Ser de otro país: perfect tense -ar regular -ado, irregular past participles
I can use the perfect tense in the context of the societal integration of Latin American immigrants.
Ser de otro país: perfect tense -ar regular -ado, irregular past participles
I can use the perfect tense in the context of the societal integration of Latin American immigrants.
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Key learning points
- The perfect tense is used to express what has happened.
- To conjugate singular forms of the perfect tense, use 'he', 'has' or 'ha' (from 'haber') + past participle.
- To form the past participle of regular -ar verbs, remove the -ar and add -ado.
- Common irregular past participles are 'escrito' (written), 'hecho' (done, made), 'visto' (seen) and 'puesto' (put).
Keywords
Perfect tense - tense used to express what has happened, e.g. 'I have listened', 'I have bought'
Past participle - form of a verb used to form the perfect tense, e.g. 'listened', 'bought'
He - part of 'haber' meaning 'I have', used to form the perfect tense
Has - part of 'haber' meaning 'you have', used to form the perfect tense
Ha - part of 'haber' meaning 'she, he, it has', used to form the perfect tense
Common misconception
The Spanish translation of 'I have' + past participle, e.g. 'I have listened', is 'tengo' + past participle, e.g. 'tengo escuchado'.
The Spanish translation of 'I have listened' is 'he escuchado'. In Spanish, the auxiliary verb used in the formation of the perfect tense is 'haber', not 'tener'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
to manage to
law
to rent, renting
to increase, increasing
hard
abroad, foreigner
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to deny, refuse
strike
tax
campaign
citizen
peace
Q3.Which of these is a silent letter in Spanish?
Q4.Which verbs are in their infinitive form?
Q5.Which part of the verb 'desarrollar' (to develop, developing) shows that it is an infinitive?
Q6.When conjugating verbs in Spanish, the first step is often to remove the ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
to adopt, adopting
outskirts
attitude
start
apart from
recently
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to train, training
to provide, supply
discrimination
impacto
report
towards
Q3.Match the singular forms of 'haber'.
I have
you have
she, he, it has