Casa · A2 Elementary · Lesson 19 of 20 · Step 2

Experiences & Adventures

Travel & Life Stories

Ask and talk about life experiences using 'Have you ever...?'
Understand the basic form of the present perfect
Connect past experiences to the present

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Grammar

Present perfect — Have you ever...? (introduction)

Use have/has + past participle to talk about experiences at an unspecified time in your life. Have you ever + past participle? = Did this experience happen at any time in your life? Use 'never' for no experience. For specific times in the past, switch to simple past (I went there in 2019).

Have you ever eaten at a Michelin-starred restaurant?

I have never been to Australia — I'd love to go one day.

She has travelled to more than thirty countries.

Have you ever tried surfing? — Yes, once, in Portugal.

Exercises · type, then check

1. Write the correct present perfect form using the verb in brackets.

1. you ever (see) the Northern Lights?

2.I never (eat) Japanese food — I want to try it.

3.She (visit) every continent except Antarctica.

4. he ever (live) alone?

5.We never (stay) in a five-star hotel before.

2. Match the questions to the most natural answers.

1.Have you ever tried bungee jumping?

2.Have you ever lived in another country?

3.Has she ever cooked a full dinner for ten people?

4.Have they ever met a famous person?

5.Have you ever got lost in a foreign city?

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Reading

A Life Well Travelled

My grandfather has lived an extraordinary life. He has travelled to over forty countries and has learned to communicate in five languages, though he is only truly fluent in two. He has eaten food that most people have never seen and has slept in places ranging from five-star hotels to tents in the middle of the desert. He has never flown business class — he says the experience of arriving matters more than the comfort of the journey. He has always said that the people you meet on the road are more interesting than any landmark. He is eighty-one and has just booked a trip to Iceland.

1. Has the grandfather ever flown business class?

2. How old is the grandfather and what has he just done?

Speaking · say it out loud, with a partner or alone

1Survey the class with 'Have you ever...?' questions. Ask at least six different people. Report back on the most interesting answer.

2Tell your partner about the most memorable experience of your life. Use present perfect for the experience and simple past for the specific details.

Writing

Write 4–6 sentences about experiences you have had (or not had) using 'Have you ever' or 'I have never'. Then describe one experience in detail using simple past.

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