Estas Navidades o la Navidad pasada: ¿he… o fui…?
Quiz (3 ítems): Pretérito perfecto vs indefinido para hablar de fiestas recientes vs pasadas.
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Completa: ______ a mis abuelos en Galicia. (este año, visitar)
Correct: 0/8
Hints for this Quiz
If the time period "includes the present" (este año), choose Pretérito perfecto.
In Spain, with time markers like "este año/estas Navidades/hoy" people usually use the Pretérito perfecto: he visitado. The form "he visita" is incorrect (you need the participle: visitado).
"Estas Navidades" = the period is still "open" → perfecto.
"Estas Navidades" refers to the current period, so in (European) Spanish you normally use the Pretérito perfecto: he comprado. The other options either have the wrong tense/agreement or sound unnatural.
With "el año pasado / la Navidad pasada" use indefinido.
"El año pasado" is a finished past period, so you use the Pretérito indefinido: fui.
Match the tense and the time marker: estas Navidades → perfecto.
The question is in the Pretérito perfecto with "estas Navidades", so the most natural answer is also in perfecto: "las he visto".
"Este año" → perfecto; "pasada/o" → indefinido.
With "este año" in Spain you usually use the Pretérito perfecto: he ido. With "la Navidad pasada" you need the indefinido (fui).
With "pasada" we choose indefinido.
"La Navidad pasada" is a completed past period → Pretérito indefinido: cené.
Think whether "este fin de semana" still feels "close" to the present. If yes, use perfecto.
In Spain, "este fin de semana" usually attracts the Pretérito perfecto if the period still feels connected to the present: he visto.
Look for the word "pasada/o": that signals indefinido.
"La Navidad pasada" is a finished past period → Pretérito indefinido. "Este año/hoy/estas Navidades" are usually used with the perfecto in Spain.
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