Are these answers correct?

Question

Form sentences in the present perfect tense, using the words provided and adding other words as necessary.

1. Ya / Martín y yo / hacer / torta

2. Uds. / decir / verdad / siempre

3. Yo / volver / país / mucha / vez

4. Ella / oir / ruido (noise) / antes / un

5. Tú / levantarse / tarde / todo / día

answers:

1. Martin y yo ya estamos haciendo la torta.
2. Ustedes siempre dicen la verdad.
3. Yo vuelvo a ese pais muchas vezes.
4. Ella antes ollo un ruido.
5. Tu te levantas tarde todo los dias.

Answer 1

Sure.

Every verb has a past participle - Hacer : hecho;
Decir : dicho;
Llovar : llovado.
In english, these would be the same as Run : run; Jump : jumped; Speak : spoken.
To form the present perfect in english, you need to use the verb to have + the past participle "I have spoken" , "He has jumped" , "They have run"

In Spanish, the present perfect is very similar. You must use the auxiliary verb haber + el participio pasado.
Haber is conjugated as follows : Yo he, tu has, el ha, nosotros hemos, (vosotros héis), ellos han.

Therefore, I have spoken becomes, in Spanish, "Yo he hablado". He has jumped becomes, "El ha saltado". They have run becomes, "Ellos han corrido"

Did that help?

I really wish this site wouldn't butcher formatting... - morphine, Sep 28, 2009

Me too -- it is hard to have a technical discussion with this formatting. - Daniel, Sep 28, 2009

Answer 2

Ruba you can check the "Present Prefect" in the Reference section on this site.

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Ok you made a try -- so now I am allowed to have a go. Oh boy a exercise!

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1.) Martin y yo ya hemos hecho la torta. (Martin and me already have made cake.)

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2.) Ustedes siempre han dicho la verdad. (You have always told the truth.)

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3.) Muchos veces he vuelto a este pais. (Many times I have come back to this country.)

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4.) Ella nunca ha oído un ruido antes así. (She has never heard a noise before likd that.)

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5.) Tú has levantado tarde todo los días. (You have gotten up late every day.)

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We would like corrections from a advanced student please. Thank you.

I didn't notice any mistakes except in the english in #1 :P "Martin and I have already made cake". I was trying not to outright do his homework ;) - morphine, Sep 28, 2009

Answer 3

No, present perfect is the form in english "I have eaten".

In spanish that would be formed with the auxiliary haber + the past participle.

To take my previous example: "He comido".

can u plz explain further...i dnt really understand - ruba82892, Sep 28, 2009