Spanish Grammar Tenses Flashcards
When to use the preterite tense and give an example
To describe completed actions in the past ( I wrote)
When to use the perfect tense and give an example
To describe what you have done with adding de to say and action has just been done. ( I have written)
When to use the conditional tense and give an example
To describe what you would do in the future ( I would write)
When to use the Imperfect tense and give an example
Descriptions in the past of what something was like or was doing; Repeated action in the past or what people used to do or what things were like. ( I used to write)
When to use the present subjunctive and give an example
After verbs of wishing, command, request, emotion or to express purpose
When to use the Future tense/ simple future tense and give an example
Action that will happen ( I will write)
When to use the imperfect continuous tense and give an example
To describe something that was happening at a particular moment in time ( I was writing)
When to use the present continuous tense and give an example
To say what people are doing at the moment ( I am writing)
When to use the pluperfect tense/past perfect and give an example
To describe finished actions that had been completed at definitive point in time in the past. (I had written)
When to use the imperfect subjunctive and give an example
For if clauses in the past tense - past tense version of the present subjunctive
how to form the imperfect continuous
Estab/a/as/amos/ais/an + Present participle
How to form the present continuous
Present verb form of estar + present participle
How to form the pluperfect tense/ past perfect
Imperfect tense of haber + past participle
How to form the imperfect subjunctive
Preterit - ‘ron’ + ending : ra,ras,ra,ramos,rais,ran
How to form the simple future tense
Infinitive + Ending : é, ás, á, emos, éis, án
