A kayaking question can cover your whole life up to now. The exact date is not the point. Once you give a date or a finished period, such as last winter, change to the past simple.
The idea
Use have/has + past participle: have baked, has flown. Put ever between the subject and participle in questions: Have you ever tried...? Put never before the participle: We have never seen.... Short answers use Yes, I have or No, I haven't.
Examples
- I have baked bread in a wood-fired oven.
- Have you ever tried kayaking?
- My cousin has flown in a helicopter.
- We have never seen a whale.
- Have you read this book?
- Yes, I read it last winter.
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Watch out
Never already makes the meaning negative: avoid haven't never. Irregular participles may differ from past forms: saw → seen, flew → flown. Do not attach last winter to this present-perfect experience construction.
Try it yourself
Choose the correct option. My cousin ___ flown in a helicopter. (have / has)
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has
My cousin is singular, so choose has: has flown.
Choose the correct option. We have never ___ a whale. (saw / seen)
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seen
The participle of see is seen. Saw is the past-simple form.
Choose the correct option. I ___ it last winter. (read / have read)
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read
Last winter is a finished past period, so use past-simple read, pronounced /red/ here.
Practice round
Answer questions and rebuild English sentences to practise. Your score is shown.
Choose the correct option. My cousin ___ flown in a helicopter. (have / has)
Choose the correct option. We have never ___ a whale. (saw / seen)
Choose the correct option. I ___ it last winter. (read / have read)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write two experiences and one thing you have never done. Ask a partner an ever question, then use the past simple to give a specific time for a positive answer.