Perfect Tense
Directions:
On each line at the left write the form of the verb specified in parentheses.
Example:
_had bought_ Before Mr. Kaufman’s fourth child was born he (buy/past perfect) a heavy duty clothes washer.
_____________ 1. Unfortunately, Adam (forget/past perfect) to attend his memory skills seminar.
_____________ 2. By this time tomorrow, Tim (drive/future perfect) across four states.
_____________ 3. In order to kiss the Blarney stone in County Cork, Ireland. Padgett (climb/past perfect) at the state fair.
_____________ 4. Ira showed me the rubber snake he (win/past perfect) at the state fair.
_____________ 5. Scientists (measure/present perfect) winds of more than 150 miles an hour during severe thunderstorms.
_____________ 6. Over the summer Ronnie (learn/past perfect) to dance the rhumba, the tango, and the lambada.
_____________ 7. By Tuesday I (spend/future perfect) my whole paycheck.
_____________ 8. Arthur (take/present perfect) four days off this week in order to participate in a croquet tournament.
_____________ 9. By next year Eloise and Isaac (build/future perfect) their own log cabin.
_____________ 10. Carmel’s mathematics professor (inspire/present perfect) her to become a math major.