Perfect Past Present Future Verbs

Verb Tenses (past, present, future, perfects)

Simple Verb Tenses

• Present Tense --> happening now

• use base form

• add -s or -es for the thir person

• I walk, you walk, he walks

Simple Verb

• Past Tense --> happened before now

• regular verbs = add -d or -ed

• I walked, you walked, he walked

• irregular verbs = varies (run --> ran, hide --> hid)

Simple Tenses

• future tense --> happening in the future

• use will before base form

• I will walk, you will walk, he will walk

Multiple Choice

Harriet Tubman ____ several miles on foot to reach the farmhouse (past).

• walks

• walked

• will walked

• will walk

Multiple Choice

The runaways ___ to Canada by the end of the month. (future)

• arrives

• arrived

• will arrive

• arrove

Multiple Choice

The man ___ the door in Harriet's face. (present)

• shutted

• will shut

• shuts

• shut

Multiple Choice

Eventually, Harriet ___ to Canada and live there permanently. (future)

• will move

• moves

• moved

• muved

Perfect Tenses

• describes an action or condition that was or will be completed before a certain time, OR a past action or condition that continues into the present.

Perfect Tenses

• Present Perfect ---> action in the past continues into the present

• have/has + past tense verb

• I have owned this red bike for two years.

• He has owned five different bikes.

Perfect Tenses

• Past Perfect ---> action in the past ended before another past action

• had + past tense verb

• I had owned one like it for a few years before I bought this one.

Perfect Tenses

• Future Perfect ---> action in the future that will have ended before a certain point in time.

• will have + past tense verb

• By next year, I will have owned three red bikes.

Multiple Choice

The judges have reviewed all the designs and they plan to announce the winner on May 1.

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future perfect

Multiple Choice

They had discussed each one by the time they made their final decision.

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future perfect

Multiple Choice

By next year, many more viewers will have seen the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future perfect

Multiple Choice

When the votes were counted, Maya Ying Lin had won the award.

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future perfect