1. Perfect Tenses Of Verbs
Grade 5
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2. Perfect Tense Verbs There are three types of perfect tense verbs.
Present Perfect Tense Verbs
Past Perfect Tense Verbs
Future Perfect Tense Verbs

3. Sarah has slept for three hours. We have practiced for thirty minutes.
Present Perfect
The present perfect tense of a verb states action that has happened sometime in the past.
It is formed by using has or have before the main verb.
Sarah has slept for three hours.
We have practiced for thirty minutes.

4. Paul has attempted to jump off the high-dive three times.
Present Perfect
How can I say that my friend Paul has failed at jumping off the high-dive three times?
Paul has attempted to jump off the high-dive three times.
What is the present perfect tense verb and helping verb?

5. Present Perfect
How can I say that my family visits North Carolina? How can I say we’ve gone there since I was two and still visit there now?
My family has visited North Carolina every summer since I was two years old.
What is the present perfect tense verb and helping verb?

6. Sarah had slept for three hours. We had practiced for thirty minutes.
Past Perfect
The past perfect tense of a verb states an action began and was completed in the past.
It is formed by using had before the main verb.
Sarah had slept for three hours.
We had practiced for thirty minutes.

7. Past Perfect
My teacher had assigned math, reading, and science homework last night.
How can I say that my teacher assigned homework last night?
What is the past perfect tense verb and helping verb?

8. Joe had felt frightened during the hurricane.
Past Perfect
How can I say that Joe was frightened when the hurricane was here?
Joe had felt frightened during the hurricane.
What is the past perfect tense verb and helping verb?

9. Future Perfect
The future perfect tense of a verb states that an action will begin some time in the future and end at a specific time in the future.
It is formed by adding will have or shall have before the main verb.
Sarah will have slept for three hours.
We will have practiced for thirty minutes.

10. Future Perfect
How can I say the new carpet will be finished by the time the baby learns to crawl?
By the time the baby crawls, I will have replaced all of the carpet in the living room.
What is the future perfect tense verb and helping verb?

11. Future Perfect
How can I say that the flight is a nine hour flight to Paris?
The plane will have been flying for nine hours by the time we arrive in Paris.
What is the future perfect tense verb and helping verb?

12. Identify The Perfect Tense Verb
This type of perfect tense verb states that an action will begin in the future and end at a specific time in the future.
This type of perfect tense verb states an action began and was completed in the past.
This type of perfect verb tense states an action that happened some time in the past.
This type of perfect tense verb is formed by using has or have before the main verb.
This type of perfect tense verb is formed by using had before the main verb.
This type of perfect tense verb is formed by using will have or shall have before the main verb.
Future Perfect
Past Perfect
Present Perfect
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect

13. Identify The Perfect Tense Verb Phrase
You will have won the spelling bee by then.
The children were tired today because they had stayed up late watching movies.
The students have met their 6th grade teacher already.
Mary has given up waiting for the bus to arrive.
By December, my grandmother will have reached her ninetieth birthday.
1.Future Perfect
2.Past Perfect
3.Present Perfect
4.Present Perfect
5.Future Perfect

14. Your Turn! Complete the practice sheet “Perfect Tense Verbs”.
You will work independently, with a partner, or in a small group.
We will check your work afterwards.