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Contributor: Suzanne Riordan. Lesson ID: 13981
It's very rare to find something perfect. Eating a perfect chocolate chip cookie can bring a smile to your face. Did you know that some verb tenses are called perfect? Learn about them here!
Look at the image of the children above.
Verbs in the perfect tenses give us some different ways to talk about things that happened in the past.
As you know, you can add -ed to most verbs to express the past tense. For example: Today I walk; yesterday I walked.
You could say, "I have walked on this road many times."
You could say, "I had walked on that road before I started walking on this path."
You could say, "I will have walked on the path many times before I get tired of seeing its shady trees and colorful flowers."
The examples above show what perfect tense verbs do.
Read the chart below to review each tense.
|
Tense Name |
Use |
Example |
|
Past Perfect |
Show something was done in the past before something else was done in the past. |
Wendell had emptied the drawers before he re-arranged them. |
|
Present Perfect |
Show something was done in the past and may continue. |
Grayson has played piano for ten years. |
|
Future Perfect |
Show something will be done in the future before something else is done. |
Julie will have graduated from high school before the family moves to Ohio. |
Watch the video below to review what you've learned.
Now, move to the Got It? page and see how well you can use the perfect tenses.
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