Past Participles
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Examples of past participles in English:
o ________________________________________________________
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In Spanish, the past participle is formed by dropping the infinitive ending and adding
__________ (for -ar verbs) or _________ (for -er and -ir verbs)
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Examples of REGULAR past participles:
o Comer: _____________________________
o Vivir: _______________________________
o Hablar: _____________________________
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Irregular past participles:
abrir
cubrir
Other
irregulariti
es:
decir
escribir
freír
hacer
morir
Verbs that end with -er
or -ir with roots that
end in a vowel need an
added accent on the
_____ of the past
participle ending.
Examples:
poner
Creer: _____________
resolver
Oír:_______________
romper
ver
volver
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NOTE: verbs ending in
-uir are exceptions to
this rule.
We have already used some of these past participles as adjectives in the past. NOTE: if
you use them as adjectives you must match ________________ and _______________ to
the word they describe.
The perfect tenses:
The perfect tenses are formed by using the verb “has” or “have” with the past
participle. The verb used for “has” or “have” in this tense is the verb ____________
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English Examples: I have eaten. They have studied. We had jumped. They
will have written
Present perfect:
[Present tense conjugation of haber] +
[past participle]
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NOTE: Since you are using the past participle as part of the verb rather than as an
adjective you don’t need to match _____________________ -- the past participle
doesn’t change.
Haber (present tense)
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Examples:
o I have studied.  Yo he estudiado._____________________________________
o They have eaten.  Ellos han comido.___________________________________
o We have paid.  __________________________________________________
o You (s. inf.) have lived.  ____________________________________________
o You all haven’t eaten.  _____________________________________________
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NOTE: When working with a direct object, indirect object, or reflexive pronoun used with
the verb the pronoun goes ______________________ the first verb (haber, the auxiliary
verb).
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Examples:
o I have brushed my teeth.  ___________________________________________
o He has bathed.  __________________________________________________
o We have left.  ____________________________________________________