Name: ___________________
Date: ____________________
Perfect Tense Exercises
Underline the past perfect, present perfect, or future perfect tense of the verb in each sentence. Label P for past, PR for present, or F for future.
Example: The researchers have traveled to many countries in order to collect more significant data. PR
1. Women have voted in presidential elections since 1921.
2. By the time the troops arrived, the war had ended.
3. By the time the troops arrive, the combat group will have spent several weeks waiting.
4. By next November, I will have received my promotion.
5. You have seen that movie many times.
6. By the time he gets home, she is going to have cleaned the entire house.
7. There have been many earthquakes in California.
8. You will have perfected your Spanish by the time you come back from Mexico.
9. People have not traveled to Mars.
10. You had studied fashion before you moved to New York.
11. I am not going to have finished this test by 3 o'clock.
12. She only understood the movie because she had read the book.
13. Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several times.
14. We were not able to get a hotel room because we had not booked in advance.
15. She had seen a bear before she moved to Alaska.
16. Before I arrived at the theater, the movie had already begun.
17. When I was young, I was a cowboy.
18. Kristine had never been to an opera before last night.
19. John is nervous about his test, but he has prepared, so I think he'll do fine.
20. I will have slept by the end of the week.