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PERFECT

TENSE
Andrea - Bianca - Fionna - Glenn -
Michelle - Nathania - William - Youssel
Present
Perfect
Tense
Present perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense is a verb tense that is used to express
an action or situation that has started in the past and is still
continuing until now or has been completed at a certain
point in time in the past, but the effect is still ongoing.

A. Positive Sentence (+)


S + Have/Has + Past participle (Verb 3) + Object
Example:
- I have finished my homework.
- We have had the same car for ten years.
- She has lived here since she was born.
B. Negative Sentence (-) C. Interrogative Sentence (?)
Subject + have/has + not + v3 + object Has/have + subject + v3 + object + (?)
or or
Subject + have/ has + not + past participle Have/ has + subject + past participle + (?)
Example: Example:
- I have not started the movie - Have you put salt into the soup?
- He has not finished the exam - Have they tried our signature dish?
- I haven’t tried the burger yet - Has Olivia visited this library before?
- You haven’t seen the Avengers - Has your dog ever barked for no reason?
- She hasn’t come to work for 5 days - Have you taken a picture with a famous person?
Time signals in Present Perfect Tense
before (now), it's the first time ..., so far, so far
Adverbs defining time this morning, up till now, up to the present,
until now ever, not ... ever, never, this morning, this
week, this month etc.

Words for activities not


just, recently, already, yet, still
distant in time

Other words since, for


Past
Perfect
Tense
Past Perfect Tense
The past perfect, also called the pluperfect, is a verb tense used to talk
about actions that were completed before some point in the past.

The past perfect tense is for talking about something that happened
before something else. Imagine waking up one morning and stepping
outside to grab the newspaper. On your way back in, you notice a
mysterious message scrawled across your front door: Tootles was here.
When you’re telling this story to your friends later, how would you
describe this moment? You might say something like:
"I turned back to the house and saw that some someone named Tootles
had defaced my front door!"

A. Positive Sentence (+)


S + had + Past Participle
Example:
- I had met him before the graduation party.
- I had written an apology letter before i got scolded.
- I had wanted this plushie, but i didnt have enough money for it.
B. Negative Sentence ( “not” is added after “had”)
Subject + hadn’t / had not + Past participle + Object + (.)
Examples :
- He had not informed us about hid illness.
- She hadn’t received my letter.
- They hadn’t finished the test.

C. Interrogative Sentence (start with”had”)


Had + Subject + Past participle + Object + (?)
Examples :
- Had he participated in the game?
- Had they won the competition ?
- Had you preoared yourself for the presentation?

D. Interrogative Negative Sentence


Had + Subject + Not + Past participle + Object + (?)
Examples :
- Had he not opened the door when you knocked?
- Had she not caught the thief on her own?
- Had I not prepared enough for the exams?
Time signals in past
perfect tense which is
often used in a sentence is
- Already (before the specified time),
- Still (as previously),
- Just (a very short time before the specified time)
- Ever (at any time before the specified time)
- Never (at no time before the specified time)
with the past perfect.
Future
Perfect
Tense
Future Perfect Tense
The future perfect tense is a verb tense used for actions that
will be completed before some other point in the future. So
the future perfect tense is for talking about an action that will
be completed between now and some point in the future.

A. Positive Sentence (+)


S + Will + Have + Past participle (verb 3) + Adverb of time
EXAMPLE:
- She will have done it by this evening
- I will have finished my homework by dinner time
Future Perfect Tense
B. Negative Sentence (-)
C. Interrogative Sentence (?)
Subject + Will + not + Have + Past Participle
+ Adverb of Time Will + Subject + Have + Past Participle +

Object + (?)
Example:
- They will not have found the cure for Example:
- Will you have saved enough to buy a car by
cancer by the end of this century.
the summer?
- I will not have started cleaning the house
- Will they have they gone to bed already?
until tomorrow.
Time signals in Future Perfect
Tense which is often used in a
sentence is
1. By the end of this + Time 3. At the end of this + Time
Ex : - By the end of this year Ex:- At the end of this Year
- By the end of this week
- By the end of this month 4. In + Time
Ex : - In a month
2. By + Future Time - In three years
Ex : - By Tomorrow
- By Next Week 5. Until
- By Monday 6. After
7. Before
Past future perfect tense
Past future perfect tense is a form of sentence that serves to express an idea
in the past which is an action/event that was predicted, planned, promised,
expected or has been done before a certain time in the future, from the
point of view of the past ,but the fact that the idea has not been proved
correct or the idea was not implemented as desired.
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-
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Time signal
past future perfect tense
CONCLUSION
The perfect tense or aspect
(abbreviated PERF or PRF) is a verb
form that indicates that an action or
circumstance occurred earlier than the
time under consideration, often
focusing attention on the resulting
state rather than on the occurrence
itself.This tense is used to show an
action that is complete and finished, or
perfected.
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