PRESENT PERFECT TENSE WITH EVER, NEVER, ALREADY, JUST, STILL AND YET.
Ever and never
The adverbs ever and never express the idea of life experiences. Ever means “at any time”, and never means “at no time”
Have you ever visited Berlin?
I have never visited Berlin.
“ever” and “never” are always placed before the main verb (pst participle)
Ever is used
+in questions: use the present perfect+ever to ask questions about experiences in someone’s life.
Have you ever been to England? Has she ever met the Prime Minister?
Has your brother ever been to India? No, he hasn’t.
Don’t use ever in the answer. Only use it in questions. If you want, you can use before in the answer:
Yes, I’ve ever taken dance classe.(error)
Yes, I’ve taken dance classes before.
+negative questions
Haven’t they ever been to Europe
Haven’t you ever eaten Chinese food?
+negative statements using the pattern nothing...ever, nobody...ever
Nobody has ever said that to me before. Nothing like this has ever happened to us.
+”ever” is also used with “The first time...
It’s the first time (that) I’ve ever eaten snails.
This is the first time I’ve ever been to England.
Never.
Means at no time before now, and is the same as not...ever:
I’ve never failed a test. I’ve always gotten 80% or more.
He’s never haerd of Michael Jackson. I can’t beleive he doesn’t know the King of Pop!
Samantha has never been surfing. She’s afraid of the ocean.
We’ve never studied Italian. We studied French and Spanish in school, but Italian wasn’t available.
They’ve never told a lie. I know we can trust them.
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