Compound Tenses

Question 1

How do you form the perfect tense?

Answer 1

Present Haber + Past Participle.

Question 2

What is the present tense conjugation of haber?

Answer 2

He, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han.

Question 3

What are the past participle endings?

Answer 3

-ado and -ido.

Question 4

Irregular past participles:

Abrir, cubrir, descubrir, decir, volver, devolver, disolver, resolver, ir

Answer 4

Abierto, cubierto, descubierto, dicho, vuelto, devuelto, disuelto, resuelto, ido.

Question 5

Irregular past participles:

Escribir, describir, freír, hacer, satisfacer, morir, poner, romper, ver.

Answer 5

Escrito, descrito, frito, hecho, satisfecho, muerto, puesto, roto, visto.

Question 6

Can haber + past participle be separated?

Answer 6

No.

Question 7

What is the use of the perfect tense?

Answer 7

To express something which has happened in the recent past, describe events which are still relevant to something which is happening now. Has/have. Finished. Have…ed.

Question 8

How do you form the pluperfect tense?

Answer 8

Imperfect Haber + past participle

Question 9

What is the imperfect conjugation of haber?

Answer 9

Había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían.

Question 10

When is the pluperfect tense used?

Answer 10

Tells us what has happened before other events expressed in perfect/preterite. Had done. Finished when something else happened. Step back in time.

Question 11

How do you form the future perfect tense?

Answer 11

Future Haber + past participle.

Question 12

What does the future perfect represent?

Answer 12

Will have done. Something that will have happened.

Question 13

What is the future conjugation of haber?

Answer 13

Habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán.

Question 14

How do you form the conditional perfect tense?

Answer 14

Conditional Haber + Past Participle.

Question 15

What does the conditional perfect represent?

Answer 15

Would have done. Something that would have happened.

Question 16

What is the conditional conjugation of haber?

Answer 16

Habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían.

Question 17

What is the impersonal ‘se’ used for?

Answer 17

Describe an action done by ‘people in general’ or ‘you’.

Question 18

How is the impersonal ‘se’ formed?

Answer 18

Se + 3rd person singular.

Question 19

What is the passive used for?

Answer 19

Describes what has happened to something or somebody.

Question 20

How is the passive formed?

Answer 20

Appropriate tense of ser/estar + past participle. (ado/ido)

Question 21

What is the agent of the passive introduced by?

Answer 21

Por

Question 22

When using passive:
When do you use ser?
When do you use estar?

Answer 22

Ser = Action.
Estar = State resulting from action.

Question 23

How do we avoid using the passive?

Answer 23

Se + part 3/6 of verb.
OR
Making sentence active e.g. fue robado -> se le robo.
OR 
Impersonal 'se'

Question 24

What are impersonal statements usually followed by?

What about passive?

Answer 24

Infinitive.

Object.

Question 25

Why might you use the impersonal ‘se’ to avoid the passive?

Answer 25

Get over phrases where subject would’ve been indirect object if verb had been active. Verb stays singular if English subject is plural. Also used like ‘one’, if verb reflexive, uno must be used.