Can you say "have they swam?" ?

Question

would this be how you ask if 2 people have been swimming together?

Answer 1

Have you two been swimming?

Did you go swimming together?

Did you swim together?

Have you SWUM together today? (I know it sounds goofy.)

Hey guys, how was the lake today?

I swam it yesterday.

He swam it, even though it was thundering.

They swam together.

Have they swum together in the lake?

I wish I could have swum with you.

Answer 2

Good question - the verb 'to swim' can be difficult to master in the past tenses (like 'to ring', 'to drink' and 'to spin'... amongst others!)

The correct way to ask your question is:

"Have they swum?"

This is because this sentence is in the 'past perfect tense'.

This means that you use the verb "to have" and then the main verb of your choice, to form a sentence about a past action. ["Have" is the 'auxiliary' verb (the verb you use in forming tenses) and "swum" is the 'past participle' (a form of the main verb of the sentence indicating what was done in the past.)]

However, if your sentence was in the 'past simple tense', it would read:

"They swam?"

Examples of the difference between the past perfect tense (PPT) and the past simple tense (PST) are as follows:

- to swim

PPT: I had swum

PST: I swam

- to ring

PPT: I had rung

PST: I rang

- to drink

PPT: I had drunk

PST: I drank

Exceptions to the pattern (there are many more):

- to spin

PPT: I had spun

PST: I spun

- to walk

PPT: I had walked

PST: I walked

- to go

PPT: I had gone

PST: I went

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

no.  

Answer 4

did they ever swim together

Answer 5

have you swum

Answer 6

I would say, 'Looks like you two have been swimming."