L6 Grammar:

Present & Past Perfect

Kaleigh Newton | UniNorte
To review...what is the present
perfect?
Uses
-for something that started in the past and continues in
the present Structure
*Shay has loved her dog since he was a puppy. The present perfect is:
-for change over time present tense of “have” + past
*My Spanish has really improved since high school. participle* of a verb
-for something we have done several times in the past
and continue to do *the past participle is usually
*I have cooked since I was a teenager. the simple past form
-when we are talking about our experience up to the
present
*Jake has loved every minute of his time in Italy so far.
-for something that happened in the past but is
important at the time of speaking
*I have already lost my new id card!
 Irregulars
Ride Ridden
Be Been Go Gone Ring Rung
Begin Begun Grow Grown Rise Risen
Bite Bitten Have Had Run Run
Break Broken Hear Heard Say Said
Buy Bought Hide Hidden See Seen
Choose Chosen Keep Kept Sell Sold
Come Come Know Known Set Set
Dig Dug Lay Laid Sing Sung
Do Done Lead Led Sit Sat
Drink Drunk Leave Left Stand Stood
Eat Eaten Lie Lain Stick Stuck
Fall Fallen Lose Lost Take Taken
Feel Felt Make Made Teach Taught
Find Found Meet Met Think Thought
Get Got Put Put Wake Woken
Read Read /red/
Practice

1. Charlotte ________ _________ all of the Harry Structure

(have)
Potter movies. (to watch) The present perfect is:
2. I _________ ___________ all the groceries already. present tense of “have” + past
(have) (to buy) participle of a verb
3. He _______ ___________ all of his life.
(have) (to sing)

4. “Jason, we _________ just __________ the house,

(have) (to leave)

and Sammy __________ already ___________ her

(have) (to spill)
drink in the car.”
5. She ________ ___________ writing two stories, and
(have) (to finish)

she’s working on a third one.

Past Perfect
Use
-for something that started in the past, went on for
awhile, and then stopped in the past
*They had dated for three years when they decided to get Structure
married. The same as present perfect
but with “had” and not “have”:
past tense of “have” + past
participle* of a verb

*the past participle is usually

the simple past form
When English gets fun…

I have had a headache since Monday!

-I have loved Harry Potter since childhood.

She had had a really rough week, so she treated herself

to some expensive chocolate and a manicure.
-She had loved Harry Potter when she was a child.
Practice
1. Charlotte ________
(have) _________
(to watch) all of the Harry
Structure
Potter movies before she read the books. The past perfect is:
2. I _________ ___________ everything for the party Past tense of “have” + past
(have) (to buy)
participle of a verb
when I got sick and had to cancel.

3. He(have)
_______ (to___________
dream ) of being famous all of
his life.
(have) (to be)

4. She ________ ___________ writing two stories, but

then she took a break and started working on some