Present Perfect for Experiences — Test Questions
Six present perfect questions on life experience: ever/never, still hasn't, just, and yet vs already in negatives. Part of the Present Perfect Test.
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I ___ the report yet — I'll finish it tomorrow.
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haven't finished
Present perfect negative — 'haven't + past participle'.
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My parents ___ to New York twice — they really like it there.
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have been
'Have been' = visited and returned. 'Have gone' would mean still there.
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Have you ___ driven a truck?
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ever
'Ever' goes before the past participle in questions about life experience.
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The parcel hasn't arrived ___.
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yet
Don't use 'already' in negatives. 'Yet' at the end of a negative — something expected to happen.
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I gave my teacher the essay last week, but she ___ marked it.
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still hasn't
'Still' goes before 'hasn't / haven't' — 'still hasn't marked it'.
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My car has ___ broken down — please send a mechanic.
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just
'Just' goes before the past participle — 'has just broken down'.
Present Perfect for Experiences
These questions test the present perfect used for life experience — actions in an unspecified past that are relevant now — together with the small words that accompany it: 'ever', 'yet', 'just' and 'still'. Each of these words has a fixed position relative to the auxiliary and the past participle, and getting the position wrong is as common an error as choosing the wrong tense.
Ever, Yet, Already and Just
'Ever' goes before the past participle in questions about experience: 'Have you ever driven a truck?' In negatives, 'yet' goes at the end of the sentence to mean 'something expected hasn't happened' — 'already' is reserved for positive sentences and does not belong in a negative one: 'The parcel hasn't arrived yet', not 'hasn't arrived already'. 'Just' signals something very recent and sits directly before the past participle: 'My car has just broken down.'
The parcel hasn't arrived yet.
My car has just broken down — please send a mechanic.
Still Hasn't / Still Haven't
'Still' goes before the negative auxiliary, not after it: 'she still hasn't marked it', never 'she hasn't still marked it'. This word order reflects the sense that the expected action has not happened even though time has passed.
My parents have been to New York twice — they really like it there. ('have been' = visited and returned; 'have gone' would mean they are still there)
Common Mistakes
✗ She hasn't still marked it. → ✓ She still hasn't marked it.
✗ Have you never driven a truck? (as a genuine question) → ✓ Have you ever driven a truck?
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