Have you ever…? — Workbook
1. Vocabulary gap-fill
Complete each sentence with ONE word or short chunk from the box.
- I've drop Rome twice, and I loved it both times.
- She's drop Japan for a month — she'll be back in July.
- That name drop , but I can't place her.
- Skydiving? It's on my drop , but I'll probably never do it.
- I've eaten octopus once drop , honestly.
- This is my first proper trip alone — it's really been an drop .
- I've never eaten oysters drop .
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2. Present perfect or past simple?
Choose the correct form.
- Have you ever ___ (be) to Japan?
- I ___ (go) to Japan in 2019 for a month.
- She ___ (never / try) sushi in her life.
- We ___ (meet) at Ana's wedding two years ago.
- ___ you ever ___ (live) abroad?
- I ___ (live) in Berlin from 2015 to 2017.
- He ___ (not / see) that film yet.
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5. Find and fix the mistake
Each sentence has ONE typical present perfect mistake. Rewrite it.
- I have been in Rome in 2019.
- She has gone to Paris twice.
- Have you ever ate sushi?
- I haven't never tried it.
- He has met her yesterday at the party.
- How long time you have lived here?
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6. Combine with a linker
Join the two ideas into ONE natural sentence using although / but / because / so.
- I've never learned to drive. I'm honestly fine with it.
- She's lived in three countries. Only one really changed her.
- I've been to Rome twice. I'd love to go back.
- He ran a half-marathon in 2022. He'd said for years that he 'wasn't a runner'.
- I've never eaten oysters. They're not really on my bucket list.
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7. Listening — 'Have you ever …?'
Three people answer the same life-so-far questions. Notice how they open in present perfect and then switch to past simple for the specific memory.
- Speaker 1: how many countries has this speaker lived in, and which specific years in Dublin?
- Speaker 2: what changed their view of themselves, and what had they told themselves before?
- Speaker 3: what has this speaker NEVER done, and how do they feel about it?
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Speaker 1:Yes, I have — I've lived in three countries. I lived in Dublin from 2016 to 2018, then in a small town in Germany for a year, and in São Paulo for eight months. But I've lived in three countries and only one really lived in me. Dublin changed how I think; the other two were addresses. I moved back when my grandmother got sick.
Speaker 2:I ran a half-marathon in 2022, after saying for six years that 'I'm not a runner'. When I finished, I realised I hadn't been physically incapable — I just hadn't decided to be someone who runs. I've done a few things since then that I used to think weren't for me, and most of them turned out to be perfectly for me.
Speaker 3:No, I haven't. I've never learned to drive. I tried twice — I failed the test in 2011 and again in 2013 — and after the second time I quietly decided some people aren't meant to be behind a wheel. It's a peaceful never, not a sad one.
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8. Writing — Life-so-far bio
Write 100–120 words as a 'life-so-far bio'. Include: (a) at least SIX present perfect sentences (with ever, never, or a plain 'I've done…'), (b) at least THREE past simple sentences with a specific detail (a year, a place, an event), (c) at least ONE 'been to' vs. 'gone to' contrast, (d) at least ONE 'I've never … and probably never will' honest sentence. End with ONE reflective sentence about which experience has shaped you the most.
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9. Reflection (discursive)
Answer each in 2 full sentences.
- Speaker 1 says 'I've lived in three countries, but only one really lived in me.' Does any place in your life 'live in you' that way? Explain.
- Speaker 2 says 'I hadn't decided to be someone who runs.' Have you ever changed the SENTENCE you tell yourself about who you are, before changing your behaviour? Give ONE example.
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