Grammar for high school admissions tests: Difference between revisions

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* note that the present perfect uses the past tense auxiliary verb (have/has), but the tense is still <u>present tense</u>
* note that the present perfect uses the past tense auxiliary verb (have/has), but the tense is still <u>present tense</u>


=== past perfect ===
==== past perfect ====
 
* uses "'''had'''" +  the simple past (past participle) form of the verb
* uses "'''had'''" +  the simple past (past participle) form of the verb
** "had" is the same for all cases (
** "had" is the same for all cases (
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* note the singular  
* note the singular  


=== future perfect ===
==== future perfect ====
 
* uses "'''will have'''" and +  the simple past (past participle) form of the verb
* uses "'''will have'''" and +  the simple past (past participle) form of the verb
* indicates an action that will commence at some point in the future  
* indicates an action that will commence at some point in the future  
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!present participle
!present participle
!past participle
!past participle
!style="background-color:#b3b3b3"|incorrect participle*
!perfect tense
!perfect tense
|-
|-
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|was
|was
|being
|being
|beeen
|been
|style="background-color:#cccccc"|
|have/has been
|have/has been
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|-
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|going
|going
|gone
|gone
|style="background-color:#cccccc"|went
|have/has gone
|have/has gone
|-
|-
|
|swim
|
|swim
|
|swam
|
|swimming
|
|swum
|
|style="background-color:#cccccc"|swam
|have/has swum
|}
|}


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*** = ''She said [that] the test was super easy''
*** = ''She said [that] the test was super easy''
**** so quotation marks are not necessary
**** so quotation marks are not necessary
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