| Tiempos Verbales |
| Simple Tenses | Progressive Tenses |
| (1) Present What happens? |
(4) Past Perfect What had happened? |
(7) Conditional What would happen? |
| (2) Past What happened? |
(5) Future What will happen? |
(8) Past Conditional What would have happened? |
| (3) Present Perfect What has happened? |
(6) Future Perfect What will have happened? |
(9) Modal Verbs What (can, could...) happen? |
What happened ? ---------------- ¿ Qué pasó ? o ¿ Qué pasaba ?
| Affirmative-------Subject + V2 | V1 | V2 | V3 | ||||||
| I went to the office - Yo iba ( fui) a la oficina | go | went | gone | ||||||
| You came from Brazil - Tu viniste (venías) de Brasil | come | came | come | ||||||
| She bought everything - Ella compró (compraba ) todo | buy | bought | bought | ||||||
| They lived in Chicago - Ellos vivieron (vivían) en Chicago | live | lived | lived | ||||||
| We worked here - Nosotros trabajamos (trabajábamos) aquí | work | worked | worked | ||||||
| Negative----------Subject + didn't + V1 | |||||||||
| I didn't sell anything - No vendí (no vendía) nada | sell | sold | sold | ||||||
| You didn't do that work - Tu no hiciste (no hacías) ese trabajo | do | did | done | ||||||
| He didn't give the orders - Él no dió (no daba) las órdenes | give | gave | given | ||||||
| She didn't visit anybody - Ella no visitó (no visitaba) a nadie | visit | visited | visited | ||||||
| They didn't travel anywhere - Ellos no viajaron (no viajaban) a ninguna parte | travel | traveled | traveled | ||||||
| Interrogative-----Did + subject + V1 ? | |||||||||
| Did I bring the beer ? - ¿ Traje (traía) la cerveza ? | bring | brought | brought | ||||||
| Did you take the books ? - ¿ Llevaste (llevabas) los libros ? | take | took | taken | ||||||
| What did he say ? - ¿ Qué dijo (decía) él ? | say | said | said | ||||||
| Did she accept presents ? - ¿ Aceptó (aceptaba) ella regalos ? | accept | accepted | accepted | ||||||
| Did they believe in God ? - ¿ Creyeron (creían) ellos en Dios ? | believe | believed | believed | ||||||
Simple Past: To go
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I went | I didn't go | Did I go ? |
| You went | You didn't go | Did you go ? |
| He went | He didn't go | Did he go ? |
| She went | She didn't go | Did she go ? |
| It went | It didn't go | Did it go ? |
| We went | We didn't go | Did we go ? |
| You went | You didn't go | Did you go ? |
| They went | They didn't go | Did they go ? |
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