Present Perfect

Read this before the trials. It is the grammar of Unit 13, exactly as it is in your book.

• We can use the present perfect to talk about our experiences before now. I've tried rock climbing.
• We use have/has + past participle. My sister hasn't slept in a tent.
• With regular verbs, we write the past participle in the same way as regular past simple verbs. My mum has worked for a famous magazine.
• With irregular verbs, the past participle does not end in -ed. I have spoken to a film star.
• We sometimes use ever with present perfect questions to say 'in your life'. Have you ever climbed a tree?
• We sometimes use never with present perfect statements to say 'not ever in my life'. My grandparents have never flown in a plane.
• We don't use past time expressions like yesterday, last weekend, two days ago, etc. with the present perfect. We use them with the past simple. I played tennis yesterday. (not I've played tennis yesterday.)

The Verb Vault

The Riddle Gate

Trial II was all about statements with never. Now ask: build the complete question with ever, and then give the short answer the gate is waiting for.