Perfect Verb Tense Review

What tense?

100

Marine biologists collect seawater in bottles. What tense is used?

What is present?

200

The scientist studied lions in the outdoors last year. What tense is used?

What is past?

300

The fifth graders at Madison will attend Edison Middle School next year. What tense is used?

What is future?

400

One evening the monkeys appeared at a nearby restaurant.

What is past tense?

500

Many companies are exploring the ocean to study sea life.

What is present tense?

Past Perfect

100

Identify the past perfect verb used in the sentence: The winners were announced once the judges had held their meeting.

What is had held?

200

Write this sentence using the past perfect verb tense: 

The president (to make) a decision by the end of the week.

What is: The president had made a decision by the end of the week.

300

Identify the verb and rewrite the sentences using the present perfect verb tense. The babysitter watched us every minute at the pool.

What is: The babysitter has watched s every minute at the pool.

400

Write the sentence using the past perfect and present perfect tense: The heat wave lasted for two weeks.

What is: The heat wave had lasted for two weeks. The heat wave has lasted for two weeks.

500

Identify the verb tense being used: We (1) have been very busy since the hurricane. We were ordered to evacuate. Once we returned, the wind (2) had blown down all the trees. Luckily, we (3) had boarded up the house before we evactuated. Over the past couple of days, it (4) has rained over 5 inches according to the rain guage.

What is: 1- present perfect 2- past perfect 3- past perfect 4- present perfect

What tense?

100

The Great Plains has been a productive farming area of the United States for many years.

What is present perfect?

200

The land has suffered from many droughts.

What is present perfect?

300

This region had been dry even before the droughts.

What is past perfect?

400

Identify the perfect verb tenses in the paragraph below: The Great Plains (1) has been a productive farming area of the United States for many years. The land (2) has suffered from many droughts. This region (3) had been dry even before the droughts. Ever since then, people (4) have called that area the Dust Bowl. Scientists (5)have been studying weather patterns that cause droughts. Billy wants to be a meterologist one day. By the time he grows up, weather forecasting (6) will have improved over the years.

What is: 1- present perfect 2- present perfect 3- past perfect 4-present perfect 5- present perfect 6- future perfect

500

Scientists have been studying weather patterns that cause droughts.

What is present perfect?

Future Perfect

100

The future perfect tense is formed by...

What is the future tense of have + the past tense of the main verb?

200

Write this sentence using the future perfect verb tense: 

In 5 minutes, Allison (to complete) the first lap of the race.

What is will have completed?

300

Write the sentence using the future perfect verb tense: 

By 8:00 the sun (to set).

What is will have set?

400

Form the future perfect tense: 

Anna (to write) her article by the deadline. 

What is  will have written? 

500

By the time he grows up, weather forecasting will have improved over the years.

What is will have improved?

Present Perfect

100

Form the present perfect tense:

Bob (to eat) breakfast every day.

What is has eaten?

200

Form the present perfect tense:

The softball team (to win) every game it has played this season.

What is has won?

300

Form the present perfect tense:

Jenna (to make) muffins to give to the bake sale.

What is has made?

400

Form the present perfect tense:

Lena carries the backpack she (to use) for years.

What is has used?

500

Form the present perfect tense:

You will need to brush the dog since Rick (to wash) her.

What is has washed?