1. Present Perfect El presente perfecto

2. The present perfect tense is used when speaking of a past event without reference to any particular time. It brings the action right up the present.

3. Present Perfect examples in English: I have arrived. We have eaten. You have danced the tango. He has visited Spain.

4. The present perfect is called a compound tense because it consists of two parts.

5. Compound Tense = Verb tense with two parts

6. The present perfect has two parts: 1. the present tense of haber 2. a past participle

7. conjugation of haber + past participle = present perfect

8. Haber - to have (auxiliary, helping verb) he hemos has ha han yo tú él/ella/ud. nosotros ellos/ellas/uds. (I have) (you have) (he/she has) (we have) (they/you all have)

9. Past participle indicates a past or completed action Ejemplos: walked, ran, built, studied, worked, lived, moved, etc.

10. In Spanish, the past participle is formed by adding -ado to the stem of -AR verbs and -ido to the stem of -ER and -IR verbs. Ejemplos caminar (to walk)caminado (walked) llegar (to arrive)llegado (arrived) comer (to eat)comido (eaten) tener (to have)tenido (had) vivir (to live)vivido (lived)

11. The verb haber and the past participle are NEVER separated in a Spanish sentence. haber past participle

12. Now that you know the conjugations of haber and how to make a past participle, it is time to combine the two to make the present perfect tense:

13. Present Perfect Examples: He llegado (I have arrived) Has comido (you have eaten) Él ha salido (he has left) ella ha olvidado (she has forgotten) hemos bebido (we have drank) Ellos han vivido (they have lived) Uds. han llorado (You all have cried)

14. Expressions frequently used with the present perfect: ya - already, yet todavía no - not yet hasta ahora - until now, so far jamás - ever, never nunca - never

15. Checking for Understanding

16. When and why would you use the present perfect tense? when speaking of a past event without reference to any particular time

17. Give an English example of the present perfect tense

18. What is a compound tense? verb tense consisting of two parts

19. What are the two parts of the present perfect tense? haber + past participle

20. Haber - to have __ ____ ___ __ ___ yo tú él/ella/ud. nosotros ellos/ellas/uds. (I have) (you have) (he/she has) (we have) (they/you all have) Please conjugate: he has ha hemos han

21. What does the past participle express? a past or completed action

22. Please give an example of a past participle in English.

23. To form the past participle in Spanish, what ending to you put after the stem of an -AR verb? ado

24. To form the past participle in Spanish, what ending to you put after the stem of an -ER verb? ido

25. To form the past participle in Spanish, what ending to you put after the stem of an -IR verb? ido

26. comprar What is the past participle of the verb below? comprado

27. correr What is the past participle of the verb below? corrido

28. vivir What is the past participle of the verb below? vivido

29. Yo he viajado a México. Please translate the following to English: I have traveled to Mexico.

30. Tú has llegado a mi fiesta. Please translate the following to English: You have arrived at my party.

31. Ella no les ha hablado. Please translate the following to English: She has not spoken to them.

32. Ricardo no me ha hablado. Please translate the following to English: Ricardo has not spoken to me.

33. Mis padres han ido al aeropuerto. Please translate the following to English: My parents have went to the airport.

34. Sophia has arrived. Please translate the following to Spanish: Sophia ha llegado.

35. The dog has eaten the pork chop. Please translate the following to Spanish: El perro ha comido la chuleta de cerdo.

36. I have walked in a parade. Please translate the following to Spanish: He desfilado.

37. We have spoken Spanish. Please translate the following to Spanish: Hemos hablado español.

38. El fin