E6 M - Present perfect questions and short answers
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E6 M - Present perfect questions and short answers
Mini-Beschreibung: Ask simple questions with have/has and give matching short answers. Du sprichst über Erfahrungen. Try English first. Nutze Deutsch nur als Hilfe.
Media start: Have you ever ...?
Watch and listen for one simple pattern: Have you ever ...?
Your listening job: Put up one finger when you hear Have you ever ...? Say one short answer quietly: Yes, I have. or No, I haven't.
Safety: You do not need to share private experiences. You may invent an answer for practice. No recording or upload is needed.
I can ...
- I can ask: Have you ever ...?
- I can ask about one person with Has ... ever ...?
- I can answer: Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.
- I can answer: Yes, he/she has. / No, he/she hasn't.
- I can understand and use a few common past participles such as been, seen, eaten, ridden, made.
Before you start: quick check
Say the answers to yourself.
- Which helper goes with you: have or has?
- Which helper goes with she: have or has?
- Do you know one form from this set: been, seen, eaten, ridden, made?
Hint: You do not need every form yet.
Deutsch-Hilfe
Bei I, you, we, they brauchst Du have. Bei he, she, it brauchst Du has.
Notice: look and listen
Read the short dialogue. The people and experiences are fictional.
Mia: Have you ever ridden a horse?
Ben: No, I haven't. Have you ever ridden one?
Mia: Yes, I have.
Ben: Has Leo ever ridden a horse?
Mia: No, he hasn't.
Notice: The question starts with Have or Has. The short answer repeats have/has, not the full verb.
Understand: the useful pattern
| Person | Question | Positive short answer | Negative short answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| I / you / we / they | Have you ever seen a rainbow? | Yes, I have. | No, I haven't. |
| he / she / it | Has she ever seen a rainbow? | Yes, she has. | No, she hasn't. |
ever means: at any time in your life.
Question pattern: Have/Has + person + ever + past participle ...?
Useful forms in this course: be → been, see → seen, eat → eaten, ride → ridden, make → made, win → won, visit → visited, play → played.
Deutsch-Hilfe
Du fragst nach einer Erfahrung irgendwann bis jetzt. Für diesen Kurs brauchst Du keine systematische Gegenüberstellung mit dem simple past.
Picture input: questions need answers
Look at the two pictures. One stands for speaking, one for checking. In pair work, do both: ask clearly and check the short answer.
Vocabulary in context
Read this mini-story.
A school club has made experience cards. One card says ride a horse. Another says make pizza. A third says see the sea. Mia asks Ben, “Have you ever made pizza?” Ben says, “Yes, I have.” Then he asks, “Have you ever seen the sea?” Mia says, “No, I haven't.”
Useful chunks: ride a horse – make pizza – see the sea – visit a museum – win a game – sleep in a tent – eat sushi – play in a concert.
Pronunciation: make it easy to understand
Say these lines slowly, then naturally:
Have you ever RIDDEN a horse?
Has she ever MADE pizza?
Yes, I have.
No, she hasn't.
Focus: Stress the important experience word. Keep haven't and hasn't clear. Verständlichkeit ist wichtiger als Akzentfreiheit.
Recording yourself is optional. If you record, keep it private on your device and delete it when you no longer need it.
Practise: experience cards
Cut, copy or point to one card. Ask your partner. Then swap roles.
| Experience card | Your question |
|---|---|
| 🐴 ride a horse | Have you ever ridden a horse? |
| 🍕 make pizza | Have you ever made pizza? |
| 🌊 see the sea | Have you ever seen the sea? |
| ⛺ sleep in a tent | Have you ever slept in a tent? |
| 🏆 win a game | Have you ever won a game? |
| 🎵 play in a concert | Have you ever played in a concert? |
| 🏛 visit a museum | Have you ever visited a museum? |
| 🍣 eat sushi | Have you ever eaten sushi? |
Try English first: Ask one full question and give one short answer.
Hint: Start with Have you ever ...?
German help
Frage nach einer Erfahrung. Antworte kurz mit Yes, I have. oder No, I haven't.
Example: Have you ever made pizza? – Yes, I have.
Solution pattern
Have you ever + past participle ...? → Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.
Use: class survey
Ask up to five classmates. Questions are voluntary. Do not write names. Record only a total.
| Question | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|
| Have you ever ridden a horse? | ||
| Have you ever made pizza? | ||
| Have you ever slept in a tent? | ||
| Have you ever won a game? | ||
| Have you ever visited a museum? |
Useful classroom language:
Can I ask you a question?
Have you ever ...?
Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.
Thank you.
Privacy rule: No names, photos, voices or survey sheets need to be uploaded. Keep class data in class.
Read: a fictional survey
This survey is fictional.
| Experience | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|
| made pizza | 9 | 3 |
| ridden a horse | 4 | 8 |
| slept in a tent | 7 | 5 |
Read the data and complete the ideas orally.
Nine pupils have made pizza.
Four pupils have ridden a horse.
Seven pupils have slept in a tent.
Now ask one question that could produce one row of this table.
Hint
Start with Have you ever ...?
Solution example
Have you ever slept in a tent?
Listen again: short answers
This short lesson focuses directly on short answers.
Listen for these four forms: Yes, I have. – No, I haven't. – Yes, she has. – No, she hasn't.
Free OER video: classroom speaking idea
Datei:English Grammar — Present Perfect — Teaching Ideas — 2.webm
Use the idea, but keep your questions age-appropriate and non-private. You may always choose a fictional answer.
Speak: two-turn challenge
Partner A asks one experience question. Partner B gives a short answer and asks a new question.
A: Have you ever seen the sea?
B: Yes, I have. Have you ever slept in a tent?
A: No, I haven't.
Do three rounds. Then change one question to Has he/she ever ...? using a fictional person.
Write: mini report
Write 4–6 connected sentences about the fictional class survey.
Start like this:
Our class survey has five questions. Nine pupils have made pizza. Four pupils have ridden a horse. ...
Help ladder:
Try English first → use the table → check have/has → check the past participle → read your text aloud.
Deutsch-Hilfe
Schreibe einen kurzen Bericht mit den fiktiven Zahlen. Verbinde Sätze zum Beispiel mit and oder but.
Optional mediation
A German-speaking classmate asks what the task means. Explain it simply in German without translating every word.
Task: “Ask three classmates: Have you ever made pizza? Write only the number of yes-answers.”
Your job: Explain what to do, not every single English word.
Feedback: partner check
Check only these points:
- Does the question start with Have or Has?
- Is ever in the question?
- Is there a past participle?
- Does the short answer use have/has?
- Can you understand the speaker easily?
Give one helpful sentence: Good question. / Check have or has. / Say the main verb more clearly.
Use again: 30-second round
Choose three new experience cards. Ask and answer without reading the full model.
Goal: clear communication first, selected accuracy second.
Can-do check
| I can ... | Yes | Almost | Practise again |
|---|---|---|---|
| ask Have you ever ...? | □ | □ | □ |
| ask Has he/she ever ...? | □ | □ | □ |
| give Yes/No short answers | □ | □ | □ |
| use a few past participles | □ | □ | □ |
| take part in a short class survey | □ | □ | □ |
Next course: E6 M - Present perfect with ever and never
Digital and AI note
This aiMOOC does not require an external AI tool. Do not send names, photos, voices, survey data or recordings to external AI services. If AI is used in another school context, check its suggestions and write the final English yourself.
Interaktive Aufgaben
Quiz: Teste Dein Wissen
Which question is correct? (Have you ever ridden a horse?) (!Do you ever ridden a horse?) (!Has you ever ridden a horse?) (!Have you ever ride a horse?)
Which short answer fits: Have you ever made pizza? (Yes, I have.) (!Yes, I has.) (!Yes, I do.) (!Yes, I made.)
Which helper goes with she? (has) (!have) (!do) (!are)
Which question is correct for Leo? (Has Leo ever seen the sea?) (!Have Leo ever seen the sea?) (!Does Leo ever seen the sea?) (!Has Leo ever saw the sea?)
Which negative short answer fits: Has Mia ever won a game? (No, she hasn't.) (!No, she haven't.) (!No, she doesn't.) (!No, she didn't.)
Which form belongs after Have you ever? (eaten) (!ate) (!eats) (!eating)
Which sentence asks about an experience? (Have you ever slept in a tent?) (!You ever sleep in a tent?) (!Are you sleep in a tent?) (!Has you slept in a tent?)
Which short answer fits: Have they ever visited a museum? (Yes, they have.) (!Yes, they has.) (!Yes, they are.) (!Yes, they did.)
Which word means at any time in your life in these questions? (ever) (!always) (!now) (!today)
Which pair is correct? (Has she ever made pizza? – Yes, she has.) (!Have she ever made pizza? – Yes, she have.) (!Does she ever made pizza? – Yes, she does.) (!Has she ever make pizza? – Yes, she is.)
Memory
| Have you ever ...? | Yes, I have. |
| Has she ever ...? | No, she hasn't. |
| haven't | have not |
| hasn't | has not |
| been | past participle of be |
| seen | past participle of see |
Drag and Drop
| Ordne die richtigen Begriffe zu. | Thema |
|---|---|
| Have you ever ridden a horse? | Yes, I have. |
| Has Mia ever made pizza? | No, she hasn't. |
| Have they ever seen the sea? | Yes, they have. |
| Has Ben ever won a game? | Yes, he has. |
| Have we ever visited this museum? | No, we haven't. |
Kreuzworträtsel
| Have | Which helper starts a present perfect question with you? |
| Ever | Which word can mean at any time in your life? |
| Been | What is the past participle of be? |
| Seen | What is the past participle of see? |
| Participle | Which verb form comes after have or has in the present perfect? |
| Experience | What can a Have you ever question ask about? |
LearningApps
Lückentext
Offene Aufgaben
Leicht
- Experience cards: Create four new age-appropriate experience cards with a picture or symbol and one verb phrase.
- Pair interview: Ask a partner four Have you ever questions and answer with short answers.
- Question builder: Make five correct questions from the pattern Have or Has + person + ever + past participle.
- Pronunciation echo: Read four questions aloud. Stress the experience word and keep haven't or hasn't clear.
Standard
- Class survey: Create five non-private questions, ask classmates voluntarily and record only totals, not names.
- Mini-dialogue: Write and perform a six-line dialogue with at least three present perfect questions and matching short answers.
- Survey report: Use fictional totals and write a 5–7 sentence report with connected sentences.
- Email task: Write a short email of about 60–80 words to a fictional exchange partner. Ask two experience questions and report two of your own fictional or real non-private experiences.
Schwer
- Survey design: Design a small anonymous survey, explain why your questions are appropriate, and present the totals in English.
- Mini-presentation: Give a one-minute presentation about fictional class experiences. Use at least three correct present perfect forms.
- Sprachmittlung: Explain a short English survey task to a German-speaking classmate without translating every sentence word for word.
- Private speaking check: Make an optional private audio recording of four questions and answers, use the checklist for self-feedback, then keep or delete the file without uploading it.
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Lernkontrolle
- Dialogue repair: A dialogue mixes up have and has. Correct it and explain two changes in simple words.
- Survey transfer: You receive fictional survey totals for a new topic. Write three suitable Have you ever questions that could have produced the data.
- Role change: Change two questions from you to she or he and adapt the short answers correctly.
- Card challenge: Choose an unfamiliar experience card, form a question, give two possible short answers and identify the past participle.
- Communication task: Conduct a short partner interview. Your partner gives feedback on clarity and one selected grammar point.
- Mini-report: Turn four fictional yes/no results into a short connected report without listing every answer separately.
Lernnachweis
For a good Lernnachweis, show that you can:
- form simple questions with have/has.
- use ever naturally in experience questions.
- choose a correct past participle from the practised set.
- give matching positive and negative short answers.
- understand a short dialogue or survey about experiences.
- ask and answer questions clearly in a short conversation.
- write a short connected text with selected correct forms.
- use feedback to improve and try the language again.
- respect privacy: no unwanted names, images, recordings or uploads.
OERs zum Thema
Wikipedia: Present perfect
Free Wikimedia Commons media used in this aiMOOC: question mark, speech bubbles, speaker, microphone, checklists and the present-perfect classroom video.
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