Perfect Tense

Perfect Tense

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Present / past Perfect continious

present perfect

past perfect

Future perfect continious

future perfect

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Present Perfect

The present perfect is formed from the present tense of the verb have and the past participle of a verb. We use the present perfect: for something that started in the past and continues in the present:

• They've been married for nearly fifty years.
• She has lived in Liverpool all her life.

Present Perfect

when we are talking about our experience up to the present:

• I've seen that film before.
• I've played the guitar ever since I was a teenager.
• He has written three books and he is working on another one.

We often use the adverb ever to talk about experience up to the present: My last birthday was the worst day I have ever had. and we use never for the negative form: Have you ever met George? - Yes, but I've never met his wife.

Past Perfect

The past perfect is made from the verb had and the past participle of a verb: I had finished the work. She had gone. We use the past perfect: for something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past: When George died, he and Anne had been married for nearly fifty years. She didn't want to move. She had lived in Liverpool all her life.

Past Perfect

for something that happened several times before a point in the past and continued after that point: He was a wonderful guitarist. He had been playing ever since he was a teenager. He had written three books and he was working on another one.

Past Perfect

when we are reporting our experience up to a point in the past: My eighteenth birthday was the worst day I had ever had.

• I was pleased to meet George.
• I hadn’t met him before, even though I had met his wife several times.

for something that happened in the past and is important at a later time in the past:

• I couldn't get into the house.
• I had lost my keys. Teresa wasn't at home. She had gone shopping.

We often use expressions with for and since with the past perfect:

• I was sorry when the factory closed. I had worked there for ten years.
• I had been watching that programme every week since it started, but I missed the last episod

Present Perfect Continious

We normally use the present perfect continuous to emphasise that something is still continuing in the present:

• It's been raining for hours.
• I'm tired out. I've been working all day.

Past Perfect Continious

We use the past perfect continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up to a time in the past or was important at that time in the past:

• Everything was wet. It had been raining for hours.
• He was a wonderful guitarist. He had been playing ever since he was a teenager.

Future Perfect

The future perfect tense is used to indicate a future event that has a definitive end date. It follows a general formula of will + have + verb (ending in -ed).they’re indicating something that will happen in the future. But, that “something” will have ended.

• You will have worked ten hours by Saturday.

Future Perfect Tense represents an action which will have been occurred at some time in the future. If two actions take place in the future, the first one is Future Perfect Tense and the second one is Simple Present Tense.

• I will have written articles on different topics before you come.
• Robert will have read various kinds of books.

Future Perfect continious

The future perfect continuous, also sometimes called the future perfect progressive, is a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future. The future perfect continuous consists of will + have + been + the verb’s present participle (verb root + -ing). When we describe an action, we are projecting ourselves forward in time and looking back at the duration of that activity. The activity will have begun sometime in the past, present, or in the future, and is expected to continue in the future.

• In November, I will have been working at my company for three years.
• At five o’clock, I will have been waiting for thirty minutes.
• When I turn thirty, I will have been playing piano for twenty-one years.

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1/5

Find the correct sentence

I has not been to Paris.

I have never been to Paris.

I was never been in Paris.

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2/5

Identify the tense: "I will have finished my assignment in 10 minutes."

Future Perfect Continious

Present Perfect

Future Perfect

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3/5

I was sorry when the factory closed. I ________ there for ten years.

am working

have been working

had worked

LEARNING EXPERIENCE ART

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4/5

I_______ the guitar ever since I was a teenager.

had played

have played

will play

LEARNING EXPERIENCE ART

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5/5

They ___________ in Florida for twenty years by the end of this year.

have lived

will have lived

will have been living

LEARNING EXPERIENCE ART

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