Using Perfect Verb Tenses What Are Verb Tenses

Using Perfect 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: present, present past, past and future

So, What Are PERFECT Verb Tenses? • In English, the word perfect means “made complete” or “completely done. ” • Perfect verb tenses show action already completed • There are three perfect verb tenses: present perfect, perfect past perfect, perfect and future perfect

How Are Perfect Verb Tenses Formed? • All perfect tense verbs use some form of the helping verb have: have Present tense of have = have Past tense of have = had Future tense of have = will have • All perfect tense verbs use the past tense of the MAIN verb (the one the perfect verb helps).

Example of PRESENT PERFECT Verb Tense • Present perfect = have I have met her. PRESENT tense of helping verb, have PAST tense of main verb, meet

More Examples of PRESENT Perfect Verb Tense bleed = have bled bring = have brought sit = have sat leave = have left understand = have understood What about present perfect tenses of these? Dance Swim Tiptoe Walk Play

PRACTICE: PRESENT Perfect Verb Tense Write the PRESENT perfect verb tense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. jump kick help drink love

PRACTICE ANSWERS: PRESENT Perfect Verb Tense Write the PRESENT perfect verb tense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. jump = have jumped kick = have kicked help = have helped drink = have drank love = have loved

Example of PAST PERFECT Verb Tense • Past perfect = had I had met her. PAST tense of helping verb, have PAST tense of main verb, meet

More Examples of PAST PERFECT Verb Tense spend = had spent look = had looked walk = had walked jump = had jumped say = had said

PRACTICE: PAST PERFECT Verb Tense Write the PAST perfect tense. 1. joke 2. talk 3. admire 4. listen 5. whisper

PRACTICE ANSWERS: PAST PERFECT Verb Tense Write the PAST perfect tense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. joke = had joked talk = had talked admire = had admired listen = had listened whisper= had whispered

Example of FUTURE PERFECT Verb Tense • Future perfect = will have I will have met her. FUTURE tense of helping verb, have PAST tense of main verb, meet

More Examples of FUTURE PERFECT Verb Tense bend = will have bent sleep = will have slept dig = will have dug win = will have won find = will have found

PRACTICE: FUTURE PERFECT Verb Tense Write the future perfect tense. 1. jump 2. climb 3. look 4. marry 5. vote

PRACTICE ANSWERS: FUTURE PERFECT Verb Tense Write the future perfect tense. 1. jump = will have jumped 2. climb = will have climbed 3. look = will have looked 4. marry = will have married 5. vote = will have voted

Let’s Review! Write the PRESENT, PAST, and FUTURE perfect verb tense of each verb (example: sting = have stung/had stung/will have stung). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. count cheat begin build buy 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. do clean bite choose sweep

Let’s Practice Answers! 1. have counted/had counted/will have counted 2. have cheated/had cheated/will have cheated 3. have begun/had begun/will have begun 4. have built/had built/will have built 5. have bought/had bought/will have bought 6. have done/had done/will have done 7. have cleaned/had cleaned/will have cleaned 8. have bitten/had bitten/will have bitten 9. have chosen/had chosen/will have chosen 10. have swept/had swept/will have swept