Perfect Tenses, Past Participle, and Irregular Verbs

Perfect Tenses

By Issam Labeck

The three Perfect tenses (present, past, future) use a form of the verb have (have/has/had/will have) and the past participle to show a completed action without referring to a specific time.

• Present Perfect: have/has + past participle

• Past Perfect: had + past participle

• Future​ Perfect: will have + past participle

Present Perfect

Form

H​ave / Has + Past Participle​

• I have broken many glasses, so I think I will have lenses instead.​

• She has watched this film, and she doesn't want to see it again.​

• He has driven a truck before.

• They have made many mistakes in their lives.​

Past Perfect

Form

Had + Past Participle

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• I had eaten all the chocolate by the time my parents arrived.​

• She had left her keys in the car earlier that day, so she couldn't open it.

• The thief had escaped before the police arrived at the crime scene.​

Future Perfect

Form

Will have + Past Participle

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• I will have finished all my tasks by tomorrow midnight.​

• By 2025, my sister will have taken all her collage exams.

• As for tomorrow, we will have made all the decisions for the upcoming project.

Multiple Choice

"The manager has spoken to his employees about the evening meeting."

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

• Present progressive

Multiple Choice

"While I was walking home yesterday, I rememberd that I had left my keys in the office."

• Present Perfect

• Future Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Past Progressive

Multiple Choice

"The president and his consultants have announced the new policy."

• Present Progressive

• Past progressive

• Present Perfect

• Future Perfect

Multiple Choice

"By next summer, my Lily plant will have grown enough to fill the whole house with its fragrance."

• Past Perfect

• Past Simple

• Future Simple

• Future Perfect

Multiple Choice

Find the past participle in the following sentence.

"They have arrived at the hotel, and now they are asleep."

• have

• hotel

• arrived

• are

Multiple Choice

Find the past participle in the following sentence.

"My friend's parents have bought a new car."

• bought

• parents

• have bought

• car

Multiple Choice

What is the past participle of the verb "drive" ?

• drived

• driven

• drove

• driving

Multiple Choice

What is the past participle of the verb "buy"?

• buyed

• bought

• buyen

• buy

Multiple Choice

What is the past participle of the verb "speak"

• spoken

• spoke

• speak

• speaked

Multiple Choice

What is the past form of the verb "go"

• gone

• went

• goed

• gown

Multiple Choice

The party will ________ when you come.

• began

• begone

• begun

• begin

Multiple Choice

Brazilians have _______ coffee since the beginning of colonization.

• grown

• grew

• grow

• growed

Multiple Choice

My sister ________ to the dentist to check on her teeth.

• went

• have gone

• goed

• gone

Multiple Choice

My parents have _______ many cars.

• buys

• buy

• boughten

• bought