Three everyday questions and answers about experience:

• "Have you ever ridden a horse?"
• "I've never broken a bone."
• "She's travelled to over ten countries by herself."

Before you check: what comes right after "have" or "has" every time?

1. Your friend loves scary stories.

Ask them: "Have you ever a ghost?"

2. Someone offers you a very unusual dish at a restaurant.

Tell them about your life so far: "I've never octopus."

Three things people say right after something happens:

• "I've just watered the plants — that's why the floor's wet."
• "She's just woken up — give her a minute."
• "We've just arrived — give us a minute!"

Where exactly does the word "just" sit? Say it before you check.

1. A friend offers you cake right after lunch.

You say: "No thanks — I've ."

2. Your friend asks if you've finished the office report yet, this second.

You say: "Don't worry — I've it."

• "I've been to Rome." (experience — we don't know or care when)
• "I went to Rome last year." (one trip — an exact time: last year)
• "She's never been to Spain, but she went to Portugal in 2019."

What tells you which tense to use — "I've been" or "I went"?

1. My brother took a trip at a specific point in the past.

"Last summer, my brother to Italy."

2. Now talk about his experience in general — no exact date, just a total.

"My brother often talks about Italy. In fact, he three times."

3. Fix this sentence: "My uncle has had three car crashes last year."

Think about your life and your day right now. Try to answer:

• Have you ever done something unusual, brave, or a bit strange? What?
• What have you just done today — in the last hour or two?
• What's one thing you did on an exact day — yesterday, last weekend, or a specific year?

Tell the whole story out loud for one minute.

Write a short message (3–5 sentences) to a friend about your life and your day. Use all three things from today: a life experience with ever/never, something recent with just, and one clear moment with an exact time word like yesterday or last year (simple past). The checker will tell you which ones it finds.

1. "I have went to that new restaurant twice."

2. "Have you ever ate frog legs?"

3. "I've seen him yesterday at the shop."

4. "I did never try snails before."

5. You're curious about your friend's general life experience — no date in mind. "___ you ever been to a music festival?"

6. "I ___ my grandmother last weekend."

7. Your friend is worried about food. "Don't worry, I ___ dinner."

1. A tense you already knew before today — complete it: "The bus ten minutes late yesterday."

2. Say it out loud: in the simple past, how do we make a question or a negative with most verbs? Give one example.

3. A job interviewer asks about your general work history.

"Have you ever in a team?"

4. You want to tell your colleague you spoke to the client seconds ago.

"I've the client."

5. Something happened to your sister's car on an exact day.

"Yesterday, my sister her car at the garage."

Which part helped you most today — talking about experiences with ever/never, saying what you've just done, or spotting the difference between "yesterday" and "ever"? Say why you think that one worked for you.