Past Participles as Adjectives

Avancemos 3 – 6.1

Past Participles as AdjectivesAdjectives that are formed from verbs

are called past participles.

In ENGLISH past participles usually end in “-ed” and they are frequently used with the verb “to be” to describe people, places, and things.

Example: The article is published.El artículo está publicado.

Past Participles as Adjectives Past participles are frequently used

with the verb “estar” to describe the result of an action.

To form most past participles of verbs in Spanish, you drop the ending of the infinitive (ar/er/ir) and add –ado to the stem for –ar verbs or –ido to the stem for er/ir verbs.

As with all adjectives in Spanish, they should agree in number & gender with the nouns they describe.

Past Participles as Adjectives What are the past

participles for these verbs?

Arreglar

Esconder

Pedir

Cerrar

perder

Arreglado

Escondido

Pedido

Cerrado

perdido

Past Participles as Adjectives When the past participle is used as

an adjective, be sure the ending agrees in gender and number with the noun it describes.

La oficina está cerrada. The office is closed. Nosotros estamos perdidos. We are lost. Carmen está bien vestida hoy. Carmen is well dressed today.

Past Participles as Adjectives

Abrir (to open) Decir (to say/to tell) Descubrir (to discover) Escribir (to write) Freír ( to fry) Hacer (to do/to make) Imprimir (to print) Ir (to go) Morir (to die)

Abierto Dicho Descubierto Escrito Frito Hecho Impreso Ido muerto

***As always, there are some verbs that have irregular past participles:

Past Participles as Adjectives

Poner (to put) Resolver (to solve) Romper (to break) Ver (to see) Volver (to return)

Puesto Resuelto Roto Visto Vuelto

***As always, there are some verbs that have irregular past participles:

Práctica

1. La ducha no funciona. Está

______ (romper).

2. El horno está _______ (arreglar).

3. Las tapas están ______ (pedir).

4. Mi computadora está _______.

(conectar)

5. Nosotros estamos ________

(relajar).

1. Rota

2. arreglado

3. Pedidas

4. Conectada

5. relajados

Más Práctica. Write the following in Spanish

1. The refrigerator is open.

2. The offer is written.

3. The meat is fried.

4. The cake is done.

5. The tickets are printed.

6. The cats are dead.

7. The microwave is fixed.

8. The bathtub is broken.

1. Do for h/w if you

were absent!!