Past
Past
El tiempo Past (pasado) responde a la pregunta: What happened? = ¿Qué pasó/pasaba? o What was happening? = ¿Qué estuvo/estaba pasando?. Se forma: Sujeto + verbo en pasado (I worked). Sujeto + was/were + verbo en progresivo (I was working).
| 1. Present I work I am working |
2. Present perfect I have worked I have been working |
| 3. Past I worked I was working |
4. Past perfect I had worked I had been working |
| 5. Future I will work I will be working |
6. Future perfect I will have worked I will have been working |
| 7. Future (going to) I am going to work I am going to be working |
8. Future perfect (going to) I am going to have worked I am going to have been working |
| 9. Future in past I was going to work I was going to be working |
10. Future perfect in past I was going to have worked I was going to have been working |
| 11. Conditional I would work I would be working |
12. Conditional perfect I would have worked I would have been working |
| 13. Modals I (can, could, ...) work I (can, could, ...) be working |
14. Modals + have I (can, could, ...) have worked I (can, could, ...) have been working |
| 15. Imperative Work! Let's work! |
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Simple Tenses - Continuous Tenses
Past Simple
What happened? - ¿Qué pasó?I worked - Trabajé / Trabajaba
- I lost my keys yesterday.
Ayer perdí las llaves. - It rained last night.
Anoche llovió. - My neighbors bought a new car.
Mis vecinos se compraron un auto nuevo. - Mr. Smith died two weeks ago.
El Sr. Smith falleció hace dos semanas. - Susan sold her house last month.
Susan vendió su casa el mes pasado. - Her kids did not go to school the day before yesterday.
Sus hijos no concurrieron a la escuela antes de ayer. - Ted did not pass the exam.
Ted no pasó el examen. - Did you see Jane yesterday?
¿Viste a Jane ayer? - Where did they go on vacation?
¿Dónde fueron de vacaciones?
Past Simple Continuous
What was happening? - ¿Qué estuvo/estaba pasando?I was working - Estuve/estaba trabajando
- Grace was taking a shower when the phone rang.
Grace estaba duchándose cuando sonó el teléfono. - While we were walking down the street, we saw Mrs. Pierce.
Mientras estaban caminando por la calle, vieron a la Sra. Pierce. - The baby was crying while her mother was preparing breakfast.
El bebé estaba llorando mientras su mamá estaba preparando el desayuno. - The employee was not doing his job when his boss arrived.
El empleado no estaba haciendo su trabajo cuando llegó su jefe. - They were not driving carefully when they had the accident.
Ellos no estaban manejando con cuidado cuando tuvieron el accidente. - What was Henry doing at midday?
¿Qué estaba haciendo Henry al mediodía? - Were your friends playing in the park when it began to drizzle?
¿Tus amigos estaban jugando en el parque cuando comenzó a lloviznar?
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