Have you ever...? Present Perfect, part I

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Have you ever seen a butterfly on a frog's head?

“Have you ever...?” is a question in the Present Perfect tense.

This grammatical tense is a hybrid – not 100% past and not 100% present but a mixture of the two, or in-between. “Have you ever...?” i.e. from the moment you came into this world until now – the whole time span, the ribbon of your precious life...

Grammatically speaking, to make the question from the entry title, you need:

the verb “have” + a person (all except he/she/it) + ever+ the Past Participle (-ed form of regular verbs or (III) form of irregular verbs).

                                                                                              this one

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dance                                      danced                                   danced

talk                                         talked                                     talked

see                                          saw                                         seen

be                                           was/were                                been

meet                                       met                                         met

eat                                          ate                                          eaten

S                So, have you ever danced in the moonlight?

Have you ever talked to a famous football player?

Have you ever seen a bee?

Have you ever met your favourite singer?

Have you ever eaten an octopus?

You can answer “Yes, I have.” Or, “No, I haven’t”.

1. Have a go, answer those questions aloud in your room (or, wherever you are).
2. Now, make your questions and ask a friend or someone from your family to answer them :).

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Pytanie z tytułu wpisu “Have you ever...?” jest w czasie Present Perfect. Jest to hybryda – ani czas 
przeszły, ani teraźniejszy, ale połączenie, coś pomiędzy przeszłością a teraźniejszością.

Pytanie oznacza: „Czy ty kiedykolwiek...? Kiedykolwiek, czyli od momentu, kiedy pojawiłeś się na świecie do momentu, w którym czytasz - lub słyszysz – te słowa.

Technicznie rzecz biorąc, pytanie składa się z następujących części:

Have   +   osoba oprócz on/ona/ono/to  +  ever  +   czasownik regularny z końcówką –ed lub forma Past Participle (III kolumna w tabelce) czasownika nieregularnego .                                                 

(I)                                            (II)                                         (III)

dance                                      danced                                   danced

talk                                         talked                                     talked

see                                          saw                                        seeen

be                                           was/were                                been

meet                                       met                                         met

eat                                          ate                                          eaten