Contains definition and examples for the topic.

2. PAST
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3. 1. The cat lies down in front of the warm fire.
2. Since the storm began, the water had risen four feet.
3. Yolanda always set the dictionary on the little table.
4. I wrote that letter.
5. I will write a letter for the victims of Yolanda.
6. I shall speak to you someday.
7. Janet carefully laid her coat across the back of the chair.
8. Sitting bull named his son Crowfoot.
9. Jan was late.
10.The man at the gate took our tickets and said that we were
just in time.

4. PAST
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Simple Past
Past Perfect
Past Continuous
Past Perfect

5. PAS
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Simple Past
Last night, I read an entire novel.
Past Continuous
I was reading Edgar Allan Poe last
night.
Past Perfect
I had read at least 100 books by the
time I was twelve.
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been reading for at least a year
before my sister learned to read.

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Simple Present
Present Perfect
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
PRESEN
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7. PRESEN
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Simple Present
I read nearly every day.
Present Continuous
I am reading Shakespeare at the moment.
Present Perfect
I have read so many books I can’t keep
count.
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been reading since I was four years
old.

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Simple Future
Future Perfect
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
FUTUR
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9. FUTUR
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Simple Future
I will read as much as I can this year.
Future Continuous
I will be reading Nathaniel Hawthorne
soon.
Future Perfect
I will have read at least 500 books by the
end of the year.
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been reading for at least two
hours before dinner tonight.

11. The perfect form
is the verb tense
used to indicate a
completed, or
"perfected," action
or condition.

12. Present Perfect: I have finished my
homework already.
Past Perfect: He had watched TV for an
hour before dinner.
Future Perfect: Nancy will have finished
by the time her parents return.

13. This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.
- refers to an action or state that
either occurred at an indefinite time
in the past (e.g., we have talked
before) or began in the past and
continued to the present time (e.g.,
he has grown impatient over the last
hour).
I have walked on this path before.
We have eaten the lasagna here.

14. This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.
You can use the present perfect to
talk about the duration of
something that started in the past is
still happening.
She has had the chickenpox since Tuesday.

15. This tense is formed by had + the past participle.
The past perfect is a verb tense used to talk about actions
that were completed before some point in the past.
I turned back to the house and saw
that some someone named Tootles
had defaced my front door!

16. This tense is formed by had + the past participle.
Another time to use the past perfect is when you are
expressing a condition and a result:
If I had woken up earlier this
morning, I would have caught Tootles
red-handed.

17. There are signal words used in writing past perfect. The
words AFTER, BEFORE, and WHEN.
After the family had had
breakfast, they went to the zoo.
When Jane went to see the
elephants, she had already seen the
lions.
Izza had gone to the zoo before
she finished reading her new book
about elephants.

18. For each sentence, write the verb. Then write
PAST or PRESENT to identify its tense.
1. I like pizza with everything.
2. James and Betsy waited twenty minutes for the bus.
3. Millions of people around the world are poor.
4. You borrowed too many books from the library.
5. Tulips and daffodils bloom in the spring.
6. I enjoyed my visit to my Aunt Riza’s farm.
7. The cruise passenger dine between six and eight.
8. Captain James Cook explored the South Pacific in the eighteenth
century.
9. Amos or Tara mows the lawn once a week.
10. The Pattersons moved here in April.
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19. For each sentence, write the verb. Then write
PAST or PRESENT to identify its tense.
1. I like pizza with everything.
2. James and Betsy waited twenty minutes for the bus.
3. Millions of people around the world are poor.
4. You borrowed too many books from the library.
5. Tulips and daffodils bloom in the spring.
6. I enjoyed my visit to my Aunt Riza’s farm.
7. The cruise passenger dine between six and eight.
8. Captain James Cook explored the South Pacific in the eighteenth
century.
9. Amos or Tara mows the lawn once a week.
10. The Pattersons moved here in April.
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PRESENT
PRESENT
PRESENT
PRESENT
PRESENT
PAST
PAST
PAST
PAST
PAST

20. For each sentence, write the verb. Then write
PAST or PRESENT to identify its PERFECT
tense.
1. Harry has saved a hundred dollars for a new bike.
2. The chef had decorated the wedding cake earlier in the day.
3. I have wanted a camera of my own for a long tie.
4. Jerry has checked his spelling twice.
5. You have mentioned your favorite aunt Harriet many times.
6. I had packed my lunch during the evening news.
7. Kaye and Ben have collected several hundred aluminum cans.
8. Davis had bunted on his last trip on the plate.
9. Mitsuko has combed her hair three times.
10. Around midnight, the butler had locked all the doors and
windows.
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21. For each sentence, write the verbs. Then write
PPER for Past Perfect or PREP for Present Perfect to
identify its tense.
1. Harry has saved a hundred dollars for a new bike.
2. The chef had decorated the wedding cake earlier in the day.
3. I have wanted a camera of my own for a long time.
4. Jerry has checked his spelling twice.
5. You have mentioned your favorite aunt Harriet many times.
6. I had packed my lunch during the evening news.
7. Kaye and Ben have collected several hundred aluminum cans.
8. Davis had bunted on his last trip on the plate.
9. Mitsuko has combed her hair three times.
10. Around midnight, the butler had locked all the doors and
windows.
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PREP
PREP
PREP
PREP
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PREP

23. REFERENCES:
"Perfect Tenses - How to
Form." Grammar.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2019.
Web. 21 Feb. 2019.
<https://www.grammar.com/perfect-tenses-
how-to-form>.
Grammar and Composition handbook
(2002). Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, USA.