Past Perfect Notes

Past Perfect Notes

Sp. 3-4

What does the Past Perfect mean?

Is a verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past.

It translates to......

HAD....

examples-had spoken, had talked, had eaten (IN ENGLISH)

Formula in Spanish-

PAST FORM of HABER(linking verb)-

yo- había nosotros- habíamos

tú- habías

singular- había plural- habían

PLUS THE PAST PARTICIPLE-*SAME CONCEPT AS PRESENT PERFECT

Example sentences-

1. Yo había comido antes de ir al cine.

I had eaten before going to the movies.

2. Yo había hablado con la profesora de la tarea.

I had spoken with the professor about the homework.

Now it is your turn-translate-

1.They had put the papers on papers on the table.

2. We had seen my cousin at the store.

Multiple Choice

How do you form the past participle in Spanish?

• Remove the infinitive ending and switch it with -ado or -ido

• Add -ado or -ido to the infinitive

• Conjugate haber

• Give up and cry

Multiple Choice

The past participle of "escribir" is ___.

• escribida

• escribido

• escrito

• escribía

Multiple Choice

The past participle of "ir" is ____.

• ido

• irido

• fuido

• vado

Multiple Choice

Which tense? Marta había comido la cena para las 6:00.

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

• Conditional Perfect

Multiple Choice

había dicho

• I had spoken

• I had showered

• I had told

• I had gone

Multiple Choice

What is the past participle of 'morir'?

• muriendo

• muerto

• muerta

• murió

Multiple Choice

Which verb DOES NOT have an irregular past participle?

• hacer

• ver

• poner

• escribir

• estar

Multiple Choice

she hadn't showered

• ella no se ha duchado

• ella se había duchado

• ella no se habría duchado

• ella no se había duchado

Multiple Select

Select all the verbs with irregular past participles.

• decir

• dar

• ir

• hacer

• volver