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?
ほんたことがありますか? 
Have (you) ever worked?
はたらいたことがありますか?
Have (you) ever cried?
いたことがありますか?
(I) have met Asano-san twice.
あささんにかいったことがあります。
I have taken a ship three times.
ふねさんかいったことがあります。
(I) have made curry before.
カレーをつくったことがあります。
As for the story, (I) have heard (it) before.
そのはなしいたことがあります。
(I) have never read manga.
マンガをんだことがありません。
(I) have never eaten an apple. 
リンゴをべたことがありません。
(I) have never watched a movie. 
えいたことがありません。

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