Uses of the tenses

Question 1

Uses of the present tense

Answer 1

What is happening or what normally happens

Question 2

Uses of gerund

Answer 2

'ing' phrases e.g I am playing= estoy jugando
Estar + gerund = am '...ing'
Can also use: llevar + gerund
ir + gerund
seguir + gerund
venir + gerund

Question 3

Uses of preterite tense

Answer 3

Describes a single,completed action in the past

Used in narrative accounts and reports of past events and also refer to singke vents in the past.

Question 4

Uses of the subjunctive/ subjunctive ‘mood’ (7 uses)

Answer 4

1. desire
2. ignorance
3. impersonal opinion
4. uncompleted action
5. vague or indefinite antecedent
6. maybe/perhaps
7. ‘even if’