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Verb tense: The Perfect & Past Perfect




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Verbs: Past Participle�
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The perfect tense and the past perfect tense�are often used in English when we are relating two events which happened in the past. It helps to show which event happened first.�
  • The perfect tense is formed in English with have or has and the past participle, as in They have eaten.
  • The past perfect tense is formed in English with had and the past participle, as in They had eaten.�
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The difference between Perfect Tense and Past Tense:
  • Perfect tense > She has been an actress for 20 years (and she still is!)
  • Past tense > She was an actress for 20 years (she is not an actress anymore!)

Write the past participle of the following verbs:
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to dream ���� to play ���� to hold ���� to rise ���� to win ���� to be
to do ���� to laugh ���� to think ���� to forget ���� to have
to move ��� to read ���� to happen ���� to see ���� to feel

Write the Perfect Tense with has or have and the past participle:
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1. I ��(to dream)�about you every night for two weeks.
2. Billy ��(to play)�for Stoke City for two years next Saturday.
3. Until today, they �always �(to hold) their heads high.
4. For as long as anyone can remember, the sun �always �(to rise) in the East.
5. I �just �(to win) $100,000.
6. Joan and I ��(to be) together for 45 years.
7. �you �(to do) your homework?
8. I �not �(to laugh) so much for years.
9. Why don't we see John anymore? I thought you knew; he ��(to move) to Liverpool.
10. Did you like the movie? Honestly, I ��(to see) better ones.
11. �you ever �(to think) about becoming a lawyer?
12. Where is Liz? Don't tell me she ��(to forget) our date.
13. No wonder he always behaves so badly. He ��(to have) the most horrible childhood.
14. �you �(to read) today's paper?
15. I think this ��(to happen) to me at least ten times today.