Travel experiences · Using have been for experiences

Using have been for experiences in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Using have been for experiences.

Use have or has plus a past participle to discuss experience without naming a finished past time. Ever is common in questions and never says the experience has not happened.

Context: Travel experiences. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

I have been to Italy twice.

زرت إيطاليا مرتين.

My first visit was five years ago.

كانت زيارتي الأولى قبل خمس سنوات.

I have never travelled there in winter.

لم أسافر إليها في الشتاء مطلقًا.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: I have been to Italy twice.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: لم أسافر إليها في الشتاء مطلقًا.