verb tense uses

Question 1

.A single event in the past

Answer 1

Preterito

Question 2

One or more events or actions that began and ended in the past

Answer 2

Preterito

Question 3

.An event that occurred, interrupting another action

Answer 3

Preterito

Question 4

Changes in an existing physical or mental state at a precise moment or for a particular isolated cause

Answer 4

Preterito

Question 5

A habitual or repeated action in the past

Answer 5

Imperfecto

Question 6

An ongoing action with no specified completion

Answer 6

Imperfecto

Question 7

Description/background information; set the scene of how things were or what was happening when there was an interruption

Answer 7

Imperfecto

Question 8

General description of physical or mental states of being

Answer 8

Imperfecto

Question 9

Expression of the time of day or age in the past

Answer 9

Imperfecto

Question 10

to express an action that has been completed with respect to the time in which the speaker exists

Answer 10

Presente Perfecto (ind)

Question 11

describes an action in the past that happened before another action in the past

Answer 11

pluscuamperfecto (ind)

Question 12

to express an action that “will have been” completed at a certain point in the future

Answer 12

Futuro Perfecto

Question 13

If the WEIRDO verb (independent clause) is in the preterite or the imperfect, then the subjunctive verb that follows will also be imperfect.

Answer 13

Imperfect de subjuntivo

Question 14

Express current emotions, doubts, etc. about something that happened in the past.

Answer 14

Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

Question 15

To Indicate Unlikely Events Use Ojalá or ojalá que to express the idea of hoping for something that is unlikely to happen or is impossible.

Answer 15

Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

Question 16

If Clauses

Answer 16

Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

Question 17

Formal Request Using the verbs deber, querer, or poder to make a very polite suggestion or formal request

Answer 17

Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

Question 18

Actions that happened in the past and continue or repeat into the present

Answer 18

Presente Perfecto de Subjuntivo

Question 19

Actions that have happened in the recent past

Answer 19

Presente Perfecto de Subjuntivo

Question 20

Actions that will have been completed

Answer 20

Presente de Subjuntivo

Question 21

Completed actions that had happened before another past action

Answer 21

Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo

Question 22

Conditional constructions

Answer 22

Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo

Question 23

Hypothetical situations that could have happened, but didn’t

Answer 23

Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo

Question 24

to express what “would” happen in the future. It is more of a possibility, or hypothetical situation, than the future tense

Answer 24

Conditional Simple

Question 25

describes an action in the past that “would have” happened but did not due to some other event. It can also be used to express probability of an action that has already been completed

Answer 25

Conditional Perfecto