Have you ever been or gone windsurfing?

[almo]

When I'd like to ask for experience in sports,
could you tell me whether they are correct?

When I use "go+ing"
A)Have you ever been windsurfing?
B)Have you ever gone windsurfing?

When I use "do"
C)Have you ever done yoga?


Also, is it possible to say like this?
Have you ever tried windsurfing?
Have you ever tried yoga?

Many thanks in advance!!

 

[Khosro]

When I'd like to ask for experience in sports,
could you tell me whether they are correct?

When I use "go+ing"
A)Have you ever been windsurfing?
B)Have you ever gone windsurfing?

When I use "do"
C)Have you ever done yoga?


Also, is it possible to say like this?
Have you ever tried windsurfing?
Have you ever tried yoga?

Many thanks in advance!!

They are all correct, considering the fact that "Have you ever been windsurfing?" is not in present perfect continuous tense but peresent perfect.

 

[almo]

Thanks a lot♪♪

I was wondering which to use.
I understand either is OK.
Thank you so much again.:-D

 

[Khosro]

Thanks a lot♪♪

I was wondering which to use.
I understand either is OK.
Thank you so much again.:-D

I think you know it better than me. It depends. Who are you talking to? is it a job interview? Are you talking to a friend?

What is important is that your using "do" for yuga and "go" and "be" for windsurfing is correct. we can do yoga anywhere, but not windsurfing.

 

[almo]

Yes! It is a conversation between my friends and me.

And I wondered if I can use "gone" for experience,
because I had learned that we don't say " She has gone to Japan" for
experience because it means "She is not here."

Thanks a lot for your reply:-D

 

[5jj]

And I wondered if I can use "gone" for experience, because I had learned that we don't say " She has gone to Japan" for experience because it means "She is not here."

You can say 'she has gone to Japan' if the situation is that she is not here because she is in, or en route to, Japan.

If, however, you mean that a past vist, or past visits, to Japan are part of her experience, then you need to say, "She has been to Japan". "She has gone to Japan" is not correct.

 

[almo]

Thank you so much.:-D
I'm always helped so much with your comments.

For experience,
I cannot say" she has been to Japan".
but I can say both "she has gone windsurfing" and "she has been windsurfing".

I'm sorry, I'd like to make sure. Is it right?

 

[5jj]

For experience I can[STRIKE]not[/STRIKE] say" she has been to Japan".
... I can say [STRIKE]both "she has gone windsurfing" and [/STRIKE]"she has been windsurfing".

If she has been windsurfing/sailing/in hospital/to Japan, then these are part of her experience of life. If someone has been somewhere, they are almost certainly not there now.

If she has gone windsurfing/sailing/in hospital/to Japan, then she is there now, or at least is on the way there. If someone has gone somewhere, then that is almost certainly where they are now.

Thus we cannot normally use, I have gone (to the shops, for example) except in a note which we leave for somebody to read; This is because if I have gone, then I cannot be at my point of departure to utter those words.

 

[engee30]

Thank you so much.:-D
I'm always helped so much with your comments.

For experience,
I cannot say" she has been to Japan".
but I can say both "she has gone windsurfing" and "she has been windsurfing".

I'm sorry, I'd like to make sure. Is it right?

She has been to Japan. - talking about experience
She has gone to Japan. - talking about a temporary situation
She has been windsurfing before. -talking about experience
She has gone windsurfing. -talking about a temporary situation

 

[ostap77]

She has been to Japan. - talking about experience
She has gone to Japan. - talking about a temporary situation
She has been windsurfing before. -talking about experience
She has gone windsurfing. -talking about a temporary situation

She has been windsurfing before. -talking about experience

What would be the difference if I said "Has she windsurfed before?''

 

[engee30]

She has been windsurfing before. -talking about experience

What would be the difference if I said "Has she windsurfed before?''

In my opinion, none.

 

[5jj]

She has been windsurfing before. -talking about experience

What would be the difference if I said "Has she windsurfed before?''

Well, it's a question for a start.;-)

There is not a great deal of difference in meaning between:

Has she been windsurfing before?
Has she windsurfed before?

 

[ostap77]

They are all correct, considering the fact that "Have you ever been windsurfing?" is not in present perfect continuous tense but peresent perfect.

It's grammatically incorrect to say things like "Have you ever been backpacking?"?

 

[5jj]

It's grammatically incorrect to say things like "Have you ever been backpacking?"?

Not at all.

 

[engee30]

It's grammatically incorrect to say things like "Have you ever been backpacking?"?

It's correct. What Khosro is trying to express is that in a case like this, the verb is not be, but go - and its past participle form in this case is been.
So, actually we're not talking about the present perfect continuous tense; rather, it's the present perfect simple tense.

 

[5jj]

... in a case like this, the verb is not be, but go - and its past participle form in this case is have been..

The past partciple form of GO is never have been.

I am windsurfing now. Present Progressive/Continuous.
I have windsurfed many times. Present Perfect.
I have been windsurfing for half an hour. Present Perfect Progressive/Continuous.

Fred goes windsurfing every weekend. Present Simple.
Fred is going windsurfing tomorrow. Present Progressive/Continuous.
Fred has gone windsurfing. Present Perfect.
Fred has been going windsurfing for years. Present Perfect Progressive/Continuous.

I have been windsurfing many times over the last few years. Present Perfect.

There are no present or past tense forms of the last sentence - we need to use sentences containing GO; this, however, does not mean that have been is ever the present perfect of GO.

 

[engee30]

The past partciple form of GO is never have been.

I am windsurfing now. Present Progressive/Continuous.
I have windsurfed many times. Present Perfect.
I have been windsurfing for half an hour. Present Perfect Progressive/Continuous.

Fred goes windsurfing every weekend. Present Simple.
Fred is going windsurfing tomorrow. Present Progressive/Continuous.
Fred has gone windsurfing. Present Perfect.
Fred has been going windsurfing for years. Present Perfect Progressive/Continuous.

I have been windsurfing many times over the last few years. Present Perfect.

There are no present or past tense forms of the last sentence - we need to use sentences containing GO; this, however, does not mean that have been is ever the present perfect of GO.

Sorry. I meant been, not the whole phrase have been.

 

[almo]

I've got it now!
Thank you so much for all the replies!!:-D

 

[ostap77]

Well, it's a question for a start.;-)

There is not a great deal of difference in meaning between:

Has she been windsurfing before?
Has she windsurfed before?

When we use the present perfect progressive to talk about experience, what would be the difference?

 

[engee30]

When we use the present perfect progressive to talk about experience, what would be the difference?

You use it only to talk about a situation during which something else happened or was happening, eg:
Have you ever been watching TV when there was an earthquake?

You could as well rephrase the sentence like this:
Has there ever been an earthquake when you were watching TV?