Yearbook Countdown: Has, Have, Had, and Will Have

Use a deadline list to choose and fix perfect tense verbs.

Use the countdown

Read the countdown list. Use it to answer questions 1 to 4.

The Brookside Elementary yearbook team must send its pages to the printer this week. Today is Wednesday.
Monday (done): Keiko sorted all the club photos.
Tuesday (done): Rafael wrote the sports captions.
Wednesday (today): The team is choosing a cover design.
Thursday (coming up): Dev will finish the last page.
Friday (coming up): Ms. Lindqvist will send the pages to the printer.

Use the countdown. Write the verb sort in the perfect tense that fits (two words).

As of today, Keiko all the club photos.

Use the countdown. Write the verb finish in the perfect tense that fits (three words).

By Thursday night, Dev the last page.

Use the countdown. Write the verb write in the perfect tense that fits (two words).

When the team met on Wednesday morning, Rafael the sports captions.

Today is Wednesday. Does each sentence match the countdown list? Sort the sentences.

Fix the verb

Each sentence has one underlined mistake in its perfect tense verb. Write the correct word or words.

The underlined word is the wrong form of the verb take. Write the correct form.

Dev has took pictures of every club this year.
Correct form:

The underlined word is the wrong form of the verb write. Write the correct form.

By the last day of school, our team will have wrote more than three hundred captions.
Correct form:

The underlined helping verb does not match the subject. Write the correct helping verb.

Keiko and Dev has worked on the yearbook since September.
Correct helping verb:

The drawing happened before the vote began. The underlined helping verb shows the wrong time. Write the correct helping verb.

Before the cover vote began this morning, Rafael has already drawn three designs.
Correct helping verb:

The underlined helping verb shows the wrong time. Write the correct helping verbs (two words).

By the time the pages go to the printer on Friday, Ms. Lindqvist has checked every page one last time.
Correct helping verbs:

Choose and write

Think about when each action happens or is finished.

10.

The team finished voting on a cover, and then lunch began. Which sentence shows this order correctly?

A. The team has voted on a cover before lunch began.B. The team had voted on a cover before lunch began.C. The team will have voted on a cover before lunch began.D. The team votes on a cover before lunch began.

11.

Ms. Lindqvist wants to tell families that the books will be printed before the last week of school. Which sentence says this?

A. By the last week of school, the printer had already printed every book.B. By the last week of school, the printer has printed every book.C. By the last week of school, the printer printed every book.D. By the last week of school, the printer will have printed every book.

12.

Write a sentence for the yearbook's "Year in Review" page. Use the present perfect tense (has or have + past participle) to tell something your class has done this year.