Verb Tenses Regular Conjugations and Uses

Question 1

AR present tense

Answer 1

• o
• as
• a
• amos
• an

Question 2

ER Present Tense

Answer 2

• o
• es
• e
• emos
• en

Question 3

IR Present Tense

Answer 3

• o
• es
• e
• imos
• en

Question 4

AR Preterite

Answer 4

• é
• aste
• ó
• amos
• aron

Question 5

ER/IR Preterite

Answer 5

• í
• iste
• ió
• imos
• ieron

Question 6

AR Imperfect

Answer 6

• aba
• abas
• aba
• abamos
• aban

Question 7

ER/IR Imperfect

Answer 7

• ía
• ías
• ía
• íamos
• ían

Question 8

Present Perfect

Answer 8

he
has
ha
hemos han

+ past participle

used to express something that someone has done in the recent past

Question 9

Pluscuamperfecto (conjugation

Answer 9

había
habías
había
habíamos
habían

+ past participle

Question 10

Future (same of AR, ER, IR)

Answer 10

• é
• ás
• á
• emos
• án

don’t remove the endings of the verbs

Question 11

Future Perfect

Answer 11

habré
habrás
habrá
habremos
habrán

+ past participle

Question 12

Condicional

Answer 12

• ía
• ías
• ía
• íamos
• ían

**don’t take off endings ***

Question 13

Condicional Perfect

Answer 13

habría
habrías
habría
habríamos
habrían

+ past participle

Question 14

Present Subjunctive

Answer 14

Just switcht he normal present conjugations of AR and ER/IR verbs

Question 15

Present Perfect Subjunctive

Answer 15

haya
hayas
haya
hayamos
hayan

+ past participle

Question 16

Imperfect Subjunctive

Answer 16

• ra
• ras
• ra
• ramos
• ran

don’t take off endings of verbs

Question 17

Pluscuamperfecto Subjunctive

Answer 17

hubiera
hubieras
hubiera
hubiéramos
hubieran

+ past participle

Question 18

Pluscuamperfecto (uses)

Answer 18

expresses an action completed prior to another past action or point of reference in the past
eg) Ya se había ido la nave cuando Junacho y Mariposa despertaron.

also used with a verb in the past that expresses indirect speech
eg) El hombre de plata dijo que había venido de otro planeta.

Question 19

Uses of Future Tense

Answer 19

can be used as a command
eg) te comerás las espinacas = you will eat your spinach

often replaced by the present tense to convey an idea of certainty
eg) Esta noche salen para Santiago = tonight they leave for Santiago

NOT used to express willingness or unwillingness - use querer here instead
eg) Quieres cagarme este paquete por favor? = Will you cary this package for me please?

Question 20

Uses of the Conditional Tense and simple alternative

Answer 20

expresses an event that would (or would not) take place subsequent to a reference point in the past
eg) Octavio dijo que me enviaría un mensaje = Octavio said that he would send me a message

in if statements

to express politeness with verbs such as deber, desear, gustar, poder, preferir and querer

imperfect of ir + a can be used as alternative

Question 21

Use of conditional tense in if statements

Answer 21

imperfect subjunctive is used in the if clause and the conditional in the conclusion

eg) Si no usaras “eñes”, el mensaje te costaría menos = if you didn’t use “eñes” the message would cost you less