This document discusses the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect verb tenses. It explains that the present perfect tense is used for actions that occurred at an unspecified time in the past or that have been repeated before now. It also notes that the past perfect tense refers to actions that occurred before a specific past time, while the future perfect tense expresses the idea that an action will occur before some future time. Formations of each tense are provided along with examples.

1. Using Verbs Correctly – Part Two
Perfect Tenses
Grade Seven

2. The Present Perfect is Used:
• When an activity happened at an unspecified
time in the past (before the present)
• When an activity has been repeated several
times before now
• When an activity was very recently completed
before now
• When an activity is not completed in the past

3. Perfect Tenses – Present Perfect
• The present perfect tense is formed by adding
the helping verb “has” or “have” to the past
participle of the verb.
Ex. has graduated
Ex. have stopped

4. Perfect Tenses – Present Perfect
has
graduated
have
stopped

5. Present Perfect Tense
Form 1
have or has + past participle
I have studied . . . I have seen . . .
You have studied . . . You have seen . . .
S/he/it has studied . . S/he/it has seen . . .
We have studied . . . We have seen . . .
They have studied . . . They have seen . . .

6. Present Perfect Tense
Form 2
I've walked . . . I've grown . . .
You've walked . . . You've grown . . .
S/he/it's walked . . . S/he/it's grown . . .
We've walked . . . We've grown . . .
They've walked . . . They've grown . . .

7. Present Perfect Tense
Examples
• (unspecified time before now) They have
already seen that movie.
• (repeated activity before now) We have visited
New York City many times.
• (an action has recently been completed before
now) I have just eaten.
• (action not completed in the past) I have
studied Spanish for many years.

8. Present Perfect Tense
Indicators
Before Ever Never
So far Already Yet
Just Recently For
since

9. Present Perfect Tense
Diagram 1--time on a line

10. Present Perfect Tense
Diagram 2--time on a line

11. Past Perfect
• This tense is not used a lot. It can often be
used interchangeably with the simple past
because these tenses do not differ much in
meaning. The past perfect tense refers to
activities that happened before a specific time
in the past.
• Example, He had visited her many times
before she died.
• Form: had + past participle

12. 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 driven
Ex. had won

13. Perfect Tenses – Past Perfect
had driven had won

14. • When George died, he and Anne had been
married for nearly fifty years.
• After Sofie had finished her work, she went to
lunch.
• She had just left the room when the police
arrived.

15. Future Perfect
• The future perfect expresses the idea that an
activity will occur before some future time.
• Example: She will have finished dinner before
the game starts.
• Form: will + have + past participle

16. 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 grown
Ex. will have received

17. Perfect Tenses – Future Perfect
shall have grown will have received

18. • You will have finished your report by this time
next week.
• Won't they have arrived by 5:00?
• By the time you read this I will have left.