The Conditional Perfect Tense

The Conditional Perfect Tense

What is the Spanish conditional perfect and when do you use it?

What is the conditional perfect tense?

• We use the conditional perfect to talk about consequences in a past conditional sentence

• It translates as the English "would have (done)"

• Not to be confused with the future perfect - "will have (done)"

Multiple Choice

When do you use the conditional perfect?

• will have (done)

• would have (done)

• would do

• will do

Multiple Choice

When do you use the future perfect?

• will have (done)

• would have (done)

• would do

• will do

The conditional perfect - examples

• si lo hubiese visto, lo habría creído

• if I had seen it, I would have believed it

• yo habría comprado los regalos, pero no tenía tiempo

• I would have bought the presents, but I didn't have time

How is the conditional perfect formed?

• Conditional tense of "haber" followed by the past participle of the verb

• (yo) habría

• (tú) habrías

• (él/ella) habría

• (nosotros) habríamos

• (vosotros) habríais

• (ellos/as) habrían

Let's remind ourselves of some regular and irregular past participles

Multiple Choice

What is the past participle of..."volver"

• volvido

• volvedo

• volvado

• vuelto

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What is the past participle of..."responder"

• respondado

• respondido

• respuesto

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What is the past participle of..."comparar"

• comprado

• comparado

• compuesto

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What is the past participle of..."morir"

• muerto

• morado

• morido

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What is the past participle of..."satisfacer"

• satisfacido

• satisfacisto

• satisfecho

How well do you know your conditional perfect?

Let's find out!

Multiple Choice

I would have thought

• había pensado

• habría pensado

• habríamos pensado

• pensaron

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You (pl) would have studied

• habréis estudiado

• habríais estudiado

• hemos estudiado

• deberías tener estudiado

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We would have travelled

• habíamos viajado

• habremos viajado

• habríamos viajado

• viajaríamos

Multiple Choice

Choose between the conditional or the conditional perfect according to the sense of the sentence:

(Habría festejado/festejaría) mi cumpleaños la semana pasada pero estábamos en cuarentena.

• Habría festejado

• Festejaría

Multiple Choice

Choose between the conditional or the conditional perfect according to the sense of the sentence:

Me (habría reunido/ reuniría) con mis amigos mañana, pero estamos en cuarentena.

• Habría reunido

• Reuniría

Multiple Choice

Choose between the conditional or the conditional perfect according to the sense of the sentence:

Me (habría gustado/gustaría) ir al concierto de Coldplay el próximo año.

• Habría gustado

• Gustaría

Multiple Choice

Choose between the conditional or the conditional perfect according to the sense of the sentence:

Me (habría gustado/gustaría) ir al concierto de Pink la semana pasada.

• Habría gustado

• Gustaría