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Unit Goals   Grammar Notes     Warm-up

Unit Goals In this unit you will learn about:
  1. Present Perfect
    "I've been in New York several times."

  2. Future Perfect
    "By the end of this year, I'll have created three web sites."

  3. Future Perfect Progressive
    "By this time next week, I will have been working on this project."
  4. Perfect Past
    "I had worked for that university for 14 years before I quit"




Grammar Notes
  1. The PRESENT PERFECT TENSE is formed with a present tense form of "to have" + the past participle of the verb.

  2. This tense indicates either that an action was completed (finished or "perfected") at some point in the past or that the action extends to the present.

  3. The FUTURE PERFECT TENSE indicates that an action will have been completed (finished or "perfected") at some point in the future.

  4. The PAST PERFECT TENSE indicates that an action was completed (finished or "perfected") at some point in the past before something else happened.

  5. The PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates a continuous action that has been finished at some point in the past or that was initiated in the past and continues to happen.

  6. The FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates a continuous action that will be completed at some point in the future.

  7. The PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates a continuous action that was completed at some point in the past.


Warm-up

  1. By the end of the year, she ___ with a degree in business.
    a. already graduates
    b. will have already graduated
    c. has already graduated

  2. As soon as I ___ home, it started to rain heavily.
    a. get
    b. got
    c. will have gotten

  3. We ___ the chance to visit many museums in Paris last vacation.
    a. had
    b. had had
    c. have had

  4. I ___ on this project for days without success.
    a. have been worked
    b. have been working
    c. had being worked

  5. Next month we ___ our 5th wedding anniversary.
    a. will be celebrated
    b. will have been celebrating
    c. will be celebrating




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