- present perfect tense or simple past tense - use of ever and never

1. PEC 5
LESSON 9
PRESENT PERFEC TENSE OR
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
USE OF EVER AND EVER

2. SIMPLE PAST OR
PRESENT PERFECT?
SIMPLE PRESENT OR PRESENT PERFECT?SIMPLE PRESENT OR PRESENT PERFECT?
Read the sentences:
What´s the difference between them?
Ask WHEN the actions happened.
I went to CCAA yesterday.
I have gone to CCAA. NO ANSWERNO ANSWER

3. In SIMPLE PAST TENSE, when we ask when it
happened, we have an answer.
I received an anonymous e-mail last night.
=
I have received na anonymous e-mail.
In PERFECT PERFECT TENSE, when we ask
when it happened, we DON´T have an answer
SIMPLE
PAST
PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE PAST OR
PRESENT PERFECT?

4. When you do not specify the time of an action in
the past, use the PRESENT PERFECT.
.
When you do specify the time of na action in the
past, use the SIMPLE PAST TENSE.
SIMPLE PAST OR
PRESENT PERFECT?

5. SIMPLE PAST OR
PRESENT PERFECT?
I have been to summer camp.
Lisa went to summer camp last year.
( ) Simple past ( ) Present perfect
( ) Simple past ( ) Present perfect
X
X

6. SIMPLE PAST OR
PRESENT PERFECT?
Bob saw a great movie with his girlfriend last
night.
( ) Simple past ( ) Present perfect
( ) Simple past ( ) Present perfect
X
X
Bob has seen a great movie with his girlfriend.

7. THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
WITH EVER AND NEVER
Have you ever
gone to
Disneyland?
Ever means at any time.
We often use ever with the
present perfect tense when we
talk about the past.

8. THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
WITH EVER AND NEVER
Have you ever
eaten Japanese
food?
I haven’t ever
eaten Japanese
food.

9. THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
WITH EVER AND NEVER
I have never
received a present
from my boyfriend.
Never means at NO time.
We often use never with the
present perfect tense to talk about
something that has not happened
in the past.

10. THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
WITH EVER AND NEVER
Have you ever
gone to China?
I have never gone
to China.

11. THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
WITH EVER AND NEVER
We use NEVER in sentences with a negative
meaning (verb in the affirmative form).
Lisa has never studied Japanese at school.
They have never gone to New York.
We use EVER in negative sentences (verb in the
negative form).
Blair hasn’t ever spoken in public.
We haven’t ever been a coward.

12. THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
WITH EVER AND NEVER
Never or ever?Never or ever?
Selena hasn’t __________ eaten sushi.
Janet has _____________ traveled to France.
EVER
NEVER

13. THE PRESENT PERFECT
TENSE
Rick has _____________ watched terror movies.
Blair hasn’t ___________ gone to Miami.
NEVER
EVER
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