(AI) - Review of Present Perfect Lesson

Review of Present Perfect

As the name implies, the present perfect is a type of present tense conjugation involving a past participle. In English it looks something like this:  

John has visited his grandparents numerous times.

How do we translate this sentence? In Spanish, we'll need to choose the conjugation of "haber" that agrees with our subject, John. The present tense forms of haber (which can only be used with a past participle) are:

Chart of present tense forms of haber he, hemos, has, habéis, ha han, with a past participle

 

The past participle of "to visit" (visitar) is "visitado." Therefore, our translation will look like this: 

John ha visitadl a sus abuelos muchas veces.

 

Now, watch the following video lesson to review how to form the present perfect tense. We suggest you pause the video when needed, be prepared to take notes, and answer the questions in this video lesson.

En Resumen: To form the past participle, simply drop the infinitive ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and add -ado (for -ar verbs) or -ido (for -er, -ir verbs).  

hablar - ar + ado = hablado  

comer -  er + ido = comido  

vivir  -  ir + ido = vivido  

The following common verbs have irregular past participles:

Chart of Spanish common verbs with irregular past participles. Abrir, to open abierto. opened, cubrir, to cover, cubierto, covered, decir, to say, cicho, said, escribir, to write, escrito, written, freir, to fry, frito, fried, hacer, to do, hecho, done, morir, to die, muerto, died, poner, to put, puesto, put, resolver, to resolve, resuelto, resolved, romper, to break, roto, broken, volver, to return, vuelto, returned, ver, to see, visto, seen

*Note that compound verbs based on irregular verbs inherit the same irregularities. Here are a few examples: componer → compuesto and devolver → devuelto  

Present Perfect Review Activity

Apply what you've learned in the video lesson. Please complete the following activity.

Mira y Escucha

Please watch the following video.

Entonces, completa las frases:  

Based on the video, complete the following activity.

 

Escucha y Completa

Please listen to the audio clip below.  

Note: Here are some new vocabulary words to learn from this listening activity:

Averiguar: To figure out

Ser muy transparente: To be clear, to be honest, to be transparent

Mensualidades: Monthly payments

Agradecer: To appreciate

 

Completa las frases. Please complete the following activity.

 

 

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