Perfect and Perfect Continuous tenses are quite significant in the rich grammar of the Kazakh language. Like English, Kazakh also makes use of these tenses to describe completed actions and ongoing actions that began in the past and have a connection to the present. The main difference between Perfect and Perfect Continuous tenses in Kazakh language lies in the emphasis: Perfect tense focuses on the completion of an action while the Perfect Continuous tense emphasizes the ongoing nature or repetition of an action.
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of Perfect tense
1. Men *ötken* saptardy ökilenimen (last week – one word cue)
2. Ol sweden’ge *barady* (went – one word cue)
3. Biz ne *koragandyk* (saw – one word cue)
4. Ol ne *baradyk* (went – one word cue)
5. Men shu kestey *korganamyn* (earlier – one word cue)
6. Biz ne *uyktyk* (slept – one word cue)
7. Men olar arasynda *turadymin* (between – one word cue)
8. Sen ne *uyktyng* (slept – one word cue)
9. Men ne *isledim* (worked – one word cue)
10. Biz birge *oyun oynagandyk* (played – one word cue)
11. Ol tuys *okugandy* (read – one word cue)
12. Men ama *oqudym* (read – one word cue)
13. Olar ne *tiligendi* (learned – one word cue)
14. Sen ne *biltiging* (known – one word cue)
15. Biz ne *bilingendik* (knew – one word cue)
Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the right form of Perfect Continuous tense
1. Men *zhastyru jorgudymin* (writing – one word cue)
2. Ol *oyun oynaugudy* (playing – one word cue)
3. Biz *kөruge otіrugendeіk* (watching – one word cue)
4. Sen *ugіlugіngіng* (smiling – one word cue)
5. Biz *oqugandyk* (studying – one word cue)
6. Olar *soyleugendiler* (singing – one word cue)
7. Men *barugudymin* (going – one word cue)
8. Sen *turuging* (standing – one word cue)
9. Biz *kөruge otyrugandyk* (watching – one word cue)
10. Ol *uykty* (sleeping – one word cue)
11. Men *ugіlugumein* (smiling – one word cue)
12. Sen *mugudyng* (moving – one word cue)
13. Biz *satuǵandyk* (sitting – one word cue)
14. Olar *tilmegendiler* (working – one word cue)
15. Sen *baruging* (going – one word cue)
