Past Perfect vs Present Perfect

Which sentence uses a past perfect verb tense correctly?

• Avery had eaten all of the cake by the time I'd gotten home last night.

• Mary has eaten all of the potatoes.

• Carmen had eaten six apples tomorrow.

• Franny will have run 16 miles by the time she finishes the week.

The past perfect verb tense uses which helping verb?

• has

• have

• had

• will have

Write the correct past perfect tense form of the underlined word in each sentence.

The bypass construction take several months to complete (past perfect).

• takes

• has taken

• taked

• had taken

Write the correct past perfect tense form of the underlined word in each sentence.

The tree fall more than 60 feet onto the rocks below.

• had fell

• falled

• have fallen

• had fallen

Write the correct past perfect tense form of the underlined word in each sentence.

By Thursday evening, the men lose the trail.

• had lost

• losed

• will have lost

• had lose

Choose the correct past perfect tense verb to complete the sentence.

Our teacher _____ each of us different parts of the project.

• had assigns

• had assign

• had assigned

• have assigned

Choose the correct past perfect verb tense to complete the sentence below.

I _____ very hard for tomorrow's test, so I decided to go and get an ice cream.

• had studied

• has studied

• had study

• had studying

All past tense verbs include the helping verb had and a _______ tense verb.

• present tense

• past tense

• future tense

Which sentence uses a past perfect verb tense correctly?

• Before the dog came to live with us, he had belonged to my grandmother.

• When he entered the house, Carlos has removed his hat.

• She will have enjoyed her lunch before the waiter brought the bill.

• Alice had return to the house by the time her cousins arrived.

Has, have, had, and will are all____________________ verbs.

• action

• future tense

• helping

• past tense