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Writing sentences in the perfect present tense

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Key learning points

  1. The verb carries the tense of a sentence.
  2. The perfect tense can denote present, past or future action.
  3. The perfect tense is a tense that makes use of an auxiliary verb from the infinitive 'to have' with the main verb.
  4. The auxiliary verb is followed by the past participle of the main verb in the perfect tense.

Keywords

  • Verb - a doing or being word

  • Perfect tense - a tense often used to refer to action that has finished

  • Auxiliary verb - the helping verb that is always paired with the main verb

  • Infinitive - any verb preceded by the word 'to'

Common misconception

Pupils may confuse the progressive and perfect tenses as both use an auxiliary verb.

Emphasise that the progressive uses 'being' auxiliary verbs and the perfect uses 'having' auxiliary verbs.

Draw pupils' attention to the irregular past participles we need to form the perfect tense (we ran > we have **run**). Encourage them to think about what sounds right and to say sentences aloud to check this.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What two kinds of word are always found in a progressive tense sentence?
Correct answer: A verb with an -ing suffix.
A verb with an -s suffix.
Correct answer: An auxiliary verb based on the infinitive 'to be'.
A verb with an -ly suffix.
Q2.
Match the keywords to their examples.
Correct Answer:Suffix,-ing

-ing

Correct Answer:Auxiliary verb,were

were

Correct Answer:Infinitive,to play

to play

Q3.
Tick all the sentences that use a progressive tense.
Correct answer: They are standing with us.
Correct answer: We were coping well with the situation.
Correct answer: She will be winning this match by any means possible.
She wins every match.
I ran through the park.
Q4.
Match each progressive tense to the example sentences.
Correct Answer:Progressive present,She is trying her best.

She is trying her best.

Correct Answer:Progressive past,She was trying her best.

She was trying her best.

Correct Answer:Progressive future,She will be trying her best.

She will be trying her best.

Q5.
Tick the sentences written in the progressive past tense throughout.
Correct answer: She was trying her best and he was wasting time.
Sofia is growing more confident, but Sam is feeling unsure.
Correct answer: When we were watching, he was behaving beautifully.
Q6.
Tick the sentences that are correctly formed in the progressive tense.
Correct answer: When Jun was talking, Lucas was giggling.
When Jun was talking, Lucas is giggling.
Correct answer: We will be swimming while Dad is sitting by the pool.
We will be swimming while Dad was sitting by the pool.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following would always be found in a perfect tense sentence?
A main verb with an -ing suffix.
Correct answer: A past tense form of a main verb.
An auxiliary verb based on the infinitive 'to be'.
Correct answer: An auxiliary verb based on the infinitive 'to have'.
Q2.
Match the sentences to the perfect tense used.
Correct Answer:Perfect past,Sam had eaten already.

Sam had eaten already.

Correct Answer:Perfect present,Sam has eaten already.

Sam has eaten already.

Correct Answer:Perfect future,Sam will have eaten already.

Sam will have eaten already.

Q3.
Which of these sentences use the perfect present tense?
We walked down Sam's street yesterday.
Correct answer: We have walked down Sam's street every day this week.
Correct answer: She has spoken French since she was born.
She spoke French when she was little.
Q4.
Tick the sentence that uses the perfect present tense correctly.
Since I was two, I lived on this street.
Since I was two, I has lived on this street.
Correct answer: Since I was two, I have lived on this street.
Q5.
Match the simple past tense verb to the correct past tense form of the verb that would be used in the perfect present tense.
Correct Answer:was,been

been

Correct Answer:drew,drawn

drawn

Correct Answer:knew,known

known

Correct Answer:spoke,spoken

spoken

Q6.
Choose the correct perfect present verb form to complete the gap: "Alex (to stand) in the queue for hours."
stood
was stood
Correct answer: has stood
will have stood