Verbs – Present / Past / Future Perfect  – Haber (to have)

Summary of contents – Lesson 8

1-     The perfect tenses explained. What they are and a brief look at how they are formed in both Spanish and English.

2-     A closer look at how ‘haber’ is formed with each personal pronoun in each of the perfect tenses. A complete formation guide of ‘haber’ + past participle for all regular verbs.

3-     How the past participle is formed for irregular verbs.

4-     When do we commonly use the perfect tenses?

5-     When the perfect tenses are used differently in Spanish and English. Looking at the perfect tenses with negatives and other important formation rules.

Aims of the lesson

1-     Understanding how the verb ‘haber’ is used to express or talk about certain situations that occur both in the present, past and future.

2-     Being able to formulate the past participle for all regular and irregular verbs. (The number of irregular verbs is small!)

3-     Knowing how to correctly conjugate the verb ‘haber’ in the perfect tenses with each of the personal pronouns.

4-     Knowing how to use the perfect tenses in negative sentences.

5-     Knowing when not to use the perfect tenses in Spanish in situations where they might normally be used in English and vise versa.