Using Verbs Correctly – Part TwoPerfect Tenses

Grade Seven

Perfect Tenses – Present Perfect

• The present perfect tense shows an action or state of being happening before the current moment.

• The present perfect tense is formed by adding the helping verb “has” or “have” to the past participle of the verb.Ex. has graduatedEx. have stopped

Perfect Tenses – Present Perfect

has graduated

have stopped

Perfect Tenses – Past Perfect

• The past perfect tense shows and action or state of being that is happening before a time in the past.

• The past perfect tense is formed by adding the helping verb “had” to the past participle of the verb.Ex. had drivenEx. had won

Perfect Tenses – Past Perfecthad driven had won

Perfect Tenses – Future Tense

• The future perfect tense shows an action or state of being that happens before a specific time to come.

• The future perfect tense is formed by adding the helping verbs “will have” or “shall have” to the past participle of the verb.Ex. shall have grownEx. will have received

Perfect Tenses – Future Perfectshall have grown will have received