Forming Perfect Tense Verbs

What perfect tense is used in the sentence below?

Shelby had already turned in her Math assignment when she realized she had missed a step.

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect

• perfect progressive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What perfect tense is used in the sentence below?

Nick will have missed an entire week of school if he is not here tomorrow.

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect

• perfect progressive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What perfect tense is used in the sentence below?

By the time they land in Tokyo, they will have been flying for 12 straight hours.

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect

• perfect progressive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What perfect tense is used in the sentence below?

Has Emily ever broken a bone?

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect

• perfect progressive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What perfect tense is used in the sentence below?

I can tell Jake has been eating ice cream even though he is allergic to it.

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect

• perfect progressive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What perfect tense is used in the sentence below?

Are you going to have visited your grandpa by the end of the weekend?

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect

• perfect progressive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct perfect tense of SING to complete this sentence:

Marcus ________________ the national anthem before the basketball team took the court.

• had sung

• have sang

• will have been singing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct perfect tense of TRY to complete this sentence:

I ___________ to run a mile in a long time.

• will have been trying

• have not tried

• will have tried

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct perfect tense of SLEEP to complete this sentence:

Baby Alexis _________ through the night three days in a row if she sleeps all night tonight.

• had slept

• have slept

• will have slept

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the sentence that uses the PAST PERFECT tense.

• I had never waterskied before last summer.

• Have you ever waterskied?

• Shane will have been waterskiing three years once August arrives.

• I waterskied around the lake three times before I finally let go of the rope.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D