The Present Perfect

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Realidades 3
 The Present Perfect
•In English we form the
present perfect tense by
combining have or has
with the past participle of
a verb: he has seen,
have you tried?, they
haven’t eaten.
 The Present Perfect
•To form the past
participle of a verb in
Spanish, you add
-ado to the stem of -ar
verbs and -ido to the
stem of most -er/-ir
verbs.
 The Present Perfect
•To form the present
perfect tense, we
combine this past
participle with the
present tense of the verb
haber.
 The Present Perfect
•We generally use the
Spanish present perfect
in the same way we use
its English equivalent.
 The Present Perfect
I have rented We have rented

You have rented

He, She It They have

has rented rented
 The Present Perfect
he alquilado hemos
alquilado
has alquilado
habéis
alquilado
ha alquilado

han alquilado
 The Present Perfect
I have chosen We have chosen

You have chosen

He, She It They have

has chosen chosen
 The Present Perfect
he escogido hemos
escogido
has escogido
habéis
escogido
ha escogido

han escogido
 The Present Perfect
I have decided We have
decided
You have
decided

He, She It They have

has decided decided
 The Present Perfect
he decidido hemos
decidido
has decidido
habéis
decidido
ha decidido

han decidido
 The Present Perfect
•No he reparado la
bicicleta todavía.
•I haven’t repaired the
bicycle yet.
 The Present Perfect
•¿Qué trabajos has
tenido?
•What jobs have you had?
 The Present Perfect
•Notice that when the
past participle is used
with forms of haber, the
final -o never changes.
 The Present Perfect
•Ricardo ha grabado su
película favorita.
•Sus hermanos han
grabado una telenovela.
 The Present Perfect
•Certain verbs that have a
double vowel in the
infinitive form (except
those with the double
vowel ui ) require an
accent mark on the i in
the past participle.
 The Present Perfect
• Caer caído
• Leer leído
• Oír oído
• Creer creído
• Traer traído
• Reír reído
 The Present Perfect
•Notice that we place no
and other negative
words, object pronouns,
and reflexive pronouns
directly in front of the
form of the verb haber.
 The Present Perfect
•Has alquilado esa
película alguna vez?
•No, no la he alquilado
nunca.
 The Present Perfect
•Some verbs have
irregular past participles.
•Memorize this acronym:
•REVV MAC PHDD
R roto Romper
E escrito Escribir
V visto Ver
V vuelto Volver

M muerto Morir
A abierto Abrir
C cubierto Cubrir

P puesto Poner
H hecho Hacer
D dicho Decir
D devuelto Devolver