UNIT 3: VERB TENSES (PAST PERFECT TENSE, PRESENT PERFECT TENSE,
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE)
1.1 BASED CONCEPT
Help your English language learners master effective communication with this lesson,
which covers the past, present and future perfect tenses. From reading to writing, kids
will get the practice they need to communicate here.
1.2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Can help student to identify the verb and tenses in a sentence and write a sentence using
the past, present or future perfect tense.
1.3 LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will be able to identify the verb and tenses in a sentence.
Students will be able to write a sentence using the past, present or future perfect
tense
1.4 KEY TERMS
Verb tenses
Past Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense
1.5 MATERIALS
Tenses Chart
Assessment
1.6 IMPLEMENTATION
Time: 2 hours
NO ACTIVITY TIME NOTES
1. Introduction 40 minutes Appendix A
2. Assessment 1 45 minutes Appendix B
3. Assessment 2 35 minutes Appendix C
1.7 ACTIVITY
Introduction:
1. Explaining to the students the definition, description and examples of past, present
and future perfect tense.
2. Explaining the basic rules for past, present and future perfect tense.
3. Showing the students the simple notes for past, present and future perfect tense.
(see Appendix A)
Assessment:
1. Pass out the individual copies.
2. Ask them to answer all the question given.
(see Appendix B and C)
Discuss the answer together. Tell students to take a moment with their partners in a group
and discuss what’s on the chart. This is meant for students to have an opportunity to make
discussions and discuss thing that they might already know and things they do not know.
APPENDIX A
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
is formed with a present tense form of "to have" plus the past participle of
the verb (which can be either regular or irregular in form).
This tense indicates either that an action was completed (finished or
"perfected") at some point in the past or that the action extends to the
present:
I have walked two miles already [but I'm still walking].
I have run the Boston Marathon [but that was some time ago].
The choice between Present Perfect and Simple Past is often determined by
the adverbial accompanying the verb. With adverbs referring to a period gone
by, we would use the simple past:
I studied all night/yesterday/on Wednesday.
With adverbs beginning in the past and going up to present, we would use
the present perfect:
I have studied up to now/lately/already.
Singular Plural
I have walked we have walked
you have walked you have walked
he/she/it has walked they have walked
Singular Plural
I have slept we have slept
you have slept you have slept
he/she/it has slept they have slept
Singular Plural
I have been we have been
you have been you have been
he/she/it has been they have been
PAST PERFECT TENSES
Refers to a time earlier than before now.
It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the
past.
This tense is formed with the past tense form of "to have" (HAD) plus the
past participle of the verb (which can be either regular or irregular in form):
I had walked two miles by lunchtime.
I had prayed before I go to sleep.
When they arrived, we had already started cooking.
Singular Plural
I had walked we had walked
you had walked you had walked
he/she/it had walked they had walked
Singular Plural
I had slept we had slept
you had slept you had slept
he/she/it had slept they had slept
Singular Plural
I had been we had been
you had been you had been
he/she/it had been they had been
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
indicates that an action will have been completed (finished or "perfected")
at some point in the future.
This tense is formed with "will" plus "have" plus the past participle of the
verb (which can be either regular or irregular in form):
I will have spent all my money by this time next year.
I will have run successfully in three marathons if I can finish this one."
Singular Plural
I will have walked we will have walked
you will have walked you will have walked
he/she/it will have walked they will have walked
Singular Plural
I will have slept we will have slept
you will have slept you will have slept
he/she/it will have slept they will have slept
Singular Plural
I will have been we will have been
you will have been you will have been
he/she/it will have been they will have been
APPENDIX B
A. Change the sentences from the simple past tense to the present perfect tense.
Remember the present perfect tense uses the word “has” or “have” at its
sentence.
1. I drove to work today
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2. Lisa saw a car at the parking lot.
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3. Paul destroyed the park.
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4. She bought a new dress for the party.
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B. Fill in the gaps with the past perfect in the affirmative form.
1. Haziq _______________ (go) to Genting Highland for holiday..
2. She _______________ (ask) the questions before.
3. The boy _______________ (break) the vase.
4. I _____ never _________ (see) such a thing.
C. Fill in the blank with the future perfect form of the verb in parentheses.
1. Reza _______________________ (do) his work before Ammar arrives.
2. After I finish my jotter, I _________________________ (eat) my lunch.
3. He ____________________ (decide) on his project by this afternoon.
4. If they go to the movies on Saturday, they _____________________ (see)
three movies this week.
APPENDIX C
1. Boris asked me if I _________________ a rock band gig.
A. Had ever attended
B. Have ever attended
2. The concert ___________________ approximately two hours.
A. Will had lasted
B. Will have lasted
3. Ain ____________ her business since we got acquainted.
A. Has been running
B. Had been running
4. Before we got acquainted, I __________ Adam for two times.
A. Had see
B. Had been seeing
C. Have saw
D. Had seen
5. We _______ never eaten Chinese food.
A. Had
B. Have
6. How long _____________ in Bangi when I fiest met her?
A. Has Marina been living
B. Dad Marina been living
7. We _________ in Rumah Bakti Al-Kausar since 2011.
A. Had been living
B. Have been living
