English - Study of tenses Flashcards
To memorize the way in which tenses are used in English so as to be able to pick a tense in Spanish.
Infinitive - basic verb - eat
to eat
Present Participle -
eating
Past Participle
eaten
Present Indicative -
I eat, I do eat, I am eating
Imperfect Indicative - Past
I was eating, I ate, I used to eat
Preterit - Past simple indicative
I ate, I did eat
Future- Future Indicative
I shall eat
Conditional present
I should eat, if there was a meal, I would eat
Present Subjunctive
that I may eat, i might eat
Imperfect or Past Subjective
that I might eat, even if I ate
Present Perfect or Past Indefinite
I have eaten
Pluperfect Indic or Past Perfect
I had eaten
Past Anterior or Preterit Perfect
I had eaten
Future Perfect or Future Anterior
I shall have eaten
Conditional Perfect
I should have eaten
Present Perfect or Past Subjunctive
that I may have eaten
Pluperfect or Past Perfect Subjunctive
that I might have eaten
Imperative or Command
Eat, let him eat, let us eat