Present perfect with 'ever' and 'never' - 6 Minute Grammar

Have you ever studied English grammar with BBC Learning English? In English, we often use the present perfect tense with 'ever' or 'never' (meaning 'not ever'). 'Ever' means 'at any time in someone's life'. We usually use 'ever' in questions and 'never' in statements. Finn and Alice explain all!

0:00 Introduction
0:35 'Never' and 'ever' with the present perfect
3:33 Shortening words
5:00 Quiz

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[mrsohag]

This is the most useful lesson I've ever seen in my life about Present Perfect Tense.

[bbclearningenglish]

Grammar is not difficult - being motivated to learn leads to positive results.

[woman.who.dreams]

I love Alice's lovely accent and voice!!

[snakespeedplug]

Thanks you guys, I'm Brazilian and this video lessons it helped me a lot to take my exam.

[zheoli]

Perfect accents we admire.

The vdo explains to me situational how to apply these words. However the ever-changing rules outside the world is confusing us to learn on a preliminary stage to approach foreign languages.

[rodrigooliveira]

Thanks BBC. I have never seen a video like this. Perfect explanation.

[marcodonorio]

Thank you very much indeed, it was very helpful.. I am going to use the present perfect better than before... Have a great weekend dear teachers...

[bayroncastillo]

i have never visited London but i will write down on my notebook in order to see in my bucketlist

[gayathridhandapani]

Tqs a million for this eye opening video. Means a lot. It'd have been super duper if u had explained 'never' and 'ever' together in a sentence. And Pls lemme know the meaning of using both the never and ever in a sentence in this comment section. I'm looking forward to hearing from you guys.

[ahmedfarraj]

Hi
Thanks a lot my favorite channel. Actually, I always wait this program eagerly. However, I would practice
1. I have studied in a school for seven years.
2. Have you eaten?
3. Have you visited London?
4. He has been to Paris 3 times.
5. Have you caught under rain?
Yes, I've caught. No, I haven't caught.
6. Have you ever heard about bitcoin? I have heard about it, and yet a sister of mine hasn't heard about bitcoin.
Thanks

[nawarnawar]

Thank you guys, you are absolutely amazing.
I haven't watched any program explaining grammars as you do.
I have advised everyone I know who wants to improve their English to subscribe to this great channel.

[scandal]

I had been waiting for Alice voice for a long time.

[emyeman]

Hi Alice and Finn 🙋🏼‍♀️
I got all of them 💪🏻😊 my score is 12/12 🥇
By the way I’ve ridden horse when I was 7 years old 😊. Not camel 😃

[tiagonocaminho]

nice. This lesson is funny and educative. Thanks.

[tobiasariastoya]

Very good video, English is the best there is 💪🏻

[vijayanrajan]

Sir, I got immersed into this vedio as it was funny, interesting and informative. Thanks a lot.

[raquelv.a.monteiro]

Hi BBC Learning English!!! I love to watch your videos cause they are really easy to understand!!! I have a question... Is it possible to use 'ever' and 'never' in the same sentence? If so, how and when can I use it? Thx

[John_Noble]

It is very useful. Could you do these videos more often?)

[Leandro_Catanhede]

That was an amazing class about present perfect, good job BBC, tks. ♥️

[Southeng]

I have never been to Australia. But I've been to the UK. Have you ever gone to Australia ?