When do you use perfect tense of verb? Subject Overview BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PAST PROGRESSI PERFECT VE PROGRESSI VE Be Was, were Were Had looked looking Do Did Were doing Had done Write Wrote Were Had written writing Want Wanted Were Had wanted wanting Play Played Were Had played playing Present Perfect Tense is used for describing a past action’s effect on the present
This holds true for events that
have just been happening as well as for events that have not yet occurred or done or finished. Present Perfect Tense is used for describing a past action’s effect on the present BASE SIMPLE PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE Present Perfect Tense is used for describing a past action’s effect on the present
Present perfect is formed by combining have/has with
the main verb’s past participle form: I have arrived. A negation is produced by inserting not after have/has: I have not arrived. Questions in present perfect are formulated by starting a sentence with have/has: Has she arrived? Past Perfect Tense is a kind of tense that is used to describe an action or an event that started in a certain time in the past and completed or finished before the other event or action happened BASE SIMPLE PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE Future Perfect Tense is a kind of tense that is used to describe an action or an event that started in a certain time in the past and will be completed or finished in the future. BASE SIMPLE PAST FORM PAST PARTICIPLE “Thank you!