Here's something to teach present perfect "have you ever" questions inductively. Check out more in: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Elena-Gonzalez-4455
2. • Did you ever climb the Everest?
• Have you ever climbed the Everest?
I lived in USA
for 2 years
when I was
young.
I’ve lived in USA
all my life.
3. Which question is connected with the
present?
•Did you ever climb the Everest?
•Have you ever climbed the Everest?
4. • Name: Anthony
• Famous explorer in the 15th
century
• Name: Ryan
• Famous explorer, 70yrs old.
Get ready for
dictation!
5. Check your sentences
• Anthony was an explorer.
• Ryan is an explorer.
• He went to many countries.
• He has been to many countries.
• He has been to the North Pole.
• He went to Japan.
• He has never been to South Pole.
• He has crossed the Gobi Desert.
• He crossed the Sahara Desert.
• He never explored in America.
• He went to China three times.
• He has been to India twice.
• He has explored in six continents
6. Interview Ryan
•Have you ever …?
Have you ever been in China?
Present: be / am / is / are
Past: was/were
Past Participle: been
Present: have/ has
Any subject /pronoun
7. Use the next information to create questions with have you ever.
Ex: See a ghost - “Have you ever seen a ghost?”
Interview your classmate!
1. be in El Salvador
2. eat sushi
3. go out the night before final exams
4. sleep while studying
5. play chess
6. speak English on the phone
7. see an movie based on a book
8. travel abroad
9. cook for someone special
10. throw a party
11. have more than one pet
12. go to the stadium to support
your team
Editor's Notes
Ss discuss in pairs the image and decide which sentence (1 or 2) best fits the empty speech bubble in situation A, and which fits the empty speech bubble in situation B.
Whole class question.
S. Past is not connected with the present
P. Perfect is connected with the present.
T introduces Ryan and Anthony, then instruct ss to get ready for a dictation:
Anthony was an explorer.
Ryan is an explorer.
He went to many countries.
He has been to many countries.
He has been to the North Pole.
He went to Japan.
He has never been to South Pole.
He has crossed the Gobi Desert.
He crossed the Sahara Desert.
He never explored in America.
He went to China three times.
He has been to India twice.
He has explored in six continents.
Students check their sentences in pairs before this slide. Then T goes back to slide 4 and ask Ss to place the sentences in the right image. (T can créate flashcards to paste on board, or students can come up to the board and write the sentences.)
Students create questions in pairs to ask Ryan with “have you ever..?”
Students create sentences and interview each other.