How To Form All English Tenses

GRAMMAR FILE:
HOW TO FORM ALL ENGLISH TENSES (AFFIRMATIVE)
PRESENT
(-s in 3 person singular)
PAST1
(-ed regular verbs)
FUTURE
4
(will + infinitive)
CONDITIONAL
(would7 + infinitive)
rd

SIMPLE(PERFECT)
2

Have + past participle3

CONTINUOUS
(be5 + v.-ing6)

ENGLISH TENSES AND THEIR (GENERAL) SPANISH EQUIVALENTS
TENSE
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

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EXAMPLE
I play/he plays
I am playing/he is
playing /we are playing
I have played/he has
played
I have been playing /he
has beenplaying
I played
I was playing / they
were playing
I had played

SPANISH EQUIVALENT
Hago

TENSE
FUTURE SIMPLE

EXAMPLE
I will play

SPANISH EQUIVALENT
Jugaré

Estoy jugando

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

I will beplaying

Estaré jugando

He jugado

FUTURE PERFECT

I will have played

Habré jugado

I will have been playing

Habré estado jugando

I would play

Jugaría

I would be playing

Estaría jugando
Habríajugado

I had been playing

Había estado jugando

I would have played
I would have been
playing

He estado jugando
Jugué
Estaba jugando
Había jugado

FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
CONDITIONAL SIMPLECONDITIONAL
CONTINUOUS
CONDITIONAL PERFECT
CONDITIONAL PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

El pasado en inglés generalmente tiene cuatro posibles traducciones al castellano. Ejemplo: played  jugaba, jugué, jugara y jugaseHave en los tiempos perfectos corresponde al verbo haber en castellano
3
El participio pasado en inglés corresponde a las formas cantado, jugado, comido, tenido, etc. en castellano
4
Will es un verboauxiliar que transforma el siguiente verbo en futuro: I will play  jugaré
5
Be en los tiempos continuos corresponde al verbo estar en castellano
6
Un verbo seguido de –ing corresponde generalmente alas formas cantando, jugando, comiendo, teniendo, etc. en castellano
7
Would es un verbo auxiliar que transforma el siguiente verbo en condicional: I would play  jugaría
2

Habría estado jugando...