Describing Experiences

➧ Learn to use the present perfect tense to describe experiences.
➧ Expand vocabulary with phrases for describing life experiences.

Present Perfect Tense

Form
➧ Have | Has +
➧ Past participle

Examples
➧ I have been to Paris.
➧ She has seen that movie.

Usage
To talk about experiences at an unspecified time in the past.

We use have or has followed by the past participle of the verb.

Common Past Participles

Examples
➧ Go - Gone | been
➧ See - Seen
➧ Do - Done
➧ Visit - Visited
➧ Eat - Eaten

For regular verbs, you just add -ed,
➧ Visit - Visited.

For irregular verbs, the past participle is often different.
➧ Go - Gone

Phrases for Describing Experience

Examples
➧ I have traveled to…
➧ She has tried…
➧ They have visited…
➧ He has never…

These phrases are great for talking about your past experiences.

Questions to Ask

➧ Have you ever been to another country?
➧ What new foods have you tried?
➧ Have you ever done something adventurous?