1. El presente
perfecto

2. ¿Qué es el presente perfecto?
The present perfect is formed by
combining a helping verb (“have” or
“has”) with the past participle

3. Por ejemplo…
 For example:
 I have played tennis.
 She has sung at weddings.
 We have flown in a plane.

4. Para formar in inglés
 To form the present participle we combine the
helping verb “have/has” with a past participle
 For example, “I have been a lifeguard.”
 “I” is the subject
 “have” is the helping verb
 “been” is the past participle

5. Para formar en español
 In Spanish we form the present participle by
combining the present tense of the verb haber
(the helping verb, or el verbo auxiliar) with a past
participle
 For example:
 Yo he bailado.
I have danced.
 Nosotros no hemos estudiado para el examen.
We haven’t studied for the test.

6. The present tense of haber
he hemos
has habéis
ha han

7. Remember…
How to form the past participle:
 For –ar verbs, take the stem of the verb and add
–ado
Example: comprar → comprado
 For –er and –ir verbs, take the stem of the verb
and add –ido
Example: tener → tenido

8. Para formar…
Here are the present perfect forms of estudiar:
he estudiado hemos estudiado
has estudiado habéis estudiado
ha estudiado han estudiado

9. Para formar…
As you can see I have combined the
present forms of haber (the helping verbs)
he hemos
has habéis
ha han

10. …with the past participle of estudiar
he estudiado hemos estudiado
has estudiado habéis estudiado
ha estudiado han estudiado

11. Now you try…
On a sheet of paper, see if you can figure
out the present perfect forms for the verb
hablar:
he ________ hemos _______
has ________ habéis ________
ha ________ han ________

12. Is this what you came up with?
he hablado hemos hablado
has hablado habéis hablado
ha hablado han hablado

13. Let’s try another…
Now see if you can form the present perfect
forms of the verb tomar:
__ ________ ____ _______
___ ________ _____ ________
__ ________ ___ ________

14. Is this what you got?
he tomado hemos tomado
has tomado habéis tomado
ha tomado han tomado

15. Now let’s try an –er verb
See if you can come up with the present perfect
forms for comer:
__ ______ _____ ______
___ ______ ______ ______
__ ______ ___ ______

16. Is this what you came up with?
he comido hemos comido
has comido habéis comido
ha comido han comido

17. Let’s try another one…see if you can come up
with the present perfect tense of ir:
__ ___ _____ ___
___ ___ ______ ___
__ ___ ___ ______

18. Is this what you came up with?
he ido hemos ido
has ido habéis ido
ha ido han ido

19. Many of you may have assumed that ir had an
irregular past participle. Afterall, it does have an
irregular present participle. But ir is actually
regular in this tense. Here are some verbs that
are irregular in the past participle:

20. Not exactly irregular but…
-er and –ir verbs whose stems end in a vowel
have past participles ending in –ído
caer → caído creer → creído
leer → leído oír → oído
reír → reído traer → traído

21. Meet Revv Mac who is a Phd
 Roto (romper) Impreso (imprimir)
 Escrito (escribir) s
 Visto (ver) Puesto (poner)
 Vuelto (volver) Hecho (hacer)
Dicho (decir)
 Muerto (morir)
 Abierto (abrir)
 Cubierto (cubrir)

22. HO-HO-HO
Remember: all present perfect forms like Santa
 He comidO
 Has idO
 Hemos andadO