2. Chapter 5 Aventura 3 The Present Perfect

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. The Present Perfect To form the present perfect tense, we combine this past participle with the present tense of the verb haber.

6. The Present Perfect We generally use the Spanish present perfect in the same way we use its English equivalent.

7. The Present Perfect I have eaten You have eaten He, She, It has eaten We have eaten They have eaten

8. The Present Perfect Yo he comido Tu has comido El, Ella ha comido Nosotros hemos comido Ustedes han comido Ellos, Ellas han comido

9. The Present Perfect No he reparado la bicicleta todavía. I haven’t repaired the bicycle yet.

10. The Present Perfect ¿Qué trabajos has tenido? What jobs have you had?

11. 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.

12. The Present Perfect Caer Leer Oír Creer Traer Reír caído leído oído creído traído reído

13. 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.

14. The Present Perfect Has alquilado esa película alguna vez? (Have you ever rented that movie?) No, no la he alquilado nunca.