Grammar: Verbs—Perfect Tenses Practice

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The tense of a verb shows the time of an action. The perfect tense describes an action that was or will be completed at a certain time. In perfect tenses, the helping verb changes tense. The chart lists the perfect tenses. Verb Tense invite (invited)

Present Perfect: action begun in the I have invited my friends to the party. past that continues up to the present have + past participle Past Perfect: action begun in the I had invited my friends to the party, past that ended but some couldn’t make it. had + past participle Future Perfect: action begun in the By tonight, I will have invited past or present, completed in the everyone. future will have + past participle

Underline the perfect tense verbs in the sentences, and write what tense forms they are.

Example: Suzie had hoped to win last week’s race. past perfect Suzie had hoped to win last week’s race.

1. Have you heard of the lost city of Atlantis?

2. I had not thought about it for years.

3. Soon I will have read almost everything on the subject.

4. They say that Atlantis had been a rival of Athens.

5. There have been many references to this strange place in myths.

6. Perhaps Atlantis had sunk during an earthquake.

7. Since then, many adventurers and scholars have looked for it.

8. By now, they will have searched both seas and oceans.

9. They will have discovered many lost cities in the process.

10. No one has ever found evidence of Atlantis’s existence.

Grammar: Verbs—Perfect Tenses Assess

A Underline the perfect tense verbs in the sentences, and write what tense forms they are.

Example: I have enjoyed all kinds of sports. present perfect I have enjoyed all kinds of sports.

1. I have taken swimming lessons since October.

2. By June 20, I will have attended thirty lessons.

3. My teacher has complimented me on my backstroke.

4. My diving has improved.

5. I have practiced even more lately.

6. By the end of August, I will have raced in several events.

7. Neither of them had swum before.

8. In a week, each of them will have taken three lessons.

B Rewrite the sentences, adding the suggested form of the verb. Example: I ______a great experiment. (complete, present perfect) I have completed a great experiment.

1. I about a life without friends (wonder, present perfect)

2. Now I it is no life at all. (conclude, present perfect)

3. Until yesterday, I to no one for thirty days. (talk, past perfect)

4. I no one. (visit, past perfect)

5. I finally what friendship means. (learn, present perfect)