By: Musaadah
This article will explain about the meaning of all perfect tense verbs—including the future perfect. Use the Perfect Tense to express a relationship between two times, two states or two actions.
Examples:
Past perfect: When I had eaten, I went to garden.
First: I ate Second: I went to garden
Present perfect: We have been in the Indonesia since 2000.
First: Before 2000 Second: 2000 to the present
Present perfect: We have never eaten Indonesian food.
First: All the time before now Second: Now
Compare the sentences above with a sentence in the simple past.
Last night We had Indonesian food.
(In this case, we are only concerned with one time - last night)
This article will explain about the meaning of all perfect tense verbs—including the future perfect. Use the Perfect Tense to express a relationship between two times, two states or two actions.
Examples:
Past perfect: When I had eaten, I went to garden.
First: I ate Second: I went to garden
Present perfect: We have been in the Indonesia since 2000.
First: Before 2000 Second: 2000 to the present
Present perfect: We have never eaten Indonesian food.
First: All the time before now Second: Now
Compare the sentences above with a sentence in the simple past.
Last night We had Indonesian food.
(In this case, we are only concerned with one time - last night)
