PERFECT TENSES
WHAT IS A PARTICIPLE?
•As we learn about perfect tenses, you
will hear the word past participle often.
•The past participle is the same as the
past tense of most verbs.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
• The present perfect tense states an action that began in the past but
is still happening.
• The helping verb has or have is added BEFORE the past-participle
form of the main verb.
• Example:
● Derek has practiced his cello a lot.
● What is the past-participle?
● practiced
● Which word is the helping verb?
● Has
● What makes this sentence in present perfect tense?
● It began in the past (practicED), but is still happening right now.
PAST PERFECT TENSE
• The past perfect tense states an action that began in the past AND
was completed in the past.
• The helping verb had is added before the past-participle form of the
main verb.
• Example:
● He had practiced for an hour.
● What is the past-participle?
● practiced
● Which word is the helping verb?
● had
● What makes this sentence in past perfect tense?
● It began AND ended in the past
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
• The future perfect tense states an action that began in the past and
will end at a specific time in the future.
• The helping verbs will have are added before the past participle form
of the main verb.
• Example:
● By concert time, he will have practiced enough.
● What is the past-participle?
● practiced
● Which word is the helping verb?
● will have
● What makes this sentence in future perfect tense?
● The action began in the past and will end at a specific time in the
future (by concert time)
WHAT TENSE IS THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCE IN?
• Our band teacher, Mr. Huan, has planned this
concert for months.
●Present perfect
• We have practiced the music for “Peter and the
Wolf.”
●Present perfect
• A month ago, we had asked our principal to read
the narration.
●Past perfect
WHAT TENSE IS THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCE IN?
• She has performed the spoken part many times.
●Present perfect
• After this concert, she will have narrated the piece
five times.
●Future perfect
• She had been an actor before becoming a
principal.
●Past perfect
WHAT IS THE VERB IN THE SENTENCE
AND WHAT TENSE IS THE SENTENCE
IN?
• Alexis has slept for two hours so far.
● Has slept
● Present perfect
• Riley will have slept for 12 hours by 9:00 am tomorrow.
● Will have slept
● Future perfect
• Jordan had slept for eight hours before the alarm rang.
● Had slept
● Past perfect
LET’S PRACTICE!!
• Infinitive: to walk
• Present
She walks to school
● Walk or walks
walks
• Past
● Walked
• Future
● Will walk
• Present Perfect
● Has walked or have walked
• Past perfect
● Had walked
• Future perfect
● Will have walked
.
LET’S PRACTICE!!
• Infinitive: to run
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• Present
● Run or runs
• Past
● Ran
• Future
● Will run
• Present Perfect
● Has ran or have ran
• Past perfect
● Had ran
• Future perfect
● Will have ran