engi © Meow un. Pen rade fo dao at Name Class Date Lesson 20 Perfect Tenses: Present and Past The present perfect tense of a verb is used to describe an action that happened at ‘an indefinite time in the past. It is also used to describe something that happened in the past and is still going on. The present perfoct tense is formed by combining the helping verb have or has with the past participle of the main verb, Ms. Taylor has recycled glass jars for years. ‘The past perfect tense of a verb describes an action that happened before another action or event in the past. The past perfect tense is formed by combining the helping verb had with the past participle of the main verb. Until she started collecting cans, Marella had recycled only newspapers. D> Exercise 1 Complete each sentence by changing the verb in parentheses to the tense indicated. Darrell’s family traveled to Washington, D.C., last summer. (past/travel) 1. They with his aunt in nearby Virginia. (past/stay) 2, Darrell and his father some attractions on previous trips. (past perfect/visit) 3. His stepsister Emily to see the Air and Space Musoum. (past perfect/want) 4, Darrell the Air and Space Museum twice. (present perfect/visit) 5. Space travel Darrell’s father. (present/fascinate) 6. He to visit the museum with Emily. (past/agree) 7. Darrell and his stepmother earlier to visit monuments. (past perfect/decide) 8. They to soe the Washington Monument first. (past perfect/plan) 8. Both of thom to ride the elevator to the top. (present perfect/want) 10. Bofore they even reached the monument, rain to fall. (past perfect/start) Unit 3, Verbs 91.Name Class Date 1. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. ‘The rain for only a few minutes, however. (past/last) ‘The sun reappeared before the two their tickets. (past perfect/purchase) They they would be able to see a great distance from the top, but the fog was too dense. (past perfect/believe) By the time they down all 898 steps, both of them needed a rest. (past perfect/walk) When Darrell is, ightseeing, he always a bottle of drinking water in his backpack. (present/carry) That day, his stepmother a drink too, (past perfect/pack) They for a shady spot. (past/look) After their rest, Darrell’s stepmother to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (past perfect/want) He at his watch. (past/look) Darrell walking if there is enough time. (present/prefer) They to meet the others for lunch, (past perfect/plan) Darrell they had plenty of time. (past/believe) That morning, he his father for directions. (past perfect/ask) They that the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was not far from the Washington Monument. (past perfect/determine) Darrell the Vietnam War in school. (present perfect/study) Families of veterans @ monument to honor Americans lost in the war, (past/want) Darrell a book about the sculptor who designed the memorial. (present perfect/read) Maya L her design in a national competition. (past perfect/enter) Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6