Past experiences

● To talk about actions that started in the past but

continue in the present.
Have you eaten sushi?
Have you
ever eaten
octopus?

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Have you
been to
Europe?

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Have you
ever done
grocery
shopping?
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Have you
ever sung
in a
karaoke?
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Have you
ever taken
care of a
baby?
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HAVE Verb in past participle.
(auxiliary)

Have you ever eaten octopus?

Have you been to Europe?

Have you ever done grocery shopping?

Have you sung in a karaoke?

Have you ever taken care of a baby?

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 HAVE Verb in past participle.
(auxiliary)

Have you ever eaten octopus? Where did you eat it?

Have you been to Europe?

Have you ever done grocery shopping?

Have you sung in a karaoke?

Have you ever taken care of a baby?

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 PRESENT PERFECT
The present perfect connects the past and the present. It is used to show that an
action or situation in the past:

- continues today, OR
- might happen again.

You have to use the Present Perfect with unspecified expressions such as: ever,
never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.

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 SIMPLE PAST PRESENT PERFECT
◆ Use the past simple for an action that ◆ Use the present perfect for an action
happened in the past and is: that started in the past, but . . .

over, done, is still true

finished today.

DIFFERENCES
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 PRESENT PERFECT
Use the present perfect to talk about something that began in the past and
continue into the present (and may continue into the future).

Sara started
to live in Past Now Sara lives in
Boston Boston.

Sara has lived in Boston for 5 years

2015 2020 Future

5 years

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Sara might continue living in Boston.

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 EXAMPLES
✓ I have gone to Pasto many times. (+)
✓ She has said that twenty times before. (+)
✓ He has not visited his mother in a while. (-)
✓ People have not traveled to Mars. (-)
✓ Have you gone to Canada? (y/n?)
✓ Where have you lived in the last year? (wh?)

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 OTHER EXPRESSIONS
✓ Has Jane talked to him recently?
✓ Have you seen her lately?
✓ I've been to London once/twice in my life.
✓ I've been to Paris three times in the last 5 years.

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 OTHER EXPRESSIONS
✓ The train has just left.
✓ Have you ever done any charity challenge?
✓ We haven`t ever eaten in this restaurant
✓ I have never been to Rio de Janeiro.

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Listening Practice
I’m impressed

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PRESENT PERFECT