The words 'ever' and 'never' are very important when we are using the present perfect. We can use these words to talk about experience.

Using 'ever'

We don't use the word 'ever' to talk about experiences that we have had. If the sentence is a positive sentence, we usually do not use the word 'ever'.

Correct She's taken all the books to the library.
Not Correct She's ever taken all the books to the library.

The most common way to use the word 'ever' is in questions. We can use 'ever' to ask questions about experience.

Here are some examples using 'ever' in present perfect questions.

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Have you ever seen this movie before?

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Have they ever been to Egypt before?

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Has he ever bitten anyone?

Using 'never'


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