Lesson 38
Perfect Tenses: Present, Past, and Future
The
present perfect tense
is used either to express an action
that took place at some
indefinite time in the past or to express an action that began in the past and continues in
the present. The present perfect tense is formed with the past participle of the verb and
the
helping verb has or
have. This tense often includes adverb phrases.
We
have met our new neighbors.
The
past perfect tense
is used to show that one action in the past began and ended before
another action in the past started. The past perfect tense
is formed with the past
participle of the verb and the helping verb
had.
We
had eaten the leftovers before Mom and Dad came home.
The
future perfect tense
is used to show that one action or
condition in the future will
begin and end before another event in the future starts. The future perfect tense is formed
with the past participle of the verb and the helping verbs
will have.
By
tonight I will have practiced that piece several times.
Exercise 1
Underline each perfect–tense verb. Write whether the tense of the verb is
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