23 CLÁUSULAS DE TIEMPO Y TIEMPOS Flashcards
It (snow) XXXXXXX all day. I wonder when it will stop.
has been snowing
We (have) XXXXXXX three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have
have had
It’s ten p.m. I (study) XXXXXXX for two hours and probably won’t finish until midnight
have studied
have been studying
I (write) XXXXXXX them three times, but I still haven’t received a reply.
have written
I (live) XXXXXXX here since last March
have lived
have been living
The phone (ring) XXXXXXX for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
has been ringing
The little boy is dirty from head to foot because he (play) XXXXXXX in the mud
has been playing
A: (Be, you) XXXXXXX able to reach Bob on the phone yet?
B: Not yet. I (try) XXXXXXX for the last twenty minutes, but the line (be) XXXXXXX busy
Have you been
Have been trying
Has been
A: Hi, Jenny, I (see, not) XXXXXXX you for weeks. What (do, you) XXXXXXX lately?
B: Studying
I haven’t seen you
have you been doing
A: What are you going to order for dinner?
B: Well, I have (have, never) XXXXXXX pizza, so I think I”ll order that
have never had
A: What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. (cry, you) XXXXXXX ?
B: No. I just finished peeling some onions
have you been crying?
A: Dr. Jones is a good teacher. How long (be, he) XXXXXXX at the university?
B: He (teach) XXXXXXX here for twenty-five years
A: has he being
B: has been teaching
has taught
here you go
Acá tienes
Listo, completado
Presente Perfecto
Lo que ha estado pasando desde hace un tiempo hasta hoy
B: Johnnie, what a surprise. I (see) XXXXXXX you in ages.
J: Hello, Barbara. Where’s Tino?
HAVEN’T SEEN
B: I just saw him off at the airport. He (go) XXXXXXX to Italy.
J: Italy? Why (go) XXXXXXX he XXXXXXX there?
B: He wants to visit his relatives in Florence. He (see) XXXXXXX them since he was a little boy.
IS GOING
IS HE GOING
HASN’T SEEN
J: How long (be) XXXXXXX Tino XXXXXXX in Italy?
B: Just a week. But in a week he (see) XXXXXXX and (do) XXXXXXX lot of things.
J: And covered a lot of miles
WILL TINO BE
WILL HAVE SEEN AND DONE
B: That’s right. By the time he gets back he (travel) XXXXXXX over twelve thousand miles. But that’s enough about Tino. How are you and Anne doing?
J: Terrible. She (leave) XXXXXXX for Hollywood last week.
WILL HAVE TRAVELED
LEFT
B: Yes, I know. It (be) XXXXXXX the same around here without Anne.
J: Oh Barbara, I feel so depressed. I’m afraid Anne (come) XXXXXXX to Wickam City and I’ll never see her again
HASN’T BEEN
WON’T COME
B: Don’t be silly. She has (come) XXXXXXX back before the election. She plans (go) XXXXXXX for Otis.
J: The election is two months off.t By that she (become) XXXXXXX a famous singer. She (get) XXXXXXX a new boyfriend and (forgot) XXXXXXX all about me.
TO COME TO GO WILL HAVE BECAME WILL HAVE GOTTEN FORGOTTEN
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John is in my English class. He (study) XXXXXXX English this semester. He (take, also) XXXXXXX some other classes. His classes (begin) XXXXXXX at 9:00 every day
IS STUDYING
IS ALSO TAKING
BEGIN
Yesterday John ate breakfast at 8:00. He (eat, already) XXXXXXX breakfast when he (leave) XXXXXXX for class at 8:45. He (eat, always) breakfast before he (go) XXXXXXX to class. Tomorrow before he (go) XXXXXXX to class, he (eat) XXXXXXX breakfast
HAD ALREADY EATEN LEFT ALWAYS EATS GOES GOES WILL EAT
John is in class every morning from 9:00 to 12:00. Two days ago, I (call) XXXXXXX him at 11:30, but I could not reach him because he (attend) XXXXXXX class at that time
CALLED
WAS ATTENDING
Don’t try to call John at 11:30 tomorrow morning because he (attend) XXXXXXX class at that time
WILL BE ATTENDING
Yesterday John took a nap from 1:00 to 2:00. I arrived at 1:45. When I (get) XXXXXXX there John (sleep) XXXXXXX for 45 minutes by the time I got there
GOT
HAD BEEN SLEPING
Right now John (take) XXXXXXX a nap. He (fall) XXXXXXX asleep an hour ago. He (sleep) XXXXXXX for an hour
IS TAKING
FELL
HAS BEEN SLEEPING
- Three days ago, John (start) XXXXXXX to read A Farewell to Arms, a novel by Ernest Hemingway. It is a long novel. He (finish, not) XXXXXXX reading it yet. He (read) XXXXXXX it because his English teacher assigned it
STARTED
HASN’T FINISHED
IS READING
Since the beginning of the semester, John (read) XXXXXXX three novels. Right now he (read) XXXXXXX A Farewell to Arms. He (read) XXXXXXX that novel for the past three days. He (intend) XXXXXXX to finish it next week. In his lifetime, he (read) XXXXXXX many novels, but this is the first Hemingway’s novel he (read, ever)
HAS READ IS READING HAS BEEN READING IS INTENDING HAS READ HAS EVER READ
Tomorrow after he (eat) XXXXXXX dinner, John (go) XXXXXXX to a movie. In other words, he (eat) XXXXXXX dinner by the time he (go) XXXXXXX to the movie
EATS
IS GOING TO GO
WILL HAVE EATEN
GOES
Alex, (you, know) XXXXXXX where Ms. Rodriguez is? I (look) XXXXXXX for her for the past hour
do you know
have been looking
She (see) XXXXXXX Mr.Frost at the moment about the shipment of parts which we (receive) XXXXXXX earlier today. Some of the parts are missing.
is seeing
received
Oh, oh. That (sound) XXXXXXX like trouble. Please tell Ms. Rodriguez to phone when she (have) XXXXXXX some free time. I (work) XXXXXXX in my office all afternoon.
sounds
has
will be working
What (seem) XXXXXXX to be the trouble, Ms Jones?
I (send) XXXXXXX in my money for a subscription to your magazine, computer data, two months ago, but to date I (receive, not) XXXXXXX any issues
seems (it seems ni does it seems funcionan, suenan mal)
sent
have not received
Where’s Sonia? I (see, not) XXXXXXX her lately. She (recuperate, at home) XXXXXXX . Oh? What’s she recuperating from? She (hurt) XXXXXXX her back while she (play) XXXXXXX volleyball last week in the game.
haven’t seen
has been recuperating at home (is recuperating ambas)
hurt
was playing
What happened? How (she, hurt) XXXXXXX her back? She (try) XXXXXXX to spike a ball when she (collide) XXXXXXX with another player and (fall) XXXXXXX to the floor. She (land) XXXXXXX hard and (twist) XXXXXXX her back
did she hurt was trying collided fell landed twisted
How is she doing? She is uncomfortable. She (wear) XXXXXXX special brace on her back for the last five days. Needless to say she (be, not) XXXXXXX able to play volleyball since her injury. She probably (be, not) XXXXXXX able to play again for at least a month.
has been wearing
has not been
won’t be
(allow, her doctor) XXXXXXX her to play in the national tournament at the end of the next summer? She (have) XXXXXXX the brace on her back for more than seven weeks by then, so I think he will.
Will her doctor allow
will have had
(You, enjoy) XXXXXXX the rock concert last night? You bet. I had a terrific time. Tell me about it. I (go, never) XXXXXXX to a rock concert.
Did you enjoy
Have never gone
Well, I (go, never) XXXXXXX to a rock concert before either, so I (know, not) XXXXXXX what to expect. Ten minutes before the concert was supposed to start, hudreds of teenagers (try, still) XXXXXXX to find their seats.
had never gone
did not know
had been still trying
As soon as the leader singer (appear) XXXXXXX on the stage, everyone (start) XXXXXXX screaming at the top of their lungs. While the leader singer (sing) XXXXXXX a famous song, people in the audience sang along with him.
appeared
started
was singing
All in all
En conjunto
Resumiendo
Mark Twain (grow up) XXXXXXX in a Small Town on the Mississippi river. As a young boy, he (admire, greatly) XXXXXXX the pilots of the riverboats and dreamed about being one of them.
grew up
greatly admired
Mark Twain Pursued his dream, and by the age of 22, he himself (become) XXXXXXX a riverboat pilot. Later when he (become) XXXXXXX a writer, many of his stories (contain) XXXXXXX elements of his own experiences.
had become
became
contained
Mark Twain wrote about life on the Mississippi river before he (die) XXXXXXX in 1910 at the age of 74.
died
Mark Twain (work) XXXXXXX on a new story for several months before his death, but he (finish, never) XXXXXXX it.
had been working
never finished
Since Mark Twain’s death, his boyhood home in Hannibal Missouri, (become) XXXXXXX a favorite place for Americans to visit to learn about Twain and life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century.
has become
