Perfect Tense

Important things!

Remember:
Participles added to auxiliary verbs
can form Perfect tenses
Perfect means to be done (or
carried out)
 What is a participle

A participle is a verb, or a word based of a verb that

expresses a state of being, ending in -ing (present tense) or -
ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, or -ne (past tense) that functions as an
adjective.

In other words: This means it needs to modify (or describe) a noun or a

pronoun.
 What is a participle

Examples:

Present Participle Example: The crying baby had a wet

diaper.

Past Participle Example: The wrecked car was totaled.

 The present perfect tense
The past participle is added to the present tense of the
auxiliary verb ‘to have’
For example:

I have driven She has driven.

It tells of an action that
has taken place, and been
Present tense Past participle
completed, at some time in
the past
 The past perfect tense
The past participle is added to the past tense of the auxiliary
verb ‘to have’.
For example:

She had driven Past participle

This tense takes us another step back in time.

Past tense The action was completed before another
one took place.
 The past perfect tense
The past participle is added to the past tense of the auxiliary
verb ‘to have’.
For example:

He had eaten it before I arrived. Past tense

Auxiliary Past participle

Past Perfect tense
 The future perfect tense
Both auxiliaries ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ are used to form the future perfect
tense. This tense shows that an action will have been completed at some
time in the future.
For example:
They will have driven 200 km by the time they arrive.

Auxiliaries Past participle

 Perfect tenses' table
Singular Past perfect Present perfect Future perfect
1st I had hidden I have hidden I shall have hidden

2nd You had hidden You have hidden You will have hidden

3rd He/she/it had hidden He/she/it has hidden He/she/it will have hidden

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 Perfect tenses' table²
Plural Past perfect Present perfect Future perfect
1st We had hidden We have hidden We shall have hidden

2nd You had hidden You have hidden You will have hidden

3rd They had hidden They have hidden They will have hidden

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 List of past tense / participles
Verb Past tense Past participle
Sweep Swept Swept
Take Took Taken
Bring Brought Brought
Tread Trod Trodden
Be Was Been
Write Wrote Written
Go Went Gone

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