Life

Elementary Unit 10a(2)

Present perfect questions

Have you booked the plane Have you ever been to

tickets for Paris? France?

Yes, I have. Yes, I have.

Have you booked the hotel Have you ever seen the
room? Eiffel Tower?

No, I haven’t. No, I haven’t. I’m very

excited

Presentation
Yes/No questions Have you ever ...?
Use Have you ever …? questions to ask about life
you
experiences:
Have we
they they cleaned the car? Have you ever been to the USA?
he tidied your room?
ever and never
Has she
it You often use ever with present perfect questions. It
means ‘at any time’ in the past. Never means ‘at no
Short answers time’.
A: Have you ever eaten sushi?
I / you / we / they have.
Yes, B: No, never.
he / she has.
been and gone
I / you / we / they haven’t.
No, Use been to talk about a place you went to but you are
he / she hasn’t. back now:
I’ve been to the USA three times.
Use gone to talk about a person who is away and hasn’t
returned yet:
He’s gone to the USA.

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 Elementary Unit 10a(2)
Exercises

Exercises
1 Complete the conversation with questions. Then listen and check.
Mother: Peter! It’s five to nine. Are you ready?
Peter: Yes, Mum.
Mother: 1
your teeth?
Peter: Yes, of course I have.
Mother: 2
a shower?
Peter: Yes, Mum.
Mother: 3
your hair?
Peter: Yes, I have.
Mother: 4
your shoes?
Peter: Yes, I have.
Mother: No, you haven’t. They’re dirty. Oh, Peter …
2 Look at the photos. Write six questions with Have you ever …? Use the verbs and nouns in the boxes.
1 2
verbs: be drink eat see play ride
nouns: a motorbike basketball Australia
a James Bond film Red Bull Greek yoghurt

1 Have
 you ever been to Australia?
2
3 3 4

4
5
6
3 Match the responses a–f to the questions in Exercise 1.
a No, I haven’t. I don’t like fizzy drinks. 5 6

b No, I haven’t. I prefer tennis.

c No, I haven’t. I haven’t got a licence.
d No, I haven’t, but my sister went to New Zealand last year. I
e No, I haven’t. I don’t like action films.
f No, I haven’t. I can’t eat milk products.
4 Write sentences with never.

1 Canada ✓ the USA ✗ I’ve been to Canada but I’ve never been to the USA.
2 Coca-Cola® ✓ Pepsi-Cola® ✗
3 table tennis ✓ tennis ✗
4 bicycle ✓ motorbike ✗
5 French ✓ Spanish ✗
6 piano ✓ guitar ✗
7 sushi ✓ curry ✗
8 dolphin ✓ blue whale ✗
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