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The present perfect tense shows an action or condition that began in the past and

continues into the present.

Present Perfect Dan has called every day this week.

The past perfect tense shows an action or condition in the past that came before

another action or condition in the past.

Past Perfect Dan had called before Ellen arrived.

The future perfect tense shows an action or condition in the future that will occur

before another action or condition in the future.

Future Perfect Dan will have called before Ellen ar

rives.

To form the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses, add has, have,

had, or will have to the past participle.

Recognizing the Perfect Tenses

Underline the verb in each sentence. On the blank, write the tense of the verb.

1. The film house has not developed the pictures yet.

_______________________

2. Fred will have left before Erin’s arrival.

_______________________

3. Florence has been a vary gracious hostess.

_______________________

4. Andi had lost her transfer by the end of the bus ride.

_______________________

5. By tonight, I will have finished my assignment.

_______________________

6. Before the discovery of the buried chest, Joe had not believed

in buried treasure.

_______________________

7. We have worked over an hour on one math problem.

_______________________

8. Until his college years, Carl had not decided on his career.

_______________________

9. The snow plows had cleared our street before the really

heavy snowstorm.

_______________________

10. Have the Ortons found their dog yet?

_______________________

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Lesson

Perfect Tenses Teaching

Name Date

CHAPTER 4

Tense Singular Plural

Present Perfect I have called we have called

has or have + past participle you have called you have called

he, she, it has called they have called

Past Perfect I had called we had called

had + past participle you had called you had called

he, she, it had called they had called

Future Perfect I will have called we will have called

will + have + past participle you will have called you will have called

he, she, it will have called they will have called

A. Recognizing the Perfect Tenses

Underline the verb in each sentence. On the blank, write the tense of the verb.

1. Olga had figured out the answer before her teacher’s explanation.

_______________________

2. I have walked every day now for a month.

_______________________

3. Vickie had liked Nels until their argument.

_______________________

4. Alf will have jogged 70 miles by the end of next week.

_______________________

5. By lunch time, Rusty had started cooking dinner.

_______________________

6. Ira has practiced piano every day for a week.

_______________________

7. At this rate, we will not have finished the 30 chapters by June.

_______________________

8. Our HMO has added a number of new physicians to the staff.

_______________________

9. The ice on the lake will have melted long before the weekend.

_______________________

10. The window had cracked before the wind storm.

_______________________

B. Forming the Perfect Tenses

Complete each sentence by writing the form of the verb indicated in parentheses.

1. (finish, past perfect) We

_______________________

our game before the

Meteors started theirs.

2. (graduate, future perfect) Margie

_______________________

before the spring

semester.

3. (vote, past perfect) Union members

_______________________

before they saw

the contract.

4. (exercise, present perfect) We

_______________________

three times this

week.

5. (talk, past perfect) The manager

_______________________

to the pitcher twice

by that time.

6. (clean, future perfect) I

_______________________

the whole kitchen by the

time Mom returns.

7. (offer, present perfect) Angelica frequently

_______________________

to help.

8. (produce, future perfect) By the end of this writing course, you

_______________________

a plot outline and at least four chapters of your novel.

9. (picked, past perfect) He

_______________________

ten bushels before the

truck showed up.

10. (search, present perfect) The rescuers

_______________________

the area

for hours.

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Lesson

Perfect Tenses More Practice

Name Date

CHAPTER 4

A. Using Verb Tenses

The following is a journal entry of a girl of the mid-1800s in a wagon train heading

for California. Supply verbs to the narrative in the tenses indicated in parentheses.

Use verbs from the list below.

be, expect, walk, insist, pack, lose

The first month on the trail (present perfect)

_______________________

challenging. Before we set out, I (past perfect)

_______________________

that I would ride the wagon, but instead I (present perfect)

_______________________

miles every day. Mother (present perfect)

_______________________

that I always wear a bonnet because of the sun. It’s

a good thing that we (past perfect)

_______________________

so many

bonnets, because the wind keeps blowing them off my head and across the

prairie! I think I (future perfect)

_______________________

all my bonnets

before we arrive in California.

B. Using Verb Tenses

Choose a trip you have made or would like to make. Write sentences about the trip

using the following verbs in the tenses indicated.

1. see (future) ____________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

2. pack (present perfect) ____________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

3. hope (past progressive) __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

4. visit (future perfect) ______________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

5. be (past perfect) ________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

6. learn (past progressive) __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

7. try (future perfect) ______________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

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Lesson

Perfect Tenses Application

Name Date

CHAPTER 4