Perfect Tense Verbs

ELACC5L1b: Form and use perfect verb aspects

EQ: How do I form and use the perfect tense correctly?

Perfect Tense Verbs

• This tense is formed by using the forms of the helping verb HAVE with the past participle of the main verb.

–have + past participle

Forms of HAVE

• Past- had

• Present- has or have

• Future- will have

Past Participle

• The past participle of a verb is a form of the verb that usually ends in -ed. This verb form is used with the helping verbs have, has, or had.– Talk-talked– Smile-smiled– Watch-watched

• That’s true for regular verbs that follow the rules!

Irregular Verbs

• Irregular verbs don’t follow the rules. You can’t just add –ed to them. You use these all of the time.

Go Went

Run Ran

Sing Sang

Swim Swam

Past Participle with Irregular Verbs

• Some irregular verbs have a special form when used with have.

• You know most of these as well.

Base Past Past

Participle(with have)

Go Went Gone

Swim Swam Swum

Sing Sang Sung

Sentence Practice

• I have (eat) ______________ at the restaurant many times.

• My brother (forgive) ________ me after I apologized for taking his favorite toy.

• Have you ever (ride) __________ a horse before?

Sentence Practice

• I (fly) ___________ a remote control helicopter after school yesterday.

• I have (drive) ______ across the country with my family on a long road trip.