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ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS WITH EVER 14.

When someone asks you a question in present perfect, use present perfect to answer no: a. Have you ever taken the TOEFL test before? (before = in your whole life) b. No, I havent. (=No, I havent ever taken it before.) or No, I never have. (=No, Ive never taken it before.)
Never = not ever:

I have never gone there. = I havent ever gone there.

If you answer yes, use present perfect in the first part of your answer: 15. a. Have you ever been to Los Angeles? (before, in your whole life) b. Yes, I have. (=Ive been to L.A. before, at some time in my life) In the second part of your answer, you can change to past tense to discuss a specific time in the past. Here, you should include a definite past time expression (for example, yesterday, last year, five months ago, when I lived/worked in Peru, when I was in high school, or before I came here). 16. a. Have you ever studied Russian before? b. Yes, I have. I studied it in high school. (definite past time expression: in high school. Im not in high school anymore.) 17. a. Have you ever been to Los Angeles? b. Yes, I have. I went there with my parents two years ago. (definite past time: 2 years ago) 18. a. Have you ever taken piano lessons before? b. Yes, I have. I took them when I was in high school. (definite past time: high school)
HAVE BEEN and HAVE GONE Only in present perfect, have been can mean have gone when a destination (, destino, , )comes after it: 19. Has she ever been to Cuba? = Has she ever gone to Cuba?

Watch out! You cannot switch these verbs in other tenses: 20. Wrong: I was to Canada three times last year. Right: I went to Canada three times last year. 21. Wrong: I am to Cuba twice a year. Right: I go to Cuba twice a year.

Book4ClassSetAW07-2 Roland Trego revised 5/4/2014 5:18 PM

Write questions using the present perfect. Use the past participle of each verb. 1. (you $10 win more than ever have) Have you ever won more than $10?
Exercise 1A.

2. (you have music ever take lessons) 3. (ever have you live another country in / besides* here or native country your) *not including, , excepto, 4. (in accident an have you ever be) 5. (have you ever on a cruise* go)
*a vacation on a ship, *

, , crucero, ,

6. (a speeding ticket* have get you ever) *a ticket for driving too fast, ,
multa por exceso de velocidad, ,

7. (ever have you a famous person meet) 8. (back you go ever your to native country have)

Write questions using the present perfect. Use the past participle of each verb. 1. (you $10 win more than ever have) Have you ever won more than $10?
Exercise 1A.

2. (you have music ever take lessons) 3. (ever have you live another country in / besides* here or native country your) *not including, , excepto, 4. (in accident an have you ever be) 5. (have you ever on a cruise* go)
*a vacation on a ship, , , crucero, ,

6. (a speeding ticket* have get you ever) *a ticket for driving too fast, ,
multa por exceso de velocidad, ,

7. (ever have you a famous person meet) 8. (back you go ever your to native country have)
Book4ClassSetAW07-2 Roland Trego revised 5/4/2014 5:18 PM

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