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Realidades 2

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 has rented
They have 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 has chosen
They have 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 has decided
They have decided

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

The Present Perfect
• No he alquilado un video hoy.
• I haven’t rented a video today.

The Present Perfect
• Qué programa han escogido?
• What program have they chosen?

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 grabad o su película favorita.
• Sus hermanos han grabad o 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
• Leer
• Oír
• Creer caído leído oído creído

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

M
A
C
V
V
R
E
P
H
D
D roto escrito visto vuelto
Romper
Escribir
Ver
Volver muerto abierto cubierto
Morir
Abrir
Cubrir puesto hecho dicho devuelto
Poner
Hacer
Decir
Devolver