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The Perfect Tense

The Perfect Tense. How do you form the perfect?. The perfect tense is formed by using the correct form of the helping verb (haber) together with the past participle. In English the helping verb is the verb ‘have’

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The Perfect Tense

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  1. The Perfect Tense

  2. How do you form the perfect? • The perfect tense is formed by using the correct form of the helping verb (haber) together with the past participle. • In English the helping verb is the verb ‘have’ • In English the past participle is formed by adding ‘-ed’ to the verb (unless it is an irregular past participle)

  3. What is the perfect tense in English? • I have played • I have seen • I have worked • We have danced.

  4. Haber (the helping verb for this tense) • He Hemos • Has Habéis • Ha Han

  5. How to form the past participle: • In English, the past participle is formed by adding ‘-ed’ to the verb • In Spanish, the past participle is formed by dropping the verb ending (-ar/-er/-ir), and then adding the correct ending: • -ar verbs, add ‘-ado’ • -er/-ir verbs, add ‘-ido’

  6. Examples of past participles in Spanish • hablar= hablado (spoken) • comer= comido (eaten) • vivir= vivido (lived) • comprar= comprado(bought) • venir=venido(come) • jugar= jugado (played)

  7. Conjugating the present perfect tense: • yo/hablar= yo he hablado(I have spoken) • tú/comer= tú has comido(you have eaten) • ella/tener= ella ha tenido(she has had) • nosotros/mirar= nosotroshemosmirado • vosotros/estudiar= vosotroshabéisestudiado • ellas/perder= elloshanperdido

  8. I have eaten pizza. = Yo he comido pizza. • You have gone to the moon. = Tú has ido a la luna. • She has played soccer= Ella ha jugado el fútbol. • We have worked hard. =Nosotroshemostrabajadoduro. • Y’all have studied for the test.= Vosotroshabéisestudiadopara el examen. • They have had many tests. =Elloshantenidomuchosexamenes.

  9. 7. Juanito has lost the game. = Juanito ha perdido el partido. 8. Jason has run to school. =Jason ha corrido a la escuela. 9. We have left for the airport. = Nosotroshemossalidopara el aeropuerto. 10. They have had many tests. = Elloshantenidomuchosexamenes.

  10. Irregular Past Participles • R M P • E A H • V C D • V D • F

  11. Irregular Past Participles • R= ROTO (broken) ROMPER • E= ESCRITO (written) ESCRIBIR • V= VISTO (seen) VER • V= VUELTO (returned) VOLVER

  12. Irregular Past Participles • M= MUERTO (died) MORIR • A= ABIERTO (opened) ABRIR • C= CUBIERTO (convered) CUBRIR • P= PUESTO (put) PONER • H= HECHO (done/made) HACER • D= DICHO (said) DECIR • D= DESCUBIERTO (discovered) DESCUBRIR • F= FRITO (fried) FREIR

  13. PERFECT PRACTICE • I have seen Up. = Yo he visto Up. • We have done the homework. = Hemoshecho la tarea. • They have written a poem. =Han escrito un poem. • You have told a lie. = Has dichounamentira.

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