Definitions Flashcards

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Subjunctive mood

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To express a wish, an emotional attitude, or a doubt

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Indicative mood

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To express a fact

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Conditional mood

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Expressing the idea of (would)

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Imperative mood

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Expressing a direct command

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Present tense

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Covers what is going on right now

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Imperfect tense

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A past tense that tells what was happening, what would regularly occur, what used to go on.

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Preterite tense

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A past tense that states what happened, an event that happened.

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Future tense

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Looking ahead, conjecture. Stating something that will happen.

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Conditional tense

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Looking into the possibilities of the future. Something that would happen under certain circumstances. Based on a condition that’s not known yet

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Present subjunctive

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Provides possibilities of what we see others doing. Not the realty I what is actually happening, but the possibilities of

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Past subjunctive

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Covers all events that someone thinks occurred.

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Present progressive

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Describes an action that is currently in the process of happening

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Imperfect progressive

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Something that was in the process of happening.

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Preterite progressive

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Something that was happening.

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Future progressive

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Something that is going to be in the process of happening.

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Conditional progressive

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Something that would be in the process of happening.

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Present progressive subjunctive

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The possibility of what could be in the process of happening

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Past progressive subjunctive

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Covers what someone thinks was in the process of happening

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Present perfect

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To express that something has happened at a certain point just before now, at an undermined time in the past

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Past perfect / pluperfect

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Refers to an action in the past which happened before another action in the past

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Future perfect

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Indicates an action that will have taken place before another action.

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Conditional perfect

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Indicates an action that would have happened before another action in certain circumstances.

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Present perfect subjunctive

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To express the possibility of something to have happened at a certain point just before now, at an undermined time in the past

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Past perfect subjunctive

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An action that is believed to have happened before another action in the past

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Present perfect progressive

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Indicates what was in the process of happening at a certain point just before now at an undetermined time in the past

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Past perfect progressive

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Something that was in the processes of happening in the past before another past action

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Future perfect progressive

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Something that will be in the process of happening in the future before another action

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Conditional progressive

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Something that would be in the process of happening if a circumstance were to occur

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Present progressive subjunctive

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Something that could be in the process of happening.

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Past progressive subjunctive

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Something that someone thinks could have been happening in the past.

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Preterit perfect / past anterior

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Refers to an action in the past which happened before another action in the past indicated time conjunction.

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Reflexive

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Verbs that have a reflexive pronoun that refers to the same person as the subject