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The perfect tense particle “过 guò” is used to indicate that an action has been experienced in the past.

Affirmative sentence

Subject + Verb + 过 guo + Object

• 你 喝 过 中国 绿茶 吗?
  Nǐ hē guò Zhōngguó lǜchá ma
  Have you ever drank Chinese green tea?


• 我 喝 过 中国 绿茶。
  Wǒ hē guò Zhōngguó lǜchá
  I have drank Chinese green tea.

Negating a “过 guò” sentence

Because “过 guò” is used to talk about past actions, it should benegated with “没 méi”. 

Subject + 没 （有）+ Verb + 过 + Object

• 你 没 去 过 中国 吗?
  Nǐ méi qù guò Zhōngguó ma


• 我 没 去 过 中国。
  Wǒ méi qù guò Zhōngguó

See the following link to learn more about this: Negation of past actions with "meiyou" (Chinese Grammar Wiki)

Affirmative-negative question

Subject + Verb + 过 + Object + 没有

• 你 喝 过 中国 绿茶 没有?
  Nǐ hē guò Zhōngguó lǜchá méiyǒu
  Have you ever drank Chinese green tea?