2. The perfect tenses
Generally refers to events that are
completed before another time. The
time is not stated.
1. Present perfect
2. Past perfect
3. Future perfect
3. The present perfect
Events that happened (or did not happen)
at an unstated time in the past.
S+has/have+V3+O/C
4. The perfect continuous tenses
Refers to actions that begin before and
continuous up to another time or event.
1) Present perfect continuous
2) Past perfect continuous
3) Future perfect continuous
5. The present perfect continuous
Can describe actions or situation that began
in the past and continuous to the moment of
speaking.
S+has/have+been+Ving+o/c
6. The past perfect
Refer to activities or situations that had
ended before another event or time in the
past.
S+had+V3+o/c