Exercise 2

Correct the following sentences in which the past time form is used instead of the past participle. Look up the word in the list of irregular verbs and use the past participle instead of the past time form.

  1. I have saw it often.
  2. He had shook his fist.
  3. She has sang for us.
  4. The boat has sank here.
  5. He has spoke the truth.
  6. They had stole the books.
  7. He has swore to the truth.
  8. He had took the wrong road.
  9. She has tore her dress.
  10. He had threw the ball away.
  11. The girl had wore the dress.
  12. He had wrote the letters.
  13. He had drank too much.
  14. He had rode the horse.
  15. The sun has rose.
  16. He has bore his part.
  17. They have began already.
  18. The wind has blew all night.
  19. It had broke when it fell.
  20. He has chose the right.
  21. You have did your duty.
  22. He has ate his breakfast.
  23. A heavy rain has fell.
  24. They had gave it to me.
  25. He has became rich.
  26. It has grew rapidly.
  27. He has knew it always.
  28. He has mistook her for another.

FUTURE PERFECT TIME

127. We find also that we need a verb phrase to express time before some other future time, to describe an action that will be finished, perfected, or completed, before some other future action. Thus,

Can you not see a difference in saying, I shall work thirty days when pay-day comes, and I shall have worked thirty days when pay-day comes? The first sentence expresses simple future time, or what you will do when pay-day comes; the second describes an action which will be completed or perfected before pay-day comes. So there is quite a difference in the meaning of the future and the future perfect time.

128. The future perfect time form expresses or describes an action that will be perfected or completed before some other future time. It is formed by using shall have or will have with the past participle.

Be careful to use the past participle. Never use the past time form with shall have or will have.

Future Perfect Time
Singular Plural
1st. I shall have seen. We shall have seen.
2d. You will have seen. You will have seen.
3d. He will have seen. They will have seen.