Pretérito perfecto (present perfect)

Question 1

What is the pretérito perfecto used for? (2)

Give an example of it in English using ‘to finish’.

Answer 1

1. Describing actions in a time period that is NOT FINISHED.
2. When NOT SPECIFYING a date/time.

I have finished.

Question 2

How do you form the present perfect?

Answer 2

Use haber in the indicative as the auxillary verb, followed by the past participle of the verb being described.

Question 3

Present tense:

Yo (haber)

Answer 3

he

Question 4

Present tense:

Tú (haber)

Answer 4

has

Question 5

Present tense:

Él/ella/usted (haber)

Answer 5

ha

Question 6

Present tense:

Nosotros/as (haber)

Answer 6

hemos

Question 7

Present tense:

Vosotros/as (haber)

Answer 7

habéis

Question 8

Present tense:

ellos/ellas/ustedes (haber)

Answer 8

han

Question 9

How do you form the past participle of -ar verbs?

Answer 9

Take off the -ar and add -ado

Question 10

Do you form the past participle of -ir and -er verbs in the same way?

Answer 10

Yes.

Question 11

How do you form the past participle of -ir and -er verbs?

Answer 11

Remove the -ir/er and add -ido

Question 12

They use the present perfect all the time in Latam. True or false?

Answer 12

FALSE: they never use it, instead they use the past simple (pretérito indefinido) for everything.

Question 13

They use the present perfect in Spain. True or false?

Answer 13

True.

Question 14

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of abrir?

Answer 14

abierto (open)

Question 15

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of decir?

Answer 15

dicho (said)

Question 16

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of descubrir?

Answer 16

descubierto (discovered)

Question 17

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of escribir?

Answer 17

escrito (written)

Question 18

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of hacer?

Answer 18

hecho (done/made)

Question 19

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of morir?

Answer 19

muerto (died)

Question 20

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of poner?

Answer 20

puesto (put)

Question 21

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of romper?

Answer 21

roto (broken)

Question 22

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of ver?

Answer 22

visto (seen)

Question 23

Some past participles are irregular. What is the past participle of volver?

Answer 23

vuelto (returned)

Question 24

What are some examples of timeframes that are still ongoing, i.e. cases in which you’d use the present perfect? (4)

Answer 24

Today
This week
This month
This year

Question 25

Ser, estar, ir and tener are usually irregular in most tenses. Are they irregular in the present perfect?

Answer 25

No.

Question 26

What is the past participle of ser?

Answer 26

sido

Question 27

What is the past participle of estar

Answer 27

estado

Question 28

What is the past participle of ir?

Answer 28

ido

Question 29

What is the past participle of tener?

Answer 29

tenido

Question 30

What word is commonly used with the present perfect?

What does it mean?

Give an example with ‘he has eaten’.

Answer 30

ya

already (among other things)

él ya ha comido