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Perfect
tenses use a form of "to have" along with
the present participle of the verb or action stated.
The participle form in English is the "---ed"
form of a verb. |
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English
Verb Infinitive |
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English
Past Participle |
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to
study |
->
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studied |
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to cooked |
->
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cooked |
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Many
English past participles are irregular, deviating
away from the -ed ending. |
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to
go |
->
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gone |
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to
sleep |
->
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slept |
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to
think |
->
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thought |
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to
drive |
->
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|
driven |
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to
read |
->
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|
read |
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to
eat |
->
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|
eaten |
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| Present
Perfect |
If
you conjugate to
have in the present tense and
use the past participle of any verb, you have formed
the present perfect tense of that verb. |
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An
English Verb Conjugated in the Present Perfect
Tense |
| I
have worked |
we
have worked |
| you
have worked |
y'all
have worked |
| he,
she, it has worked |
they
have worked |
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| Past
Perfect |
If
you conjugate to
have in the past tense and
use the past participle of any verb, you have formed
the past perfect tense of that verb. |
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An
English Verb Conjugated in the Past Perfect
Tense |
| I
had worked |
we
had worked |
| you
had worked |
y'all
had worked |
| he,
she, it had worked |
they
had worked |
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| Future
Perfect |
If
you conjugate to
have in the future tense and
use the past participle of any verb, you have formed
the future perfect tense of that verb. |
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An
English Verb Conjugated in the Future Perfect
Tense |
| I
will have worked |
we
will have worked |
| you
will have worked |
y'all
will have worked |
| he,
she, it will have worked |
they
will have worked |
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| Conditional
Perfect |
If
you conjugate to
have in the conditional tense
and use the past participle of any verb, you have
formed the conditional perfect tense of that verb. |
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An
English Verb Conjugated in the Conditional
Perfect Tense |
| I
would have worked |
we
would have worked |
| you
would have worked |
y'all
would have worked |
| he,
she, it would have worked |
they
would have worked |
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| Note
that the only change in these tenses is what you
do with the verb to
have. The same thing will be
true in Spanish. |
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In
Spanish, you use the auxiliary verb haber
(to have) along with the -ado
or -ido
form of a verb. |
The
-ado
or -ido
form of a Spanish verb is the Spanish past participle.
The great majority of Spanish participles are regular
- meaning that you can achieve them by dropping
the infinitive's -ar and adding
-ado,
or by dropping the -er or -ir
and adding the -ido. |
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Go
here to learn how to form the past participle of
verbs in Spanish. |
You
will pick up more exact information about each of
the perfect tenses by using the links in the left
column menu or by clicking on the links below. Just
remember that the tense of the verb haber
is what dictates which tense you are forming in
Spanish. |
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