CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1b
The Standard
Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to form and use past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect verbs. They should connect each tense to time: something completed before a past moment, something started or completed by now, and something completed before a future moment.
Mastery means students choose the tense that fits the timeline and use have, has, or had with the past participle correctly. Common trouble spots are using simple past instead, mixing up has and have, and using the wrong participle, like “have went” instead of “have gone.”
Ways to Teach It
- Have students build verb tense timelines with sticky notes labeled had eaten, has eaten, and will have eaten.
- Ask students to explain the difference between “I finished,” “I have finished,” and “I had finished.”
- Give five sentences with blanks for had, has, have, or will have, and have students complete them independently.
- Use sports or homework deadlines to write sentences like, “By Friday, I will have completed my project.”
Before This Standard
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1e
Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1d
Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1e
Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.