All Forms 1. Make the present perfect tense - positive, negative or question. Click here to review how to make the present perfect. Click here to return to the list of English grammar exercises. Download this exercise in PDF.
The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that has occurred at an indefinite time in the past or began in the past and continues to the present time. Present Perfect: Structure The present perfect is composed of the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb ' have ' (present tense), followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Examples. The progressive aspect expresses ongoing actions. Present Progressive Tense. The dog is eating bones. Past Progressive Tense. The dog was eating bones. Future Progressive Tense. The dog will be eating bones. The "Perfect (or Complete) Aspect" Tenses.
Just as the perfect tense can sometimes describe a situation that no longer exists at the present time (e.g. fuit Īlium), so the pluperfect can describe a situation which no longer existed at a time in the past, as in the following example: flūmen, quod mediō oppidō flūxerat, extrā frequentia tēctīs loca praeterfluēbat (Curtius)
The simple present and present perfect verb forms are both used to describe actions or states that are currently happening or have happened recently, but they have some key differences that are important to understand. The simple present tense is used to describe actions or states that are currently true or that are generally true. For example:
How to form the past perfect: HAD + past participle. Situations where you would use the past perfect: Situation: I went to Japan in 1988 and 1991. I turned 10 years old in 1994. Past perfect sentence: I had been to Japan twice by the time I was 10 years old. Situation: My husband ate breakfast at 6:00 AM; I woke up at 7:00 AM; Past perfect
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