Perfect Tenses Flashcards
It is a category of verb tense used to describe completed actions. It is sometimes called the complete tense
Perfect Tense
It covers the past perfect tense, the present perfect tense, and the future perfect tense.
Perfect Tense
It is formed using a form of the auxiliary verb ‘to have’ and the past participle.
Perfect Tenses
How to form Perfect Tenses
“has/have/had” + [past participle]
How to form Present Perfect Tense
“has” or “have” + [past participle]
How to form Past Perfect Tense
“had” + [past participle]
How to form Future Perfect Tense
“will have” + [past participle]
What form of perfect tenses are these:
She has bought a car.
They have spoken.
Present perfect tense
Present Perfect Tense Fill in the blank:
1. I ____ (see) the movie that was nominated for an Academy Award.
2. Man ____ (land) on the moon.
3. Doctors ___ (operate) a lot of risky transplants.
- have seen
- has landed
- have operated
How to form Past Perfect Tense
“had” + [past participle]
What form of perfect tenses are these:
The child had grown tremendously.
The children had left the camp.
Past perfect participle
PPT fill in blanks:
1. She ___ (go) to many stores before she found the chain.
2. Jesse ___ (cook) spaghetti for dinner.
3. Horace ___ (come) home by ten o’ clock.
1.had gone
2. had cooked
3. had come
How to form future PT
“will have “ + [past particle]
What form of perfect tenses are these:
Ann will have gone to school early.
We will have attended the meeting.
Future Perfect Tense
FPT fill in blank:
1.In December, I ___ (work) in that company for 8 years
2. When I turn, I ___ (write) stories for two years.
3. By 2026, we ___ (study) German.
- will have worked
- will have written
- will have studied
