Perfect Tense – Free Exercise

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Exercise

Regular verbs. Complete the sentences with the pretérito perfecto of the verbs in brackets.

  1. (jugar/nosotros)   al mus.1st person plural of haber → hemos + participio
    ar verb: replace the infinitive ending with -ado
    jugar → jugado    We played mus.
    (a Spanish card game)
  2. ¿Qué nota (sacar/tú)   en el examen?2nd person singular of haber → has + participio
    ar-verb: replace the infinitive ending with -ado
    sacar → sacado    What grade did you get on the test?
  3. ¿(comer/vosotros)   ya?2nd person plural of haber → habéis + participio
    er-verb: replace the infinitive ending with -ido
    comer → comido    Have you already eaten?
  4. Me (tocar)   unas entradas para el cine.3rd person plural of haber → han + participio
    ar-verb: replace the infinitive ending with -ado
    tocar → tocado
    Note: this is a different construction in Spanish
    literally: the cinema tickets “hit” me    I’ve won a couple of cinema tickets.
  5. El árbitro (pitar)   el final del primer tiempo.3rd person singular of haber → ha + participio
    ar-verb: replace the infinitive ending with -ado
    pitar → pitado    The referee blew the final whistle of the first half.

Irregular verbs. Complete the sentences with the pretérito perfecto of the verbs in brackets.

  1. El grupo (volver)   de su gira americana.3rd person singular of haber → ha + participio
    irregular participle: volver → vuelto    The band has returned from their US tour.
  2. Te (decir/yo)   cien veces que vengas.1st person singular of haber → he + participio
    irregular participle: decir → dicho    I’ve told you a hundred times that you should come.
  3. Esta mañana no (hacer/nosotros)   las camas.1st person plural of haber → hemos + participio
    irregular participle: hacer → hecho    This morning we didn’t make our beds.
  4. Los comercios (abrir)   a las diez.3rd person plural of haber → han + participio
    irregular participle: abrir → abierto    The shops opened at ten.
  5. Alberto (imprimir)   sus apuntes esta tarde.3rd person singular of haber → ha + participio
    irregular participle: imprimir → impreso/imprimido    Alberto printed out his transcripts this afternoon.

Regular and irregular verbs. Complete the sentences with the pretérito perfecto of the verbs in brackets.

  1. Esta mañana (desayunar/yo)   un café y una tostada.1st person singular of haber → he + participio
    ar-verb: replace the infinitive ending with -ado
    desayunar → desayunado    This morning, I had coffee and toast for breakfast.
  2. ¿Todavía no (poner/tú)   la mesa?2nd person singular of haber → has + participio
    irregular participle: poner → puesto    You haven’t set the table yet?
  3. Nunca (escribir/vosotros)   un poema.2nd person plural of haber → habéis + participio
    irregular participle: escribir → escrito    You’ve never written a poem.
  4. Todos los periódicos (publicar)   la misma noticia.3rd person plural of haber → han + participio
    ar-verb: replace the infinitive ending with -ado
    publicar → publicado    All the papers published the same news article.
  5. En el accidente (morir)   decenas de personas.3rd person plural of haber → han + participio
    irregular participle: morir → muerto    Dozens of people died in the accident.