Present Perfect Tense Usage in English and Spanish

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Have you ever ___________ in New York?

been

Who has ___________ the shoes on the table?

put

Susana has ___________ the pens on her desk.

not seen

Have I ___________ you about that problem already?

told

They have ___________ the window again.

not opened

The boys have ___________ from Peru.

not come

We _______ here for over ten years.

have lived

Jessica _______ for us in the reception.

has waited

The mail _______.

has arrived

Expressions like 'today', 'this morning', and 'recently' indicate an _______ time frame.

incomplete

With present perfect, pronouns come before the conjugation of the verb _______.

haber

The past participle in present perfect is not considered a verb; _______ is the only verb in this context.

haber

The auxiliary verb used in forming the present perfect tense in Spanish is ______

haber

To form the past participle in Spanish, for -ar verbs you drop the -ar ending and add ______

-ado

The conjugation 'he pintado' translates to 'I have ______'

painted

The irregular past participle of the verb 'decir' is ______

dicho

For verbs with stem vowels a, e, or o, the past participle ending in -er or -ir requires a written accent mark over the -í, for example, 'traer' becomes 'traído'. This accent mark is used to maintain the original ______ of the verb.

stress

The compound verb 'resolver' in its past participle form is ______

resuelto

Learn how to use the present perfect tense in English and Spanish to describe actions or events initiated in the past that continue into the present. Practice forming sentences like 'We have lived here for over ten years' to indicate ongoing actions from the past to the present.

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