The question is asking you to identify the present perfect and past perfect verb forms.
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Tick each sentence to show if it is written using the present perfect or past perfect verb form.
| Present perfect | Past perfect | |
| Jess had completed the puzzle before lunch. | ||
| Angus has lived here since last August. | ||
| After we had been to the museum, we went to the shop. |
- Read the question carefully and read it again. What is it asking you to do?
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- Look at the way the verb to have is used. The present tense have or has is used for the present perfect; the past form had is used for the past perfect.
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Had completed and had been use the past tense. Has lived uses the present tense.
- Tick the correct boxes in the table.
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| Present perfect | Past perfect | |
| Jess had completed the puzzle before lunch. | ✔ | |
| Angus has lived here since last August. | ✔ | |
| After we had been to the museum, we went to the shop. | ✔ |
- Check your answer.