E-Lecture - Perfect Verb Tense

Perfect verb tense is used to show an action that is complete and finished, or perfected. This tense is expressed by adding one of the auxiliary verbs — have, has, or had — to the past participle form of the main verb.

For example: I have seen the movie that was nominated for an Academy Award.

This sentence expresses that the speaker has finished watching a particular movie.

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