5A Chapter 6Have you ever …?

How many times have you …?never / once / twice / three times

Watch the video and have a quick introduction of present perfect tense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkzoLnV6XII

The present perfect tense + ever

ever = at any time in your life

Have you ever been to Ocean Park?

We can use the present perfect tense to talk about an experience up to the present moment. We do not say exactly when it happened.

= Have you been to Ocean Park at any time in your life?

Yes, I have.

The present perfect tense + everWe can use the present perfect tense to talk about an experience up to the present moment. We do not say exactly when it happened.

Have you ever been to Ocean Park?

No, I’ve never been to Ocean Park.

never = not at any time in your life

The present perfect tense + everWe can use the present perfect tense to talk about an experience up to the present moment. We do not say exactly when it happened.

Have you ever been to Ocean Park?

No, I’ve never been there.

Asking about frequencyWe use the present perfect tense with How many times when we talk about something wedon’t do very often / when we don’t have to know the exact time when we did that activity.

How many times have you been to Ocean Park?

I’ve been to Ocean Parkonce.

I’ve been there once.

= one time

once

twice

three times

four times or more

1 (one time)

2 (two times)

3

4++

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Asking about frequency

Talking about past activities

What did you do at Ocean Park? I rode on the

cable car.

We use the past tense to talk about things we did in the past.

Key structureHave you ever been to the Space Museum?

Yes, I have.

How many times have you been to the Space Museum?

No,I’ve never

been

to the Space Museum.

there.

I’ve been

thereonce / twice /

three times.to the Space Museum

What did you do there? I watched a sky show.

Practice

Yes, I have.

A: Have you ever been to the airport?

B: ______________

I’ve been there once.

Practice

A: How many times have you been there?

B: ____________________

Yes, I have.

Have you ever beenA: __________________ to Disneyland?

B: _____________

Practice

I’ve been there once.

Practice

A: How many times have you been there?

B: ____________________

Practice

A: What ______ you do there?

B: I _____ (take) photos with cartoon characters.

did

took

No, I haven’t / I’ve never been there.

X

Have you ever been toA: ___________________ Tung Chung?

B: ________________________________

Practice

Yes, I have.

Have you ever been

Practice

A: __________________ to Ngong Ping?

B: ____________

Practice

A: How many times have you been there?

B: ____________________I’ve been there twice.

The End