Friday, April 27, 2012

Perfect Tense Matrix

Learning the Perfect tenses can be very challenging for ESL students. I have created a matrix that helps identify the required elements to create each Perfect tense.  I hope this is helpful to you all!

PERFECT TENCESHASHAVEHADBEENPAST PARTICIPLE2ND ACTION REQUIRED2ND ACTION TENSE
Present PerfectYesYesNoNoYesNoN/A
Past PerfectNoNoYesNoYesYesSimple Past
Future PerfectNoYesNoNoYesYesSimple Present
Present Perfect ProgressiveYesYesNoYesNoNoN/A
Past Perfect ProgressiveNoNoYesYesNoYesSimple Past
Future Perfect ProgressiveNoYesNoYesNoYesSimple Present