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What is perfect tense?

Grammar Toolkit. Perfect tense 2 . What is perfect tense?. Grammar Toolkit. Perfect tense. Perfect tense describes an action that is completed , was completed or will be completed . It has a form of the verb to have plus the past participle of the main verb.

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What is perfect tense?

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  1. Grammar Toolkit Perfecttense 2 What isperfect tense?

  2. Grammar Toolkit Perfect tense Perfect tense describes an action that is completed, was completed or will be completed. It has a form of the verb to have plus the past participle of the main verb. The perfect tense is great for describing: • past events that are relevant to the present he has hadan accident • actions that took place before somethingelse took place they had arrived before I did

  3. Grammar Toolkit Perfect tense Which sentence describes a completed action? ✗ He ran. The running occurs in the past but he might still be running. ✓ He had run. He has completed his running. ✗ We walk. They are still walking. ✓ We have walked. They have completed their walk. ✗ I will ride. The ride has yet to happen. ✓ I will have ridden. The ride has been completed in the future.

  4. Grammar Toolkit Perfect tense Which sentences are in the perfect tense? ✓ It has been a long day. It’s present perfect: the day is completed or continues up to the present. ✓ The movie had ended already. It’s past perfect: the movie ended at a time earlier in the past. They will have eaten by 10 pm. ✓ It’s future perfect: they will have completed their meal by a future time. Mali is writing very quickly. ✗ It’s simple present tense: Mali hasn’t completed her writing yet.

  5. Grammar Toolkit Perfect tense Complete the perfect tenses of these verbs. will have flown had flown had knitted will have knitted has broken will have broken will have succeeded had succeeded

  6. Grammar Toolkit Perfect tense • A verb shows action or being. • A verb’s tense tells when the action takes place. • Perfect tense shows action that is completed, was completedor will be completed.

  7. Grammar Toolkit Perfect tense The End

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