Perfect Tenses

Expectations

• Identify the different perfect tenses of verbs

• Compose clear and coherent sentences using the perfect tenses of verbs

​Pronunciation Drill

Multiple Select

1. I love to watch the water from Maria Cristina Falls ______ down the rocks.

• A. dropping

• B. cascading

• C. dripping

• D. tumbling

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2. The ______ that you see on the leaves in the morning is dew.

• A. moisture

• B. dampness

• C. humidity

• D. coldness

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3. We _______ together in the tent to keep ourselves warm as the downpour continued outside.

• A. bundled

• B. hunched

• C. cuddled

• D. huddled

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4. I saw a ring _______ among the grass when I went for a walk this morning.

• A. polishing

• B. glistening

• C. blinking

• D. winking

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5. The health effects of the haze on people were ________ in the history of the Philippines.

• A. unaffected

• B. amazing

• C. unprecedented

• D. noteworthy

The present participle verb form is created by adding -ing to the root word. It is called Gerund.

•  Examples: swimming, laughing, playing. reading, dancing, writing, etc.

• The present participle can function as an adjective or a noun.

Present Participle(Gerund) -ing verb form that functions as an adjective or a noun.

• Examples:

• Swimming is my favorite sport.

• I delayed telling Jerry the bad news.

• Bill avoided doing his math assignment because the World Series was on.

   

The present continuous verb tense 

indicates that an action or condition is happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future. The Present Continuous Formula: to be [am, is, are] + -ing form of the verb.

• The present continuous functions as a verb.

The Present Continuous Tense refers to the -ing verb form that functions as a verb. It tells about an ongoing action.

• Examples:

• I am writing articles on different topics.

• They are playing football now.

• My mom is cooking beef with cabbage.

• He is traveling around the world.

Multiple Select

1. The laughing gnome looks funny.

• A. Gerund/Present Participle

• B. Verb/Present Continuous

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2. The men are cleaning the boats.

• A. Gerund/Present Participle

• B. Verb/Present Continuous

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3. The gnome is laughing loudly.

• A. Gerund/Present Participle

• B. Verb/Present Continuous

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4. Every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child.

• A. Gerund/Present Participle

• B. Verb/Present Continuous

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5. My sister is wearing a red hat.

• A. Gerund/Present Participle

• B. Verb/Present Continuous

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6. She sits next to the lady wearing a red hat.

• A. Gerund/Present Participle

• B. Verb/Present Continuous

​Present

​Past

​Past Participle

​Present

​Past

​Past Participle

The present perfect tense refers to an action that occurred at an indefinite time in the past. An action that was done in the past and was completed at an indefinite time in the past.

• Examples:

• We have talked before.

• She has served the meal.

• She has just watered the plants.

The present perfect tense also refers to an action that has started in the past, and still is in effect up to present.

• Examples:

• I have taught in this institution since 2005.

• They have lived in Pampanga since 1998.

• Kim has not called for eight months.

The present perfect tense of verb is formed by using has or have + the past participle form of the verb.

• Has is used when the subject of the sentence is a singular noun or any of the pronouns He, She, It.

• Example: Eric has forgotten his folder.

• Have is used when the subject of the sentence is a plural noun or any of the pronouns I, We, You, They.

• Example: We have walked on this path before.

Present Perfect Tense

• Examples: 

• Karen has decided to finish her studies at Philippine Normal University

• Karen and Myca have decided to finish their studies at Philippine Normal University.

• I have taken the wrong path.

• It has eaten the cheese.

The past perfect tense is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past.

• When we reached the school, the bell had rung.

• The children had cleaned the room when the teacher came.

• The train had just left when I arrived at the station.

• When the police arrived, the thief had escaped.

The past perfect tense is formed by using had + the past participle form of the verb.

• HAD + Past Participle Form of the Verb

• Example: She had just left the scene when the ambulance arrived.

• We had met him before the party.

• The plane had left by the time I got to the airport.

•  I had written the email before he apologized.

Past Perfect Tense

• Examples: 

• Elora had eaten her dinner before her father came home.

• (First: Elora ate dinner. Next: Her father came home.) 

• I had called the police before I investigated the noise outside our

  house

• (First: I called the police. Next: I investigated the noise.)

• The weather changed, but the team had planned its next move. 

• (First: The team planned. Next: The weather changed.)

The Future Perfect Tense is used to describe an action that will have been completed at some point in the future. 

• The future perfect tense is often used with a time expression that identifies a point in the future. 

• It is formed by using will have + the past participle form of the verb.

• Examples:

• John will have baked a cake before you arrive.

• 
  

  They will have painted the fence before I have a chance to speak to

  them.

Future Perfect Tense

• By the time you arrive, we will have finished the meal and the speeches.

• I will have read every magazine in the waiting room before I see the

  dentist. 

• I hope that, when I leave this planet, I will have touched a few people

  in a positive way

• Jeff will have traveled around the world before he comes to Philippines

​Remember:

Multiple Choice

1. (finish, past perfect) We _______________ our game before the meteors

started.

• A. have finished

• B. has finished

• C. had finished

• D. will have finished

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2. (graduate, future perfect) Margie ______________ before the end of the year.

• A. have graduated

• B. has graduate

• C. had graduated

• D. will have graduated

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3. (exercise, present perfect) We _______________ three times a week.

• A. have exercised

• B. has exercised

• C. have exercise

• D. will have exercised

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4. (talk, past perfect) The manager ______________ to the staff by that time.

• A. have talked

• B. has talked

• C. had talked

• D. will have talked

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5. (clean, future perfect) I _______________ the whole kitchen by the time mom returns.

• A. have clean

• B. has cleaned

• C. had cleaned

• D. will have cleaned

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6. (offer, present perfect) Angelica ______________ to help

• A. have offer

• B. have offered

• C. has offered

• D. had offered

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7. (produce, future perfect) By the end of this writeshop, you _____________ a

draft of your work.

• A. have produced

• B. has produced

• C. had produced

• D. will have produced

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8. (search, present perfect) The rescuers ______________ the area for hours.

• A. have searched

• B. has searched

• C. had searched

• D. will have searched

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9. (write, present perfect) They _______________ three letters already.

• A. have wrote

• B. have written

• C. has wrote

• D. will have wrote

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10. (go, present perfect) The teachers___________________to Paris.

• A. have went

• B. have gone

• C. has went

• D. will have gone

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11. (sing, future perfect) Jeremiah ___________different kinds of songs before you join us.

• A. have sing

• B. have sung

• C. has sang

• D. will have sung

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12. ( sell, past perfect) The newspaper boy _________bundles of newspaper before he went home.

• A. have selled

• B. has sold

• C. had sold

• D. will have sold

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13. (teach, present perfect) Mrs. Mallari ________us since January.

• A. Has teached

• B. has taught

• C. had taught

• D. will have teached

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14. (make, simple past tense) I had thought carefully about it, before I _____________ the decision.

• A. has made

• B. have made

• C. had made

• D. made

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15. ( spread, past perfect) My mother_____________ the mat before we sat.

• A. spreaded

• B. have spread

• C. has spread

• D. had spread

Performance Task