The Perfect Tenses: It's A Latin Word Per Factus' Completely Done
The Perfect Tenses: It's A Latin Word Per Factus' Completely Done
The Perfect Tenses: It's A Latin Word Per Factus' Completely Done
In all the examples that we have looked so far, the verb in the
past perfect form has proceeded the verb in the past tense
form. This sequence seems perfectly logical since the past
perfect event has to occur before the second past-tense event
occurs.
Logically it may be, but that is not the way English
works. In fact the two events can be presented in either
order.
He will have packed all the boxes before she has printed all the
labels.
Before she has printed all the labels, he will have packed all the
boxes.
exercise
Replace one of the italicized base form verbs with the
future perfect. Replace the other italicized base-form verb
with either the present or present perfect, as appropriate.
The train leave by the time we get to the station.
The train will have left the station by the time we have
gotten there.
1) The cement harden before we get it all poured.
2) Hopefully, the snow plows clear the roads before we
leave the freeway.
3) We starve to death before the waiter bring us our order.
Jane walk back home before the bus arrive.
The audience forget the details by the time the speaker
finish.