Unit 11: The bucket list
The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’
Select a unit
- 1Nice to meet you!
- 2What to wear
- 3Like this, like that
- 4The daily grind
- 5Christmas every day
- 6Great achievers
- 7The Titanic
- 8Travel
- 9The big wedding
- 10Sunny's job hunt
- 11The bucket list
- 12Moving and migration
- 13Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14New Year, New Project
- 15From Handel to Hendrix
- 16What's the weather like?
- 17The Digital Revolution
- 18A detective story
- 19A place to live
- 20The Cult of Celebrity
- 21Welcome to your new job
- 22Beyond the planets
- 23Great expectations!
- 24Eco-tourism
- 25Moving house
- 26It must be love
- 27Job hunting success... and failure
- 28Speeding into the future
- 29Lost arts
- 30Tales of survival
Session 2
We use the present perfect in several ways. In this session we explain how to form present perfect sentences so that we can talk about our experiences in the past.
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Activity 4
Talking about achievements
What have you done?
In Session 1 we saw a list of things you might want to do by the time you're 30. Use your imagination now and look at the picture here. A green tick means you have done this activity and a purple cross means you haven't.
Complete the activity
To do
Now have a look at these sentences. Decide if they are grammatically correct.
Right or wrong?
12 Questions
Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.ሓገዝ
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 1 of 12
Right
Wrong
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
Right or wrong?
12 Questions
Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Activity
Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 1 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 2 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 3 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 4 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 5 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 6 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 7 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 8 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 9 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 10 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 11 of 12
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Put the correct and wrong sentences into the right columns.
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Is the present perfect form correct? What about the contractions? Have a look at the the grammar notes if you need help to decide.Question 12 of 12
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
Next
How did you do? Don't forget that when we use the present perfect to talk about life experience, we often don’t say exactly when an experience happened, because in this tense, we are interested in the experience itself.
On the next page Finn and Alice will tell you more about this - and they’ll introduce you to two little words that are very helpful when were talking about life experiences.
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Form
Positive
The present perfect is made with subject + have/has + past participle.I've taught English in Italy and in Russia.
Johnny Depp has starred in lots of brilliant films.
Negative
The negative present perfect is made with subject + have/has not + past participle.I haven't seen the first Bond film.
Questions
Present perfect yes/no questions are made from have/has + subject + past participle?Present perfect question word questions are made from question word +have/has + subject + past participle?
Ever and never
We often use the present perfect with the words ever or never. Ever mean at any time in someone's life. We usually use ever in questions.'Has he ever worked in China?' 'No, he hasn't.'
Never means not at any time in someone's life.
I've never seen the first Bond film.
Sometimes we ask questions with never. Often we do this to express surprise:
Have you never eaten a banana?
Past participles
The past participle is the third form of the verb. For example, with the verb to see, the three forms are: see, saw, seen.We use the past participle in present perfect sentences with ever and never.
Have you ever eaten sushi?
I've never seen the first Bond film.
Regular and irregular verbs
Many verbs are regular. The past participle ends with -edlook - looked - looked
climb - climbed - climbed
want - wanted - wantedSome verbs are irregular. Here are some of them:
become - became - become
eat - ate - eaten
forget - forgot - forgotten
give - gave - given
go - went - gone / been
have - had - had
know - knew - known
meet - met - met
read - read - read
ride - rode - ridden
run - ran - run
say - said - said
see - saw - seen
sell - sold - sold
sing - sang - sung
win - won - won
write - wrote - written
