Advanced Grammar Perfect Tenses

T or F: The helping verb have plus the verb's past participle are used to form the present, past and future perfect tenses.

• True

• False

Tom finished eating sometime before now. The exact time is not important.

Use which of the perfect tenses to express this idea:

• the present perfect

• the past perfect

• the future perfect

Ellie had finished eating before her friend arrived.

Use which of the perfect tenses to express this idea?

• the present perfect

• the past perfect

• the future perfect

Gabe and Tanya will finish eating before their friends will arrive. They'll be completely finished before this event happens.

Which of the perfect tenses expresses this idea?

• the present perfect

• the past perfect

• the future perfect

The tenses which use have + been + the "ing" form of the verb are called...

• the perfect tenses

• the perfect continuous tenses

• the perfect progressive tenses

• both b and c

"Jack will have been sleeping for three hours by the time his uncle arrives at his house tonight."

This sentence is an example of which perfect tense?

• the future perfect

• the past perfect progressive

• the future perfect progressive

"Mayida has been working since 6:00 this morning."

This sentence is an example of which perfect tense?

• the present perfect progressive

• the past perfect

• the past perfect progressive

Fill in the blanks with the correct works to complete a grammatically correct sentence:

"The students ______ _________ ___________ on their assignment for 10 minutes when the bell rang."

• has been studying

• will have been working

• had been working

• will have studied

Finish the statement with the grammatically appropriate ending.

"Ed will have already ______________ his project by the time class ends.

• starting

• ending

• finished

• completes

Complete the statement with the correct missing forms to create a present perfect sentence.

No, thanks. I'm not hungry. I _________ already _________.

• has; cooking

• had; eaten

• have; eating

• have; eaten