Perfect Tenses

Which tense expresses an action that began in the past and continues to the present. Formed with the subject + have/has + past participle.

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

Which verb tense is used to describe an action in the past that happened before another action in the past. Formed with the subject + had + past participle.

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

This tense is used to describe an action that will be completed before some other point in the future. Formed with the subject + will have + past participle

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

I had eaten lunch before my friend arrived.

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

Tony has eaten dinner already.

• Present perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

Mary will have finished frying chicken by the time Sam arrives home.

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

What tense uses "have" or "has"?

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

What tense uses "had"?

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

What tense uses "will have"?

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect