Perfect Tense

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What is the Present Perfect tense?

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The Present Perfect tense is used to describe actions that happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. Example: 'I have eaten lunch.'

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What is the Past Perfect tense?

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The Past Perfect tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past. Example: 'I had finished my homework before dinner.'

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What is the Future Perfect tense?

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The Future Perfect tense is used to describe an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future. Example: 'I will have finished my project by Friday.'

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How do you form the Present Perfect tense?

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The Present Perfect tense is formed using 'have' or 'has' + the past participle of the verb. Example: 'She has visited Paris.'

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How do you form the Past Perfect tense?

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The Past Perfect tense is formed using 'had' + the past participle of the verb. Example: 'They had left before I arrived.'

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How do you form the Future Perfect tense?

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The Future Perfect tense is formed using 'will have' + the past participle of the verb. Example: 'He will have completed the task by noon.'

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What is a past participle?

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A past participle is a verb form that typically ends in -ed for regular verbs and can be irregular for others. Example: 'walked' (regular), 'gone' (irregular).

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Give an example of a sentence in Present Perfect tense.

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Example: 'They have traveled to many countries.'

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Give an example of a sentence in Past Perfect tense.

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Example: 'She had read the book before the movie came out.'

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Give an example of a sentence in Future Perfect tense.

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Example: 'By next year, I will have graduated from school.'