Hook

Have you ever eaten sushi? Have you ever visited another country? These questions aren’t about when — they’re about whether it happened at all, at any point in your life.

Notice

“I have visited Spain.” — “Has she ever tried Thai food?” — “We haven’t seen that movie.”

Rule

Present perfect (have/has + past participle) connects the past to now — it talks about life experience without saying exactly when. Affirmative: I have visited. Negative: I haven’t visited. Question: Have you visited? Many past participles are irregular (go → gone/been, eat → eaten, see → seen) and need to be learned individually.

Practice

  1. I ______ (visit) Japan twice. Answer: have visited
  2. ______ you ever ______ (try) Indian food? Answer: Have, tried
  3. She ______ (never/see) snow. Answer: has never seen
  4. We ______ (not/be) to that restaurant. Answer: haven’t been
  5. He ______ (read) that book three times. Answer: has read

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This lesson supports: I can describe experiences and events using simple language.

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