Letters, Words and Sentences
Subject Matter: English
Grade Level: Sixth Grade
Lesson Objective: Learners will demonstrate writing fluency and comprehension by identifying and using the past perfect, present perfect and future perfect verb tenses
1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions
Grammar
1.2 Identify and properly use indefinite pronouns and present perfect, past perfect, and
future perfect verb tenses; ensure that verbs agree with compound subjects.
Background: We will examine the uses and proper conjugations of the perfect verb tenses. We will examine the conjugations and ensure that they agree with subject, time and place.
Use the following websites to help you answer questions in your scavenger hunt.
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab: Perfects- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/01/
- Capital Community College: Sequencing Verbs- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sequence.htm
- The English Page: Present Perfect- http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html
Why are the perfect tenses so essential and when are they to be used?
Questions:
- How does the present perfect tense relate to a specificity of time?
- How does one correctly use the verb "have" to differentiate past perfect from present perfect?
- What is the difference between simple future statements and future perfect statements?
- When does the root verb change when using the perfect tense?
- Why can't the future perfect tense be used with sentences beginning with expressions of time (e.g.: I am going to see a movie when I will have finished my homework)?
