There are three perfect tenses: present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. The present perfect tense is used for actions that began in the past and continue in the present. The past perfect tense expresses that something occurred before another past action or time. The future perfect tense indicates that something will happen before another future action or specific time. Each tense has a specific formation using various parts of have, has, had and the past participle of the main verb. Examples are provided for each tense.

1. Perfect
Tenses
There are three types of perfect
tenses-
 Present Perfect tense
 Past Perfect tense
 Future perfect tense

2. Present Perfect tense
When we uses Present Perfect tense ?
We often uses present perfect tense for an
action which had started in the past and is still
continuing.
I worked in Now, I am
working
Microsoft Inc. in Google
Inc.
(2000) (2015)

3. Present Perfect tense
Formation of Present Perfect tense -
subject + has/have + past participle
Example –
 I have visited Jaipur five times.
 Ken has eaten his food twice.
 My dog has gone for a walk with my
cousin.

4. Past Perfect tense
When do we use Past Perfect tense ?
We uses the past perfect tense to express the
idea that something occurred
before another action in the past. It can also show
that something happened before a specific time in
the past.
Past Present

5. Past Perfect tense
Formation of Past Perfect tense -
Subject + had + past participle
Example -
 She had visited her Japanese
relatives once in 1993
before she moved in with them in
2004.
 Rohan had previously studied French
before he moved to New York.
 Mohan had examined many patients
before he got his doctor’s degree.

6. Future Perfect tense
When do we use Future Perfect tense
We uses Future Perfect tense to express the
idea that something will occur before another
action in the future. It can also show that
something will happen before a specific time in
the future.
Present
Future

7. Future Perfect tense
Formation –
Subject + Will have/ Shall have + Past
ParticipleExamples -
 By this time next month, I will have
written a novel.
 By the time the guests arrive, my
mother will have made the dinner.
 By the time Sid arrives, John will
Have cleaned the room

8. Exercises
Present Perfect tense
Complete the statements writing the
verbs in past participle and adding
has/have .
 My mother ________ (prepare) delicious
dinner.
 Susan and Carlos _______ (go) to Europe
twice.
 I _______ (not see) a ghost.

9. Exercises
 My parents _______ (travel) to
America.