Pequeños grandes cambios: perfect and present tenses
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the present and perfect tenses to talk about small changes that have a big impact on our lives.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The perfect tense is used to express what has happened.
- To conjugate the perfect tense, use 'he', 'has', 'ha', 'hemos', 'habéis' or 'han' (from 'haber') + past participle.
- To form the past participle of regular verbs, remove the -ar/-er/-ar and add -ado (-ar verbs) or -ido (-er/-ir verbs).
- Remember to use the correct ending to refer to the right person in the present tense.
Keywords
Perfect tense - tense used to express what has happened, e.g. 'I have listened', 'I have bought'
Haber - special verb that helps form the perfect tense in Spanish, translated as 'have, has' in English, e.g. 'I have lived', 'he has spoken'
Auxiliary - verb that helps form part of a 2-verb tense structure
Past participle - form of a verb used to form the perfect tense, e.g. 'listened', 'bought'
Common misconception
All past participles in Spanish end in -ado (-ar verbs) or -ido (-er/-ir verbs).
Although most Spanish past participles do follow these regular patterns, some verbs have irregular past participles which just need to be learnt, e.g. 'escrito' ('written'), 'visto' ('seen'), 'hecho' ('done'), 'dicho' ('said').
Teacher tip
Teachers can end this lesson with a gratitude and micro-habit reflection exercise using sentence stems that clearly distinguish the tenses, e.g. 'Hoy estoy agradecido/a por/porque' and 'Cada día' + verb in the present tense.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'also, as well, besides'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'both books are here on the table'.
Q5.Write in English: 'es el dueño de la casa'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'it is still broken'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which verb does not have an irregular past participle?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the verbs and pronouns.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'I have spoken and you have eaten'. Do not include the pronouns.
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