"Black Cowboy, Wild Horses" Perfect Tense Verbs

Luisa has written to the mayor about the smog problem. . Identify the tense of the verb.

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future perfect

By next year, that shop will have been in business for 100 years. Identify the tense of the verb.

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future perfect

By lunchtime I had read almost the entire book. Identify the tense of the verb.

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future perfect

Most of the teachers have left already. Identify the tense of the verb.

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future perfect

By the time they move in June, the Arman’s will have lived in that house for ten years. Identify the tense of the verb.

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future perfect

Underline each perfect tense verb.

Underline each perfect tense verb.

Jake and Calvin _______ the items they don’t have space for into the basement. Use the present perfect tense of move.

• have moved

• has moved

• had moved

• will have moved

It seemed as though we ________ at least five miles through the woods. Use the past perfect tense of walk.

• have walked

• has walked

• had walked

• will have walked

If all goes well, the robin’s eggs ________ by then. Use the future perfect tense of hatch.

• have hatched

• has hatched

• had hatched

• will have hatched