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English Simple Perfect Tenses

By Yung-Chen Chung

Present

Perfect

Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Quiz on the simple perfect tenses

Present Perfect Tense

have/has (not) + VERB-ed2

• An action or emotion started in the past

and has continued into the present

Example ~ I have read that book.

A moment in the past The present moment

• Actions that are more long-term in nature are used more in the present perfect tense than in the present perfect continuous

tense

Example~

Wendy has made a lot of money since

2002

• An action is complete.

Example~ I have washed the dishes.

(The job is finished.)

• An action has been done several times

Example~ Joe has read this book few

times

Note: The time of an action is not specified

Example~ The teacher has corrected it

When specified, simple past is used

Example~ The teacher corrected it last night

Past Perfect Tense

had (not) + VERB-ed2

• An action happened in the past before

another action in the past

Example~

Kevin had waited for an hour when he decided to leave

present moment

• The past perfect tense is often used with

by + a time

Example~

By five o’clock Dr Lee’s lecture had ended

• If it is not clear which action happened first,

it is necessary to use the past perfect

Example~

When Dr Lee had given her lecture, she sat down

(She stood and gave her lecture; then she sat down.)

Compare the following sentence~

When Dr Lee gave her lecture, she sat down

(She was speaking and sitting at the same time.)

Future Perfect Tense

will (not) + have + VERBed2

• An action starting in the past, present or future will be finished at some time in the future

Example~ Mark already has his Masters,

and he will have gotten his Ph.D before he’s 30.

The past The present

moment

A Future time

• The future perfect is often used with

by + a time,

before + a time

in + a time

Example~

Mary will have gotten her new car in three weeks

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Question 1:

David _ five books so far a.) publishes

b.) is publishing

c.) has published

d.) has been published

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(c)

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Question 2:

_ you ever _ that man? a.) Are; seeing

b.) Have; seen

c.) Were; seeing

d.) Did; see

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(b)

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Question 1:

When I woke up this morning, my parents already a.) leave

b.) had left

c.) were leaving

d.) left

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(b)

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Question 2:

John _ a panda before he moved to Si Chuan, China.

a.) had never seen

b.) has seen

c.) never saw

d.) never sees

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(a)

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Question1:

She enough Chinese to communicate before

she moves to Beijing.

a.) will learn

b.) learns

c.) is learning

d.) will have learned

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(d)

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Question 2:

By the time I finish this course, I ten tests

a.) will take

b.) will have taken

c.) will be taking

d.) have taken

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(b)

Complete the following sentences using the correct simple perfect tense

1.) By next Saturday you _ (stay) with us for three weeks

will have stayed

2.) Mrs Wang _ (teach) English for more than 20 years.

have taught

3.) It was he who _ (give) us the piano.

had given

4.) They _ already _ (go) when we arrived

5.) We shall _ (grow) old before we learn it really well.

have grown

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§128.6 English as a Second Language

(ESL), Grade 4

(30) Second language acquisition/writing

(A) use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly such

as capitalizing names and first letters in sentences and using periods, question marks, and exclamation points (E) employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in writing.

(i) demonstrate knowledge of verbs, tenses, and

auxiliaries, wh-words, and pronouns/antecedents; (iii) demonstrate knowledge of parts of speech;

(F) construct correct sentences, including a variety of

sentence types and styles.