Warm-Up: Verb Tenses  Directions: Identify the following sentences’ verb tenses. Remember that there are six different tenses: present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, & future perfect.  1.We were just passing by.  2.I did wait on the corner.  3.We have finally solved the puzzle.  4.I will return your book for you.  5.Jill is taking chemistry this year.

Present, Past, & Future Tense  Grammatical tense that illustrate when the action is occurring.  Present Forms:  I go, I am going, I do go  Past Forms:  I went, I was going, I did go  Future Forms:  I will go, I will be going

Perfect Forms & Present Perfect  Add auxiliary or auxiliaries to past participle  The most common auxiliaries are forms are:  Be, can, do, may, must, ought, shall, will, has, have, had  PRESENT PERFECT  Consists of past participle with "has" or "have”  Designates action which began in the past but which continues into the present or the effect of which still continues  Examples:  Betty has taught for ten years.  I am happy to have participated in this campaign!  John had hoped to have won the trophy.

Past Perfect  Designates action in the past just as simple past does, but the action of the past perfect is action completed in the past before another action.  Example:  John sold vegetables that he had raised.  If I had done my exercises, I would have passed the test.  I think George would have been elected if he hadn't sounded so pompous.

Future Perfect  The future perfect tense designates action that will have been completed at a specified time in the future.  Example:  By Saturday noon, I will have finished my housework.  I will have gone an additional twenty miles than I did last week.  James will have been going to the same church for twenty years this Sunday.

Review  Directions: Change the following verbs to their perfect form.  1. Judy saved thirty dollars. (past)  2. Judy will save thirty dollars. (future)  3. Judy has saved thirty dollars. (present perfect)  4. Judy had saved thirty dollars by the end of last month. (past perfect)  5. Judy will have saved thirty dollars by the end of this month. (future perfect)