Language/English/Grammar/Perfect-Tenses
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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.