ENGLISH TENSE SYSTEM: Present Tenses
  • About the course
    • Sourced used
  • English Tense System
    • The Simple tenses
    • The Continuous forms
    • The Perfect tenses
    • The Perfect Continuous tenses
  • Present Tenses
  • Exercises
    • Exercise 2
    • Exercise 3
    • Exercise 4
    • Exercise 5
    • Exercise 6
    • Exercise 7
    • Exercise 8
    • Exercise 9

The Perfect Tenses

The Perfect tenses are not interested in the action, but in the completed fact and its relationship to the given general time aspect.
FORM: have + past participle
MEANING: The perfect tenses all give the idea that one thing happens before another time or event.

Present Perfect

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I have already eaten.
I finished eating sometime before now. The exact time is not important.


Past Perfect

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I had already eaten when they arrived.
First I finished eating. Later they arrived. My eating was completely finished before another time in the past.



Future Perfect

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I will already have eaten when they arrive.
First I will finish eating. Later they arrive. My eating will be completely finished before another time in the future.


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