Warm-Up: Verb Tenses Directions: Identify the following sentences’

verb tenses. Remember that there are six different tenses: present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, & future perfect.

1. We were just passing by. 2. I did wait on the corner. 3. We have finally solved the puzzle. 4. I will return your book for you. 5. Jill is taking chemistry this year.

Present, Past, & Future Tense

Grammatical tense that illustrate when the action is occurring. Present Forms:

I go, I am going, I do go Past Forms:

I went, I was going, I did go Future Forms:

I will go, I will be going

Perfect Forms & Present Perfect Add auxiliary or auxiliaries to past

participle The most common auxiliaries are forms

are: Be, can, do, may, must, ought, shall, will, has,

have, had PRESENT PERFECT

Consists of past participle with "has" or "have” Designates action which began in the past but

which continues into the present or the effect of which still continues

Examples: Betty has taught for ten years. I am happy to have participated in this campaign!  John had hoped to have won the trophy.

Past Perfect Designates action in the past just as

simple past does, but the action of the past perfect is action completed in the past before another action. Example:

John sold vegetables that he had raised. If I had done my exercises, I would have

passed the test. I think George would have been elected if he

hadn't sounded so pompous.

Future Perfect The future perfect tense designates

action that will have been completed at a specified time in the future. Example:

By Saturday noon, I will have finished my housework.

I will have gone an additional twenty miles than I did last week.

James will have been going to the same church for twenty years this Sunday.

Review Directions: Change the following verbs to

their perfect form. 1. Judy saved thirty dollars. (past) 2. Judy will save thirty dollars. (future) 3. Judy has saved thirty dollars. (present

perfect) 4. Judy had saved thirty dollars by the end of

last month. (past perfect) 5. Judy will have saved thirty dollars by the

end of this month. (future perfect)