TENSES

SIMPLE TENSES
PERFECT TENSES
(2/2)
Perfect Tenses
Present Perfect Tense
have/has + V3
 Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive) Tense
has/have + been + V-ing
Past Perfect Tense had +
V3
Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive) Tense had +
been + V-ing
Future Perfect Tense
will have + V3 / ‘be’ going to have + V3
Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive) Tense will
have been + V-ing

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE ?

■ I eat noodles. General statement
■ I ate noodles just now. Past action – time stated
■ I have eaten noodles. Action completed - time unknown
PAST PRESENT
X X
I ate. I eat.
X
I have
eaten

Revision: VERB FORMS

 BASE PRESENT PRESENT PAST FORM PAST
(V1) FORM (V1) CONTINOUS PARTICIPLE
(V-ing) (V2) (V3)

Achieve achieve(s) Achieving achieved achieved

go go(es) going went gone

ring ring(s) ringing rang rung

HAVE / HAS (NOT) + V3
Present Perfect Tense have/has
+ PP

+ PP
Present Perfect Tense have/has

+ PP
Present Perfect Tense have/has
HAS / HAVE (NOT) + BEEN + V- ING
(Present Participle)
PRESENT PREFECT CONT.:
has/have + been + V-ing
PRESENT PREFECT CONT.:
has/have + been + V-ing
 PRESENT PERFECT VS PRESENT
PERFECT CONTINUOUS
■1 Simon ___________________ (write) three
books.
■ 2. The kitchen is a complete mess! What
___________________ (the children / do)?
■ 3. Julie ___________________ (learn) to drive
for six years!
■ 4.
Amanda ___________________ (already /
have) lunch, so she’ll meet us later.

HAD (NOT) + PAST PARTICIPLE

PAST PERFECT TENSE : had + PP
HAD (NOT) + BEEN + …INGHAD
(NOT) + BEEN + …..ING
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS:
had + been + V-ing
 Past Perfect VS
Past Perfect Continuous
■ 1.When we arrived, the film ______ (already,
start).
■ 2.
She _________ (work) in that company for
twenty
years when she was made redundant.
■ 3. I felt ill because I ________ (drink) six cups of
 coffee.
■ 4. I _______ (study) all day, so I was tired.

WILL HAVE (NOT) + PP

 ‘BE’ GOING TO HAVE (NOT) + PP

FUTURE PERFECT : will have + V3

/ ‘be’ going to have + V3
WILL HAVE (NOT) + BEEN + VWILL HAVE
(NOT) BEEN + …ING-ING

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS:

will have been + V-ing
.
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS:
will have been + V-ing
.
 FUTURE PERFECT VS FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we __________(drive) more than
four hundred miles. We are going to be exhausted.

2. When Sarah goes back to university next month, she ____________ (study)
German for over two years. She should be able to communicate fairly well while
she is in Austria.

3. Margie just called and said she would be here at 8 o'clock. By the time she
gets here, we __________ (wait) for her for two hours.

4. By the time you finish studying the verb tense tutorial, you ________
(master) all twelve tenses including their passive forms.
5. I ______________ (work) all weekend, so I won't be energetic on Sunday
night.

Adapted from:
Azar, S. A. (2016). Understanding and using
English grammar (5th ed.). New York:
Longman.