Pre-test - Past & Present Perfect Verb Tenses

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

The past perfect verb tense uses which helping verb?

• has

• have

• had

• will have

Present perfect verb tenses use the helping verbs ________ or _________.

• had, have

• has, have

• has, had

• will have, have

Which present perfect verb correctly completes the following sentence?

Since Rick ___________ the dog, you will have to brush her.

• had washed

• has washed

• have washed

• will have washed

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

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

• action

• future tense

• helping

• past tense

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

Which sentence uses a present perfect verb tense correctly?

• Mamie has apologized to Mark twice, but he is still mad at her.

• Caleb have lived here for three years.

• Mick had never been to the fair before.

• Augusta will have seen this movie 3 times.

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.