Verbs in Perfect Tense

Luisa has written to the mayor about the smog problem.

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By next year, that iron shop will have been in business for 100 years.

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By lunchtime, I had read almost the entire book.

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Most of the teachers have left already.

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The Merrills will have lived in Kentucky for six years in May.

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The hawk has flown to its nest.

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The stallion will have run many miles.

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The sky had opened up and there was a storm.

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The storm will have washed away the tracks.

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They have crossed the river.

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• past perfect
• future perfect