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'''Perfect Tenses'''
'''Perfect Tenses'''
The 3 perfect tenses in English show actions already completed. The word perfect literally means "completely done".
The 3 perfect tenses in English show actions already completed. The word perfect literally means "completely done".



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Perfect Tenses

The 3 perfect tenses in English show actions already completed. The word perfect literally means "completely done".

They are formed as followed:

to have (with the appropriate tense) + the past participle of the verb.

Present Perfect

I have eaten.

Past Perfect

I had eaten.

Future Perfect

I will have eaten.