KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
Hemos venido de Puerto Rico: perfect tense -er/ir regular -ido
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Your learning goal
I can use the perfect tense to discuss the experiences of 'los Nuyoricans'.
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can use the perfect tense to discuss the experiences of 'los Nuyoricans'.
Key learning points
- Using knowledge of vocabulary and grammar is a useful strategy for completing gap-fill tasks.
- The perfect tense is used to express what has happened, e.g. 'I have gone'.
- To form the perfect tense, use 'he', 'has', 'ha', 'hemos', 'habéis' or 'han' (from 'haber') + past participle.
- To form the past participle of regular -ar verbs, remove the -ar and add -ado.
- To form the past participle of regular -er and -ir verbs, remove the -er/-ir and add -ido.
Words to know
- perfect tense
- used to express what has happened, e.g. 'I have gone'
- past participle
- form of a verb used to form the perfect tense, e.g. 'gone'
Common mistakes
To form the past participle of any verb in Spanish, remove the infinitive ending and add -ado.
To form the past participle of regular -ar verbs, remove the -ar and add -ado. However, to form the past participle of regular -er and -ir verbs, remove the -er/-ir and add -ido.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Task A1b contains Higher Tier vocabulary. You could consider providing the infinitive verbs required for Task C2 if more scaffolding is required.