Complete the following sentences using the correct simple perfect tense. 1.) By next Saturday you _____ (stay) with us for three weeks. will have stayed[r]
(1)English Simple Perfect Tenses
(2)
Present Perfect
Tense
Past Perfect
Tense
Past Perfect
Tense
(3)Present Perfect Tense
have/has (not) + VERB-ed2
• An action or emotion started in the past
and has continued into the present
Example ~ I have read that book.
A moment in
(4)• Actions that are more long-term in nature are used more in the present perfect tense than in the present perfect continuous
tense
Example~
(5)• An action is complete.
(6)• An action has been done several times Example~ Joe has read this book few
times
Note: The time of an action is not specified
Example~ The teacher has corrected it
When specified, simple past is used
(7)Past Perfect Tense
had (not) + VERB-ed2
• An action happened in the past before another action in the past
Example~
Kevin had waited for an hour when he decided to leave
Time 1 Time 2 The
(8)• The past perfect tense is often used with by + a time
Example~
(9)• If it is not clear which action happened first, it is necessary to use the past perfect
Example~
When Dr Lee had given her lecture, she sat down
(She stood and gave her lecture; then she sat down.)
Compare the following sentence~
When Dr Lee gave her lecture, she sat down
(10)Future Perfect Tense
will (not) + have + VERBed2
• An action starting in the past, present or future will be finished at some time in the future
Example~ Mark already has his Masters,
and he will have gotten his Ph.D before he’s 30.
The past The present moment
(11)• The future perfect is often used with by + a time,
before + a time in + a time
Example~
(12)Practice
Choose the best answer Question 1:
David _ five books so far a.) publishes
b.) is publishing c.) has published
d.) has been published
(13)Practice
Choose the best answer
Question 2:
_ you ever _ that man? a.) Are; seeing
b.) Have; seen c.) Were; seeing d.) Did; see
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(14)Practice
Choose the best answer Question 1:
When I woke up this morning, my parents already a.) leave
b.) had left
c.) were leaving d.) left
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(15)Practice
Choose the best answer Question 2:
John _ a panda before he moved to Si Chuan, China. a.) had never seen
b.) has seen c.) never saw d.) never sees
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(16)Practice
Choose the best answer
Question1:
She enough Chinese to communicate before she moves to Beijing.
a.) will learn b.) learns
c.) is learning
d.) will have learned
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(17)Practice
Choose the best answer Question 2:
By the time I finish this course, I ten tests a.) will take
b.) will have taken c.) will be taking d.) have taken
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(18)Quiz
Complete the following sentences using the correct simple perfect tense
1.) By next Saturday you _ (stay) with us for three weeks
will have stayed
2.) Mrs Wang _ (teach) English for more than 20 years
have taught
3.) It was he who _ (give) us the piano
had given
4.) They _ already _ (go) when we arrived
had already gone
5.) We shall _ (grow) old before we learn it really well
have grown
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(20)§128.6 English as a Second Language (ESL), Grade
(30) Second language acquisition/writing
(A) use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly such as capitalizing names and first letters in sentences and using periods, question marks, and exclamation points (E) employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in writing
(i) demonstrate knowledge of verbs, tenses, and auxiliaries, wh-words, and pronouns/antecedents; (iii) demonstrate knowledge of parts of speech;