Verbs are words that describe an action, occurrence, or state of being. The tense of a verb refers to the time of the action or state of being
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Present Perfect
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Past Perfect Tense Example
Here’s a sentence with past perfect tense. Paul tried to hide the vase because he had broken it. Right away, our eyes should be drawn to the past perfect phrase had broken. There’s our past tense had and our past participle. You may notice that broken is not an -ed verb, but it’s still a past participle; it just conjugates differently than the -ed verbs we’ve looked at so far. This also happens with words like ate and shaken. The sentence is describing something that began in the past and was completed before something else occurred. Paul broke the vase. The action is complete, therefore the tense is perfect, and it happened in the past, therefore the word had appears in our equation. Future Perfect Tense The future perfect tense expresses an action that will be completed by some specified point in the future. This equation is a little more exciting. Will or shall + have + past participle = future perfect tense Future Perfect Tense Example Here’s a sentence with future perfect tense. Do you think the lunchroom will have cooked enough rice? First, we notice the two elements we’ve learned to expect from the perfect tense: a version of have or had, and a past participle, in this case, the -ed verb cooked. You might be tempted to think this was present perfect tense based on our earlier equation, but be careful to look first in front of the word have to make sure it’s not future perfect. Sure enough, the entirety of the phrase reads will have cooked. This tells us that we’re talking about an action that’s not done yet, but will be done in the future at a specific time. Take, for example, the following phrases: By the end of the night, Mary will have danced for three hours. In two years, I will have saved $2,000. In both these examples, the reader is standing in the present without evidence of a completed action, but we can be sure that both of those things will be done in the future, thus the past participles danced and saved. It may sound complicated, but if you remember these three grammar equations and acquaint yourself with common past participles, you’ll have a solid understanding of present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses. I hope this overview was helpful! See you next time! Practice Questions Download 222.67 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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