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Perfect Tenses<br />The three perfect tenses in English are the three verb tenses which show action already completed. (The word perfect literally means quot;
made completequot;
 or quot;
completely done.quot;
) <br />They are formed by the appropriate tense of the verb to have plus the past participle of the verb. <br />Present Perfect: I have seen it. (Present tense of to have plus participle. Action is completed with respect to the present.) <br />Past Perfect: I had seen it. (Past tense of to have plus participle. Action is completed with respect to the past.) <br />Future Perfect: I will have seen it. (Future tense of to have plus participle. Action is completed with respect to the future.) <br />Some authorities consider the passive voice of certain verbs that are always intransitive to be the perfect tense also. <br />Example: They are gone. <br />Example: He is risen. <br />http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000361.htm<br />

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Perfect tenses

  • 1. Perfect Tenses<br />The three perfect tenses in English are the three verb tenses which show action already completed. (The word perfect literally means quot; made completequot; or quot; completely done.quot; ) <br />They are formed by the appropriate tense of the verb to have plus the past participle of the verb. <br />Present Perfect: I have seen it. (Present tense of to have plus participle. Action is completed with respect to the present.) <br />Past Perfect: I had seen it. (Past tense of to have plus participle. Action is completed with respect to the past.) <br />Future Perfect: I will have seen it. (Future tense of to have plus participle. Action is completed with respect to the future.) <br />Some authorities consider the passive voice of certain verbs that are always intransitive to be the perfect tense also. <br />Example: They are gone. <br />Example: He is risen. <br />http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000361.htm<br />