Present perfect questions; “Present perfect and past simple 1 To make questions in the present perfect simple we change the order of the subject and have/has. 1 You have seen John. 2 He has finished the report. Have you seen John? Has he finished the report? 2 We can use short answers with yes/no questions. We use contractions with negative short answers. ce Lider os Salli haul DS ee Ute Have I/you/we/they Yes, I/you/we/theyhave. _No, |/you/we/they saten haven't. breakfast? Has he/she/it Yes, he/she/it has. No, he/she/it hasn’t. © oor Univesity Press Navigate Se12.2 Present perfect questions; “Present perfect and past simple 1 We often use ever in questions with the present perfect simple. Ever means at any time in the past. AHave you ever been to China? B Yes, | have. I've been to Beijind&wicd)and ShanghaiGned) 2 We often use the present perfect to talk about the number of times in the past we have done something, without saying exactly when we had the experience. 3 We often use never with the present perfect to talk about experiences that we have not had. Never means at no time in the past. I've never travelled by myself, but I'd really like to. © oor Univesity Press GRAMMAR Navigate Se12.2 Present perfect questions; “Present perfect and past simple We use the past simple and NOT the present perfect ... 1 to say something happened before now and we know the time. 1 | went to Florida last January. 2 We painted the kitchen on Sunday, 2 with finished time expressions, e.g, last week, yesterday, etc. 1 She saw a film at the cinema last week. 2 They had lunch at their friend's house yesterday. © oor Univesity Press Navigate peePresent perfect questions; “Present perfect and past simple We often start a conversation in the present perfect to talk about general experience and then change to the past simple to give more details. general past experience B Umm... yes, I've eaten some very strange things in di ‘eel in different countries! detailed past experience AHave you ever eaten any really strange food? A What was the worst? B Well, | ate snake last year. A Snake! Yuk! Wherg/Gid you eat it? BA friend of ming’cooked it for my birthday. we know exactly when it happened © oor Univesity Press Navigate CVA REFERENCE