Grammar reference and practice 10.3

 

10.3 ■ Present perfect with ever and never

■In present perfect questions, we often use ever (= at any time in the past).

Have you ever eaten Japanese food?

■To express a negative, we can use never (= at no time in the past) + affirmative verb.

She's never left her home town.

1Write questions and short answers. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1you / ever / sail / to France? ✔

• 2Sara / ever / teach / English? ✔

• 3they / ever / visit / the museum? ✔

• 4you / ever / climb / a mountain? ✘

• 5he / ever / sing / in public? ✔

• 6the girls / ever / play / basketball? ✘

• 7you and your friends / ever / go / camping? ✔

• 8Dan / ever / win / a competition? ✘

2Study the chart. Write sentences in the present perfect about Max's experiences and Bob and Sam's experiences. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

	Max	Bob & Sam
sail across the Atlantic	✘	✘
swim in the sea	✔	✔
walk across a desert	✘	✔
jump out of an aeroplane	✔	✘
ride an elephant	✔	✘

• 1Max  across the Atlantic.

• 2He  in the sea.

• 3He  across a desert.

• 4He  out of an aeroplane.

• 5He  an elephant.

• 6Bob and Sam  across the Atlantic.

• 7They  in the sea.

• 8They  across a desert.

• 9They  out of an aeroplane.

• 10They  an elephant.