Present perfect + ever/never
teacher Denise Moraes
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Present perfect (review) We use present perfect to talk about an experience in the past. The action has a result in the present and time is NOT mentioned/specified
I, you, we, they I have bought a new tablet auxiliary verb have
past participle 3rd column
I have not bought a new tablet auxiliary verb have
?
not
past participle 3rd column
Have I bought a new tablet? auxiliary verb have
past participle 3rd column
he, she it He has bought a new tablet auxiliary verb has
past participle 3rd column
He has not bought a new tablet auxiliary verb has
?
not
past participle 3rd column
Has he bought a new tablet? auxiliary verb has
past participle 3rd column
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Present perfect + ever We make questions with the present perfect + ever to ask about a person’s life experience. The word ever means in your life up to now. Has she ever touched a dolphin? ever is always placed between the noun/pronoun and the main verb
Have we ever changed our haircut? Yes, we have No, we haven’t
Have you ever swum in a lake? Yes, I have No, I haven’t
Has he ever acted in a play? Yes, he has No, he hasn’t
Have they ever travelled by train? Yes, they have No, they haven’t
Has it ever bitten someone? Yes, it has No, it hasn’t
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Present perfect + never We make affirmative sentences with the present perfect + never to talk about something you haven’t done in your life up to now. They have never visited a zoo. never is always placed between the auxiliary verb and the main verb
I have never lived in an igloo.
She has never been on an airplane.
I have never danced to hip-hop. You can’t use never in the negative, only in the affirmative
We have never listened to rock.
He has never climbed Mount Everest.
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Base form
Past simple
Past participle
be
was/were
been
buy
bought
bought
do
did
done
eat
ate
eaten
find
found
found
grow
grew
grown
have
had
had
know
knew
known
lose
lost
lost
make
made
made
meet
met
met
paint
painted
painted
read
read
read
see
saw
seen
sing
sang
sung
study
studied
studied
swim
swan
swun
travel
travelled
travelled
visit
visited
visited
win
won
won
How identify a regular verb Regular verbs Irregular verbs
1
It is added –ed, -d or –ied to the verb
2
past past = simple participle
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