CONTRACTIONS HAVE YOU EVER….? EVER OR NEVER?

When we want to ask a question about

something that happened at any time before
now, we say Have you ever…? For example:

Have you ever worked at a job you really

loved?

Has she ever worked at a job she really

hated?

USES OF THE PRESENT PERFECT Have they ever used a cash register?

Recent events: It is used to describe Have you ever supervised other

recent events without a definite time. employees? ALREADY OR YET?
The idea of time or place in the speaker’s
mind makes the event recent. A time The short answer is:
expression may emphasize recentness:
just, recently, lately. Yes, I have. Yes, she has.
Personal experiences: It is used to
No, I haven’t No, she hasn’t
express personal experiences, there is not
a definite time given. The time
expressions ever and never are very often
used with this meaning.
It is used to express actions that started
in the past and continue to the present,
the time period is not finished. We use
for and since with this meaning. We use
for with periods of time and since with
points of time.
SINCE

1. SINCE + POINT IN TIME

Use the present perfect with “since” +

point in time (since 5:00, since Monday, PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
since 1994) to show when something
started. The Present Perfect Tense is formed by 2
things:
I’ve worked at this job since last year. • the auxiliary verb
HAVE and HAS
He’s lived in Florida since March.
(in all form: Affirmative, Negative and
They’ve been married since 1985. Interrogative)
• the PAST PARTICIPLE
2. SINCE can also introduce a time
clause. For Example…

I’ve lived in Lake Worth since I moved to

Florida. She has worked in that office
for six years.
FOR

FOR + LENGTH OF TIME

Use the Present perfect with “for” +

auxiliary past
length of time (for ten minutes, for two
weeks, for years, for a long time) to show participle
how long a present condition has lasted.

I’ve worked at this job for one year.

He’s lived in Florida for 9 months.

They’ve been married for a long time.