completed my work.
In fact, don't do anything until I've completed my work.
At the risk of being a nagging nelly, You still haven't completed my work evaluation I gave you three weeks ago.
My seamstress has not completed her work.
The committee has not completed its work.
We tend to talk a lot about the green society, but a green society also needs to include green transport and we have clearly not completed our work yet as far as that is concerned.
The experts have still not completed their work, and the transitional arrangements ought therefore to be extended.
We've nearly completed work on the new prototype.
There is little experience world wide of totally completed work in this field [53].
So we are not dealing with completed work, but with an intermediate stage.
If I remain concerned today, it is because there are too many attempts to undo, at the last minute, such patiently completed work.
This exhibit takes the visitor through the making of an animated film from story development to completed work.
Once the lesson is over, the evaluation of the students' completed work begins.
'Mark the appropriate box(es) indicating which regulations apply to the completed work.
Who then to seek my work here completed?
While including mechanical resistance and stability of construction works among the essential requirements applicable to construction products, this Directive does not actually regulate the safety of buildings and other completed works.
Thirty-nine days after Mr. Zuckerberg's initial meeting with my clients, and he still hadn't completed work on Harvard Connection.
The panel of experts completed its work in August 2012.
I completed the work two hours ago.

Alternatives:

I hadn't finished my work yet.
My work was still incomplete at that time.
I had yet to complete my work.
My work was not done by then.
I was still working on my work at that point.

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I have not completed it yet . vs I had not completed my work yet