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Revising Spanish grammar - perfect tense - AQAThe perfect tense - when to use it

The perfect tense is used to express or describe actions that have happened in the recent past. It has two parts that always need to be used together.

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The perfect tense - when to use it

An explanation of the uses of the perfect tense and how to conjugate it

The perfect tense is used to talk about a completed action or something that has happened recently. Here are some examples:

  • He terminado mis ex谩menes (I have finished my exams).
  • Hemos hecho nuestros deberes (We have done our homework).
  • Han llegado temprano (They have arrived early).

Here are some expressions that are often used with the :

  • 煤濒迟颈尘补尘别苍迟别 (lately)
  • recientemente (recently)
  • nunca (never)
  • ya (already, yet)
  • todav铆a no (not yet)

For example:

  • Nunca he visitado el museo (I have never visited the museum).
  • Recientemente, he estado enfermo (I have been ill recently).