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Verbs tenses
English verbs tenses
Term | Definition |
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Infinitive | To dance. I like to dance. |
Present Simple | I dance. I dance very well. |
Present Perfect | I have danced. I have danced all my life. (Yo he bailado toda mi vida) |
Present Continuous | I am dancing. I am dancing a tango. |
Present Perfect Continuous | I have been dancing. I have been dancing the whole day. (Yo he estado bailando todo el día) |
Past Simple | I danced. I danced with Jean. |
Past Perfect | I had danced. I had danced a lot that night. (Yo había bailado mucho aquella noche). |
Past Continuous | I was dancing. At one o'clock I was still dancing. (A la una aún estaba bailando). |
Past Perfect Continuous | I had been dancing. I had been dancing the whole night. (Yo había estado bailando toda la noche). |
Future Simple | I will dance. I will dance with you at the party. |
Future Perfect | I will have danced. I will have danced a lot when you come. (Yo habré bailado mucho cuando tu vengas). |
Future Continuous | i will be dancing. I will be dancing the whole day. (Yo estaré bailando el día entero). |
Future Perfect Continuous | I will have been dancing. I will have been dancing with Rita all the time. (Yo habré estado bailando con Rita todo el tiempo). |
going + infinitive. (Plans in the future, esp. in an informal style) | I'm going to dance. I'm going to dance with you tomorrow. (Yo voy a bailar contigo mañana). |
Conditional Simple | I would dance. I would dance every day if you came. (Yo bailaría todos los días si vinieras). |
Conditional Perfect | I would have danced. I would have danced if you had come. (Yo habría bailado si hubieras venido). |
Conditional Continuous | I would be dancing. I would be dancing now if you were here. (Yo estaría bailando ahora si estuvieras aquí). |
Conditional Perfect Continuous | I would have been dancing. I would have been dancing a lot if you had come. (Yo habría estado bailando mucho si hubieras venido). |
Gerund | Dancing. Dancing is good for the health. |
Imperative | Dance. Dance with me. |
if you had come | Si hubieras venido |
if you were here | Si estuvieras aquí |
if you came | Si vinieras |
I have danced. | Present perfect. (Yo he bailado) |
I am dancing. | Present Continuous. |
I dance. | Present Simple. |
I have been dancing. | Present Perfect Continuous (Yo he estado bailando) |
I danced. | Past Simple. |
I had danced. | Past Perfect. (Yo había bailado) |
I was dancing. | Past Continuous. (Yo estaba bailando) |
I had been dancing. | Past Perfect Continuous. (Yo había estado bailando) |
I will dance. | Future Simple. |
I will have danced. | Future Perfect. (Yo habré bailado) |
I will be dancing. | Future Continuous. (Yo estaré bailando) |
I will have been dancing. | Future Perfect Continuous. (Yo habré estado bailando) |
I would dance. | Conditional Simple. (Yo bailaría) |
I would have danced. | Conditional Perfect. (Yo habría bailado) |
I would be dancing. | Conditional Continuous. (Yo estaría bailando) |
I would have been dancing. | Conditional Perfect Continuous. (Yo habría estado bailando) |