In this exercise we have to **differentiate between the past perfect of the indicative and the past perfect of the subjunctive** to be able to complete the sentences correctly.

**1.** Necesito contratar un corresponsal que **haya** (ha / haya) estado en el Paraguay. / *I need to hire a correspondent who has been to Paraguay.*

* We use “**haya**” because it is a requirement in order to obtain the job.

**HINT:** *The past perfect tense is used with two verbs “haber” as the verb to indicate another action while the second verb is in the past participle and differentiate between actions we performed a long time ago or recently.* *Do not forget that it also depends on the subject and whether it is in plural or not.*

**2.** Quiero conocer al actor que **ha** (ha / haya) trabajado en Los juegos del hambre. / *I want to meet the actor who has worked on The Hunger Games.*

* The films are relatively recently released, so “**ha**” is correct.

**3.** Hasta que no **hayas** (has / hayas) conocido a las personas que leen la prensa sensacionalista, no sabrás por que la leen. / *It’s enough that you haven’t met the people who read the tabloids, you won’t know why they read them.*

* To get to know someone well, you have to do it for some time: “**hayas**”.

**4.** Estoy seguro de que todos los actores **han** (han / hayan) estudiado el guion. / *I’m sure all the actors have studied the script.*

* The actors learned the script for the scene at the time, so “**han**” would be most appropriate.

**5.** Cuando ustedes **hayan** (han / hayan) leído esta noticia, estarán de acuerdo conmigo. /*When you have read this news, you will agree with me.*

* The person asks that first the others have read the news, “**hayan**” would be more correct.

**6.** No creo que **hayas** (has / hayas) escrito ese artículo sin la ayuda de Miguel. /*I don’t think you would have written that article without Miguel’s help.*

* This person does not think that the other has written a book at any time in the past, so we are gonna use “**hayas**”.

We must write the opposite of each sentence depending on whether we will use the past perfect subjunctive or the past perfect indicative.

We will use the following model:

**EXAMPLE:** No creo que ese actor haya aprendido a actuar bien. / *I don’t think that actor has learned to act well.*

**ANSWER:** Creo que ese actor ha aprendido a actuar bien. / *I think that actor has learned to act well.*

1. El corresponsal cree que los periodistas han hablado con el crítico. / *The correspondent believes that the journalists have spoken to the critic.*

* **El corresponsal no cree que los periodistas hayan hablado con el crítico.** / *The correspondent does not believe that the journalists spoke to the critic.*

**REMEMBER:** *You have to take into account whether you are going to contradict the sentence in a negative or positive way, also consider the verb tenses and the corresponding subjects.*

2. No creo que el director les haya dado pocas órdenes a sus actores. / *I don’t think the director has given few orders to his actors.*

* **Yo creo que el director les ha dado pocas ordenes a sus actores.** / *I believe that the director has given few orders to his actors.*

3. Estoy seguro de que la mayoría del publico ha leído la noticia. / * I am sure that most of the public has read the news.*

* **No estoy seguro de que la mayoría del publico haya leído la noticia.** / *I am not sure that most of the public has read the news.*

4. No es seguro que la prensa sensacionalista haya publicado esa noticia. / *It is not certain that the tabloid press has published the story.*

* **Seguro que la prensa sensacionalista ha publicado esa noticia.** / *It is not certain that the tabloid press has published the story.*

5. Pienso que ese actor ha sido el protagonista de Hombres de negro 3. / *I think that actor has been the protagonist of Men in Black 3.*

* **No pienso que ese actor haya sido protagonista de Hombres de Negro 3.** / *I don’t think that actor starred in Men in Black 3.*

*The exercise asks us to use the 2 tables below to make 5 sentences in the form of a complaint, which Marcela could say.*

*You can be creative. The exercise asks us to do a skit in class, we will just ask the 5 sentences.*

* *Let’s make the 2 tables:*

|CHART 1 |
|–|
|Dudo que / *I doubt that* |
|Me molesta que / *It bothers me that* |
|Me sorprende que / *I am surprised that* |
|No creo que / *I don’t think that* |
|No es justo que / *It’s not fair that* |
|Quiero que / *I want that* |

|CHART 2 |
|–|
|darme explicaciones / *give me explanations* |
|conseguir el papel / *get the role* |
|tener suficiente experiencia / *have enough experience* |
|trabajar con ese director / *work with that director* |
|darme otra oportunidad / *give me another chance* |
|escoger la mejor actriz / *choose the best actress* |

* *Let us now make the 5 sentences:*

**1. No es justo que hayas conseguido el papel.** / *It’s not fair that you got the role.*

**2. No creo que hayas tenido suficiente experiencia.** / *I don’t think you’ve had enough experience.*

**HINT:** *To use the perfect past tense of the subjunctive we must take into account that it is the union of the verb “haber” plus the complementary verb.*

**3. Dudo que hayas conseguido la mejor actriz.** / *I doubt you got the best actress.*

**4. Me sorprende que hayas trabajado con ese director.** / *I’m surprised you worked with that director.*

**5. Me molestas que no me hayas dado otra oportunidad.** / *It bothers me that you didn’t give me another chance.*