Talking About Experiences

What are we learning today?

You will tell a partner what you have and have not done in your life. You will also talk about other people.

Explanation

• Use the present perfect for experiences: have or has + the past participle.
• For I, use "have". For he and she, use "has".
• Use "never" in negative sentences.
• Use "ever" in questions.
• Add a detail in the past simple.
• Some participles are irregular: eat - eaten, swim - swum, break - broken, ride - ridden.

Examples

1. I have never eaten a snake.
2. Anna has never eaten a snake, but she has swum in a lake.
3. I have broken my arm. I fell off my bike last year.

Remember!

• Say "He has broken", not "He have broken".
• Use the past simple with time words like "last year".

Check yourself

1. Make a sentence about a girl: never / ride a camel.
2. Which word do you use in questions about experience?