* PERFECT TENSE ** OBJECTIVES 1. Define perfect tense 2. Identify the past and past participle form of a verb 3. use perfect tense in sentences ** CONTENT *** TENSES In Grammar, Tense is a category that expresses time reference, tenses are usually manifested by the use of specific forms of verbs, particularly in their conjuguation/ *** PERFECT TENSES These describe completed actions of something, and this is sometimes called the complete tense. It covers the past perfect tense, the present perfectt tense and the future perfect tense. **** PRESENT PERFECT Refers to ana ction or state that iether occured at indefinite time in the past (e.g. we have talked before) Or became in the past and continued to thepresent time (e.g he has grown impatient over th last hour) Using has/have + past participle NOTE THIS: you can't u1se it when you are being specific about the certain event. **** PAST PERFECT This is an activity that was finished before another event in the past, it also showws an action or condition in the past that camebefore another action or condittion in the past We use "Had + past participle" here. To form the past perfect, use "had followed by a past participlle verb" For the second action, use before or by the time......... teacher ang bilis mo. **** FUTURE PERFECT When you know that one future action will be completed before another future action, an action or condition in the future that will occcur before another action or condition in the future We use "will have + past participle" or maybe "shall" but will have.