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The Perfect Tenses: has eaten, had eaten, will have eaten — Answers

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The Perfect Tenses: has eaten, had eaten, will have eaten — Answers

Part A: Name the tense

The perfect tenses use a helping verb with a past participle: has or have eaten (present perfect), had eaten (past perfect), will have eaten (future perfect). Circle the tense of each sentence.

1.I have finished my project.
  1. Apresent perfect
  2. Bpast perfect
  3. Cfuture perfect

Answer: present perfect

Have + finished: complete now.

2.By the time we arrived, the film had started.
  1. Apresent perfect
  2. Bpast perfect
  3. Cfuture perfect

Answer: past perfect

Had + started: complete before another past event.

3.By next June, Grandma will have lived here for fifty years.
  1. Apresent perfect
  2. Bpast perfect
  3. Cfuture perfect

Answer: future perfect

Will have + lived: complete by a future time.

4.They have visited the museum three times.
  1. Apresent perfect
  2. Bpast perfect
  3. Cfuture perfect

Answer: present perfect

Have + visited.

5.She had never seen snow before that trip.
  1. Apresent perfect
  2. Bpast perfect
  3. Cfuture perfect

Answer: past perfect

Had + seen.

6.By lunchtime, we will have written two stories.
  1. Apresent perfect
  2. Bpast perfect
  3. Cfuture perfect

Answer: future perfect

Will have + written.

Part B: Past participles

Write the past participle of each verb: the form that follows has, have or had (I have ___).

7.write → (answer space)

Answer: written

8.eat → (answer space)

Answer: eaten

9.go → (answer space)

Answer: gone

10.take → (answer space)

Answer: taken

11.see → (answer space)

Answer: seen

12.break → (answer space)

Answer: broken

13.begin → (answer space)

Answer: begun

14.choose → (answer space)

Answer: chosen

Part C: Complete the sentence

Write the verb shown at the start in the correct perfect tense. Use the time clues.

15.(live) We (answer space) in this house since 2020.

Answer: have lived

Since 2020 up to now: present perfect.

16.(leave) By the time we reached the station, the train (answer space).

Answer: had left

The train left before we reached the station: past perfect.

17.(finish) By eight o'clock tonight, I (answer space) my homework.

Answer: will have finished

Complete by a future time: future perfect.

18.(know) Ella and Sam (answer space) each other for six years.

Answer: have known

For six years up to now: present perfect.

19.(eat) I was not hungry at dinner because I (answer space) a big lunch.

Answer: had eaten

The lunch came before dinner: past perfect.

20.(fly) By the end of the week, the pilot (answer space) to five different cities.

Answer: will have flown

Complete by a future time: future perfect.

Part D: Which happened first?

The past perfect (had + past participle) shows which of two past events happened first.

21.When I arrived at the party, everyone had eaten the cake. Which happened first?
  1. AI arrived at the party.
  2. BEveryone ate the cake.

Answer: Everyone ate the cake.

Had eaten shows the earlier event.

22.The ground was wet because it had rained overnight. Which happened first?
  1. AThe ground was wet.
  2. BIt rained.

Answer: It rained.

Had rained shows the earlier event.

23.Leo had read the book before he saw the film. Which happened first?
  1. ALeo read the book.
  2. BLeo saw the film.

Answer: Leo read the book.

Had read shows the earlier event.

24.By the time the firefighters came, the fire had gone out. Which happened first?
  1. AThe firefighters came.
  2. BThe fire went out.

Answer: The fire went out.

Had gone out shows the earlier event.

Part E: Your turn

25.Your turn: write three sentences about something you are learning to do. Use the present perfect in one, the past perfect in one and the future perfect in one. Underline each perfect verb.

Model answer: I have learned three songs on the guitar. Before I started lessons, I had never held a guitar. By the end of the year, I will have played at the school concert.

Success criteria:

  • Three complete sentences on the topic
  • One present perfect (has or have + past participle)
  • One past perfect (had + past participle)
  • One future perfect (will have + past participle)
  • Past participles formed correctly
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