Japanese Grammar Exercise: Experience 「ことがある」

Japanese Perfect Tense: Experience

Before starting the exercise for expressing experience 「ことがある」, please clarify any doubts you may have about the grammatical rules by referring to your grammar guidebook or dictionary. The Instantaneous Composition Method requires you to compose sentences with the target sentence pattern(s) over and over in order to use them almost effortlessly. You should already have the necessary knowledge.

Reference
Genki I - Lesson 11: ことがある
Tae Kim's Guide - Experience

Instantaneous Composition Exercise for Expressing Experience 「ことがある」

This is not a translation exercise. This is the Instantaneous Composition Exercise. As if a reflexive action, try to create an equivalent Japanese sentence shortly after reading an English script. Try not to think for more than three seconds.

Natural Speed with Pauses

English and Hidden Japanese Scripts

Have (you) ever come to Japan?
日に本ほんに来きたことがありますか? 
Have (you) ever worked?
働はたらいたことがありますか?
Have (you) ever cried?
泣ないたことがありますか?
(I) have met Asano-san twice.
浅あさ野のさんに二に回かい会あったことがあります。
I have taken a ship three times.
船ふねに三さん回かい乗のったことがあります。
(I) have made curry before.
カレーを作つくったことがあります。
As for the story, (I) have heard (it) before.
その話はなしは聞きいたことがあります。
(I) have never read manga.
マンガを読よんだことがありません。
(I) have never eaten an apple. 
リンゴを食たべたことがありません。
(I) have never watched a movie. 
映えい画がを見みたことがありません。

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