Present
Verb used for routines, current habits, permanent situations, states, general truths and facts
Present simple
Verb used for single completed actions, habits in the past, permanent situations in the past, general truths and facts about the past...
Past simple
How would you say... "Suelo ir al gimnasio todos los días"?
I am used to going to the gym everyday
I have the tickets for the concert!
We will go to the concert on Sunday at 9pm
Is it correct? Why?
No, because we use going to for plans.
Complete the sentence..
It will be great when she....(find) a job
finds, has found
Verbs which are not normally used in continuous tenses because they don't describe actions
translate the sentence:
Yo solía jugar con mis primos cuando era pequeña
I used to play with my cousins when I was a child
When do we use used to + infinitive?
Past habits and states, particularly for the distant past.
I think I am going to help you.
Is it correct? why?
NO
I will help you
Complete the sentence
Let me know.. as soon as he (finish) his workpapers
has finished/ finishes
When do we use present perfect continuous?
Can you tell me an example?
To emphasize the length of the action
Translate this sentence into English:
He estado esperándote toda la mañana.
I have been waiting for you the whole morning.
How would you say.. "Yo solía ir a correr cuando era niña"
I would run when I was a child
Continue the sentence.
I .... to a meeting tomorrow at 5pm
Am going
Complete the sentence
Think of me when you... ( travel) to Venice
travel/ are traveling
Can you transform this sentence into a question?
I have travelled by plane
Have I travelled by plane?
When do we use past perfect simple?
Situations and states before the past, completed actions before a moment in the past, completed actions where the important thing is the result at a moment in the past.
When do we use would + infinitive?
Continue the sentence:
At seven o´clock, ....... (do) my homework for three hours!
I will have been doing
They will stop studying once they... (pass) their final exam
pass/ have passed
thinking, existence, emotions, the human senses, appearance, possessions and relationships
Make a sentence using past perfect simple + past simple
I had finished my homework when the teacher came.
How would you say.. "Me estoy acostumbrando a hacer deporte bastante a menudo"?
I am getting used to practicing sport quite often!
Continue the sentence...
I..... (finish) my presentation by the time you come home
I will have finished
Complete the sentence: it will be several years before we (buy) a house
have bought/ buy