1. Perfect
Verb Forms
Progressive 2
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2. The Perfect and Progressive Verb Forms
Both use helping verbs.

3. The Perfect Verb Form
The perfect verb form uses the helping verb to have. I have finished eating my vegetables. I had watched this program before they replaced the main actress. We will have finished the research before preparing the argument.

4. The Perfect Verb Form
The perfect verb form uses the helping verb to have. I have finished eating my vegetables. The helping verb, have, not the main verb illustrates the tense. HAVE finished = present perfect

5. I have finished eating my vegetables.
The Perfect Verb Form
I have finished eating my vegetables.
Subject
Simple predicate
Direct object
vegetables ea
ting I
have finished my
What have I finished?
eating my vegetables

6. The Perfect Verb Form
The perfect verb form uses the helping verb to have. I had watched this program before they replaced the main actress. The helping verb, have, not the main verb illustrates the tense. HAD finished = past perfect

7. I had watched this program before they replaced the main actress.
The Perfect Verb Form
I had watched this program before they replaced the main actress. I
had watched
program
this
before
they
replaced
actress
the
main

8. The Perfect Verb Form
The perfect verb form uses the helping verb to have. We will have finished the research before preparing the argument. The helping verb, have, not the main verb illustrates the tense. will HAVE finished = future perfect

9. We will have finished the research before preparing the argument.
The Perfect Verb Form
We will have finished the research before preparing the argument.
Phrase
What will we have finished?
When were we preparing? We
will have finished
research
prep
the
What were we preparing?
aring
argument
before
the

10. Verbs in the perfect tense are already done … or perfect.
The Perfect Verb Form
Verbs in the perfect tense are already done … or perfect.