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Verb Tense TITLE of Booklet 6 Types Verb Tenses Present Past Future Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect Present Tense (Tab 2) Present tense may express action which is going on at the present time or which occurs always, repeatedly, or habitually. Example: He eats cereal for breakfast every day. Past Tense (Tab 3) Past tense expresses action completed at a definite time in the past. Examples: 1. He wrote the letter yesterday. 2. She lived to be 90 years old. Future Tense (Tab 4) Future tense expresses action which will take place in the future. It uses the helping verbs will or shall* and the present tense form of the verb). Examples: He will send the letter tomorrow. I shall wait here until you return. Present Perfect Tense (Tab 5) Present perfect tense expresses action completed at the present time (perfect means complete) or begun in the past and continuing into the present. This tense uses the helping verbs has and have and the past participle of the verb. Examples: He has written a letter to his uncle. (completed action) The Waltons have lived here for seven years. (continuing) Past Perfect Tense (Tab 6) Past perfect tense expresses action completed before certain time in the past. (This is the before-past tense.) It uses the helping verb had and the past participle of the verb. Example: She had written the letter before I saw her. Future Perfect Tense (Tab 7) Future perfect tense expresses action which will be completed before a certain time in the future. (This is the before-future tense) It uses the helping verbs will have or shall have and the past participle of the verb. Example: He will have finished the paper before next Friday.