The Perfect Tenses

The past perfect tense is used to:

• Show an action that happened before another action in the past.

• Express an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Describe actions that will be completed before a specific point in the futur

• Describe an ongoing action in the present.

The future perfect tense is used to:

• Describe actions that will be completed before a specific point in the future.

• Show an action that happened before another action in the past.

• An ongoing action in the future.

• Indicate an event that happened in the past.

The present perfect tense is used to:

• describe actions that will be completed before a specific point in the future.

• show an action that happened before another action in the past.

• describe an ongoing action in the future.

• describe actions that started in the past and have relevance or a connection to the present.

The present perfect continuous tense is used to:

• show that an action started in the past and is still continuing or has recently finished.

• show that an action was completed before another past action.

• describe actions that will be completed before a specific point in the future.

• Describe future actions.

Which of the following is the correct structure of the present perfect tense?

• Subject + has/have + past participle

• Subject + had + past participle

• Subject + has/have + been + verb (-ing)

• Subject + will + have + past participle

What is the structure of the present perfect continuous tense?

• Subject + has/have + past participle

• Subject + had + past participle

• Subject + has/have + been + verb (-ing)

• Subject + will + have + past participle

What is the structure of the past perfect tense?

• Subject + has/have + past participle

• Subject + had + past participle

• Subject + has/have + been + verb (-ing)

• Subject + will + have + past participle

What is the structure of the future perfect tense?

• Subject + has/have + past participle

• Subject + had + past participle

• Subject + has/have + been + verb (-ing)

• Subject + will + have + past participle

Which sentence is in the present perfect tense?

• I had finished my dinner when she arrived.

• The kids have been playing in the park all afternoon.

• We will have cleaned the entire house by noon.

• You have completed your task successfully.

Which sentence uses the past perfect tense?

• She had finished the assignment before the class started.

• The company will have launched the product by the end of the quarter.

• He has been feeling unwell since yesterday.

• I have never tried sushi before.