Using PerfectUsing PerfectVerb TensesVerb Tenses

What Are Verb Tenses?What Are Verb Tenses?• Verb tenses tell when the action (the verb)

was completed in a sentence.• There are three main verb tenses:

presentpresent, pastpast, and futurefuture.

So, What AreSo, What ArePERFECT Verb Tenses?PERFECT Verb Tenses?

• In English, the word perfect means “made complete” or “completely done.”

• Perfect verb tenses show action already already completedcompleted.

• There are three perfect verb tenses:present perfectpresent perfect, past perfectpast perfect,

and future perfectfuture perfect.

How Are Perfect VerbHow Are Perfect VerbTenses Formed?Tenses Formed?

• All perfect tense verbs use some form of the helping verb havehave:

Present tense of have = havehave Past tense of have = hadhad Future tense of have = will havewill have• All perfect tense verbs use the past tense past tense of the

MAINMAIN verb (the one the perfect verb helps).

• Present perfect = havehave

I havehave met her.

Example ofExample ofPRESENT PERFECT Verb TensePRESENT PERFECT Verb Tense

PRESENT tense ofhelping verb, havehave

PAST tense ofmain verb, meetmeet

bleed = have bled have bled bring = have brought have brought sit = have sathave sat leave = have left have left understand = have understoodhave understoodWhat about present perfect tenses of these?

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More Examples ofMore Examples ofPRESENT Perfect Verb TensePRESENT Perfect Verb Tense

Write the PRESENT perfect verb tense.

1. jump 2. kick 3. help

4. drink 5. love

PRACTICE:PRACTICE:PRESENT Perfect Verb TensePRESENT Perfect Verb Tense

Write the PRESENT perfect verb tense.

1. jump = have jumped have jumped 2. kick = have kicked have kicked 3. help = have helpedhave helped

4. drink = have drank have drank 5. love = have lovedhave loved

PRACTICE ANSWERS:PRACTICE ANSWERS:PRESENT Perfect Verb TensePRESENT Perfect Verb Tense

• Past perfect = hadhad

I hadhad met her.

Example ofExample ofPAST PERFECT Verb TensePAST PERFECT Verb Tense

PAST tense ofhelping verb, havehave

PAST tense ofmain verb, meetmeet

spend = had spent had spent look = had looked had looked walk = had walkedhad walked jump = had jumped had jumped say = had saidhad said

More Examples ofMore Examples ofPAST PERFECT Verb TensePAST PERFECT Verb Tense

Write the PAST perfect tense.

1. joke 2. talk 3. admire4. listen5. whisper

PRACTICE:PRACTICE:PAST PERFECT Verb TensePAST PERFECT Verb Tense

Write the PAST perfect tense.

1. joke = had joked had joked 2. talk = had talked had talked 3. admire = had admiredhad admired4. listen = had listenedhad listened5. whisper= had whispered had whispered

PRACTICE ANSWERS:PRACTICE ANSWERS:PAST PERFECT Verb TensePAST PERFECT Verb Tense

• Future perfect = will havewill have

I will have will have met her.

Example ofExample ofFUTURE PERFECT Verb TenseFUTURE PERFECT Verb Tense

FUTURE tense ofhelping verb, havehave

PAST tense ofmain verb, meetmeet

bend = will have bent will have bent sleep = will have slept will have slept dig = will have dug will have dug win = will have won will have won find = will have found will have found

More Examples ofMore Examples ofFUTURE PERFECT Verb TenseFUTURE PERFECT Verb Tense

Write the future perfect tense.

1. jump2. climb 3. look 4. marry 5. vote

PRACTICE:PRACTICE:FUTURE PERFECT Verb TenseFUTURE PERFECT Verb Tense

Write the future perfect tense.

1. jump = will have jumped will have jumped 2. climb = will have climbedwill have climbed3. look = will have looked will have looked 4. marry = will have married = will have married 5. vote = will have votedwill have voted

PRACTICE ANSWERS:PRACTICE ANSWERS:FUTURE PERFECT Verb TenseFUTURE PERFECT Verb Tense

Write the PRESENT, PAST, and FUTURE perfect verb tense of each verb (example: sting = have stung/had stung/will have stung).

1. count 6. do 2. cheat 7. clean 3. begin 8. bite 4. build 9. choose 5. buy 10. sweep

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1. have counted/had counted/will have countedhave counted/had counted/will have counted 2. have cheated/had cheated/will have cheatedhave cheated/had cheated/will have cheated 3. have begun/had begun/will have begunhave begun/had begun/will have begun 4. have built/had built/will have builthave built/had built/will have built 5. have bought/had bought/will have bought have bought/had bought/will have bought 6. have done/had done/will have donehave done/had done/will have done 7. have cleaned/had cleaned/will have cleanedhave cleaned/had cleaned/will have cleaned 8. have bitten/had bitten/will have bittenhave bitten/had bitten/will have bitten 9. have chosen/had chosen/will have chosenhave chosen/had chosen/will have chosen10. have swept/had swept/will have swepthave swept/had swept/will have swept

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