Unit 2 Page 13 Lesson A2

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1. Grammar

Present perfect statements

Use the present perfect for events at an indefinite time before now.

I’ve been to Europe. I haven’t been to Paris.

You’ve done a lot of things. You haven’t gone sailing.

We’ve had a lot of fun. We haven’t saved enough money.

They’ve traveled in Asia. They haven’t been to Europe.

He’s surfed in Hawaii. She hasn’t tried surfing before.

The present perfect is often used with these frequency expressions.

I’ve always wanted to study acting.

We’ve gone sailing once/ twice/ many times.

She’s never tried it before.

Regular past participles

travel/ traveled/ traveled

want/ wanted/ wanted

save/ saved/ saved

try/ tried/ tried

Irregular past participles

be/ was-were/ been

do/ did/ done

go/ went/ gone

have/ had/ had

see/ saw/ seen