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What is the perfect tense?

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The perfect tense is a verb tense used to indicate that an action has been completed at some point in the past, present, or future.

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What are the three types of perfect tenses?

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1. Present Perfect 2. Past Perfect 3. Future Perfect

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What is the structure of the present perfect tense?

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The structure is 'has/have + past participle' (e.g., 'She has eaten').

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What is the structure of the past perfect tense?

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The structure is 'had + past participle' (e.g., 'They had finished').

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What is the structure of the future perfect tense?

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The structure is 'will have + past participle' (e.g., 'He will have completed').

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When do we use the present perfect tense?

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We use it to describe actions that occurred at an unspecified time before now or that started in the past and continue to the present.

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When do we use the past perfect tense?

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We use it to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past.

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When do we use the future perfect tense?

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We use it to describe an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future.

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What is a past participle?

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A past participle is a verb form that typically ends in -ed for regular verbs (e.g., 'walked') and varies for irregular verbs (e.g., 'gone').

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What is an example of a present perfect sentence?

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An example is 'I have visited Paris.'