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1 The present Perfect tenseshows an action or condition that began in the past andcontinues into the PerfectDan has calledevery day this past Perfect tense shows an action or condition in the past that came beforeanother action or condition in the past. Past PerfectDan had calledbefore Ellen future Perfect tense shows an action or condition in the future that will occurbefore another action or condition in the PerfectDan will have calledbefore Ellen form the present Perfect , past Perfect , and future Perfect Tenses ,add has, have,had, or will have to the past participle. Recognizing the Perfect TensesUnderline the verb in each sentence. On the blank, write the tense of the film house has not developed the pictures yet. will have left before Erin s arrival. has been a vary gracious had lost her transfer by the end of the bus tonight, I will have finished my assignment.

2 The discovery of the buried chest, Joe had not believed in buried have worked over an hour on one math problem. his college years, Carl had not decided on his career. snow plows had cleared our street before the really heavy the Ortons found their dog yet?_____Copyright McDougal Littell , USAGE, ANDMECHANICSBOOK97 Lesson7 Perfect TensesTeachingNameDateCHAPTER 4 TenseSingularPluralPresent PerfectI have calledwe have calledhas or have + past participleyou have calledyou have calledhe, she, it has calledthey have calledPast Perfect I had calledwe had calledhad + past participleyou had calledyou had calledhe, she, it had calledthey had calledFuture Perfect I will have calledwe will have calledwill + have + past participleyou will have calledyou will have calledhe, she, it will have calledthey will have calledA. Recognizing the Perfect TensesUnderline the verb in each sentence.

3 On the blank, write the tense of the had figured out the answer before her teacher s have walked every day now for a month. had liked Nels until their argument. will have jogged 70 miles by the end of next week. lunch time, Rusty had started cooking dinner. has practiced piano every day for a week. this rate, we will not have finished the 30 chapters by June. HMO has added a number of new physicians to the staff. ice on the lake will have melted long before the window had cracked before the wind Forming the Perfect TensesComplete each sentence by writing the form of the verb indicated in (finish, past Perfect ) We _____our game before theMeteors started (graduate, future Perfect ) Margie _____before the springsemester. 3.(vote, past Perfect ) Union members _____before they sawthe (exercise,present Perfect ) We _____three times (talk, past Perfect ) The manager _____to the pitcher twiceby that (clean,future Perfect ) I _____the whole kitchen by thetime Mom (offer,present Perfect ) Angelica frequently _____to (produce,future Perfect ) By the end of this writing course, you_____a plot outline and at least four chapters of your (picked,past Perfect ) He _____ten bushels before thetruck showed (search, present Perfect ) The rescuers _____the area for McDougal Littell , USAGE, ANDMECHANICSBOOKL esson7 Perfect TensesMore PracticeNameDateCHAPTER 4A.

4 Using verb TensesThe following is a journal entry of a girl of the mid-1800s in a wagon train headingfor California. Supply verbs to the narrative in the Tenses indicated in verbs from the list , expect, walk, insist, pack, loseThe first month on the trail (present Perfect ) _____challenging. Before we set out, I (past Perfect ) _____that I would ride the wagon, but instead I (present Perfect )_____miles every day. Mother (present Perfect )_____that I always wear a bonnet because of the sun. It sa good thing that we (past Perfect ) _____so manybonnets, because the wind keeps blowing them off my head and across theprairie! I think I (future Perfect ) _____all my bonnetsbefore we arrive in Using verb TensesChoose a trip you have made or would like to make. Write sentences about the tripusing the following verbs in the Tenses (future) (present Perfect ) (past progressive) (future Perfect ) (past Perfect ) (past progressive) (future Perfect ) _____Copyright McDougal Littell , USAGE, ANDMECHANICSBOOK99 Lesson7 Perfect TensesApplicationNameDateCHAPTER 4