Some of you may have received no grammar instruction at all; others may have been offered it in a random fashion, eclipsing its true function. Grammar provides a whole cohesive system concerning the formation and transmission of language. | PERFECT TENSES 123 For example She had driven. I I past tense past participle This tense takes us another step back in time. The action was completed before another one took place. For example He had eaten it before I arrived. I I I auxiliary past participle past tense I I past perfect tense pluperfect The future perfect tense Both auxiliaries to have and to be are used to form the future perfect tense. This tense shows that an action will have been completed at some time in the future. For example They will have driven 200 km by the time they arrive. Ill auxiliaries past participle A table of perfect tenses - active voice Past perfect Present perfect Future perfect Singular Person 1st I had hidden I have hidden I shall have hidden 2nd You had hidden You have hidden You will have hidden 3rd He she it had He she it has He she it will have hidden hidden hidden 124 GRAMMAR FOR EVERYONE A table of perfect tenses - active voice continued Plural Person 1st We had hidden We have hidden We shall have hidden 2nd You had hidden You have hidden You will have hidden 3rd They had hidden They have hidden They will have hidden A table of perfect tenses - passive voice Past perfect Present perfect Future perfect Singular Person 1st I had been told I have been told I shall have been told 2nd You had been told You have been told You will have been told 3rd He she it had been told He she it has been told He she it will have been told Plural Person 1st We had been told We have been told We shall have been told 2nd You had been told You have been told You will have been told 3rd They had been told They have been told They will have been told PERFECT TENSES 125 Activities perfect tenses 1. Students take turns to mime an action and the others guess or write A down what the action is. The answers will be present participles such as laughing cooking etc. Students should think up their own actions. 2. Students complete a tense table with the verb to forget in the active voice. Past .
