Perfect Forms
Past Perfect
• Two events that took place in the past, one before the other, not simultaneously.
• Form: had + past participle.
• Ex:
· When I got home, my husband had finished preparing dinner.
Present Perfect
• Used when the time is not finished or unknown.
• Form: have/has + past participle.
• Ex:
§ I have visited more than ten countries.
Future Perfect
· Something will be completed before a time in the future.
· Form: Subject + will + have + participle + objects.
· Ex:
§ Next year, we will have been married for 10 years.
