More practice on the Spanish present perfect. Includes both regular and irregular past participles. Intermediate level.
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Irregular past participles — the key ones — The most common irregular participles: hacer → hecho, decir → dicho, ver → visto, poner → puesto, volver → vuelto, abrir → abierto, escribir → escrito, romper → roto, morir → muerto, cubrir → cubierto. All other present perfect rules (auxiliary, position, invariability) stay the same.
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Adverbs that pair naturally with the present perfect — Certain time adverbs collocate naturally with the present perfect: ya (already), todavía no / aún no (not yet), alguna vez (ever), nunca (never), siempre (always — in this context). ¿Has comido alguna vez sushi? Nunca he estado en Japón.
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The participle never changes in compound tenses — A very common error is making the participle agree with the subject: Ella ha comido (not comida). Las niñas han llegado (not llegadas). Agreement only occurs when the participle is used as an adjective: La puerta está abierta — here it follows estar and acts like an adjective.
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Practice conjugating the present perfect tense in Spanish:
Example: Yo he visto la película. (ver)