Names of Verb Tenses Flashcards
presente
present
simple present
(indicative mood)
yo hablo
presente de indicativo
present
simple present
(indicative mood)
yo hablo
pretérito
simple past
(indicative mood)
express actions that people did or happened during a specific and finished period
Ayer trabajé desde las siete de la mañana hasta las seis de la tarde
talks about the number of times that something happened during a specific and finished period
El año pasado fui al cine quince veces.
talks about main actions while we using imperfecto to express the context for those actions
Ayer, cuando volvía a casa me encontré a mi amiga Ana.
yo hablé
pretérito indefinido
simple past
(indicative mood)
express actions that people did or happened during a specific and finished period
Ayer trabajé desde las siete de la mañana hasta las seis de la tarde
talks about the number of times that something happened during a specific and finished period
El año pasado fui al cine quince veces.
talks about main actions while we using imperfecto to express the context for those actions
Ayer, cuando volvía a casa me encontré a mi amiga Ana.
yo hablé
pretérito perfecto simple
simple past
(indicative mood)
express actions that people did or happened during a specific and finished period
Ayer trabajé desde las siete de la mañana hasta las seis de la tarde
talks about the number of times that something happened during a specific and finished period
El año pasado fui al cine quince veces.
talks about main actions while we using imperfecto to express the context for those actions
Ayer, cuando volvía a casa me encontré a mi amiga Ana.
yo hablé
futuro próximo
near future
(indicative mood)
yo voy a hablar
futuro
future
simple future
(indicative mood)
yo hablaré
futuro simple
future
simple future
(indicative mood)
yo hablaré
futuro perifrástico
near future
(indicative mood)
you voy a hablar
perifrasis verbal
present progressive
(verbal phrase)
(indicative mood)
estoy hablando