PERFECT TENSE • FORM : HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE • MEANING : THE PERFECT TENSES ALL GIVE THE IDEA THAT ONE THING HAPPENS BEFORE ANOTHER TIME OR EVENT. EXAMPLE : TOM HAS ALREADY EATEN. EXPLANATION: TOM FINISHED EATING SOMETIME BEFORE NOW. THE EXACT TIME IS NOT IMPORTANT.
PAST PERFECT • EXAMPLE: TOM HAD ALREADY EATEN WHEN HIS FRIEND ARRIVED. • EXPLANATION: FIRST TOM FINISHED EATING. LATER HIS FRIEND ARRIVED. TOM’S EATING WAS COMPLETELY FINISHED BEFORE ANOTHER TIME IN THE PAST.
EXERCISE 1. I _______ MY HOMEWORK ALREADY. (DO) 2. BEFORE I WENT TO BED LAST NIGHT, I ______ ALL MY HOMEWORK. (DO) 3. I _______ STUDIED ALL THE ENGLISH VERB TENSES. (STUDY) 4. BEFORE I BEGAN THIS CLASS, I ______ ALL THE ENGLISH VERB TENSES. (STUDY) a. HAVE YOU EATEN TODAY? WHEN DID YOU EAT? b. HAD YOU EATEN BEFORE YOU WENT TO BED LAST NIGHT?
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A FORM OF STUDY AND ANY WORD IN PARENTHESES (). 1. TOM IS A STUDENT. HE STUDIES EVERY DAY. 2. TOM IS AT HIS DESK. HE ____ RIGHT NOW. 3. TOM HAD SOME HOMEWORK TO DO, SO HE _______ LAST NIGHT. 4. TOM BEGAN STUDYING AT 7 PM LAST NIGHT. HIS FRIEND CAME OVER AROUND 7. 30 PM. TOM WAS STILL AT HIS DESK WHEN THEY ARRIVED. IN OTHER WORDS, TOM _____ LAST NIGHT WHEN HIS FRIENDS CAME OVER. 5. TOM ____ TOMORROW.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A FORM OF STUDY AND ANY WORD IN PARENTHESES (). 6. TOM IS STUDYING CHAPTER 2. HE (ALREADY) _____ CHAPTER 1. 7. LAST WEEK TOM FINISHED STUDYING CHAPTER 1. THIS WEEK HE’S STUDYING CHAPTER 2. HE (ALREADY) _______ CHAPTER 1 WHEN HE STARTED CHAPTER 2.