Verb Tenses

Question 1

Ejemplos de Past Simple

To talk about past states or completed actions in the past.

Answer 1

Afirmativas:
* They lived together for 53 years.
* She cried with the end of the movie.
* She ran to get away from the crocodile.

Negativas:
* They didn’t discuss the problem last night
* I didn’t enjoy my childhood.
* We didn’t write the book review.

Preguntas:
* Did they clean the whole house?
* Did she call me?
* Did you forget the doctor ‘s appointment?

Question 2

Ejemplos de Past Continuous

To talk about an action in the past that was in progress when something else happend

Answer 2

Afirmativas:
* He was playing the piano when the bell rang.
* On July 18 we were dancing and singing.
* Ana was filming a new movie and a short film at the same time.

Negativas:
* She was not playing violin because she had a broken hand.
* We were not living together that year.
* I was not crying for you

Preguntas:
* Was she drinking alcohol before the accident?
* Were they swimming in the river at midnight? = ¿Estaban ellos nadando en el río a media noche?
* Was he painting the new house? = ¿Él estaba pintando la casa nueva?

Question 3

Tres casos de usos para el Pasado Continuo.

Answer 3

• Cuando una acción interrumpe otra.
  Por ejemplo: I was running when the ball hit me
• Cuando dos o más situaciones ocurren al mismo tiempo. Por ejemplo: While the children were playing the adults were talking.
• **Cuando se agrega contexto o énfasis a determinada acción. **Por ejemplo: In 1918 the English women’s suffrage movement was voting for the first time.

Question 4

Ejemplos de Past Perfect

To talk about a past action that ocurred before another past action.

Answer 4

• When I got home last night, my mother had already prepared dinner. /Cuando llegué a casa anoche, mi mamá ya había preparado la cena.
• Tommy had never seen a bear before he moved to Alaska./ Tommy nunca había visto un oso antes de mudarse a Alaska.
• Max knew Paris because he had visited the city several times./ Max conocía París porque había visitado la ciudad varias veces.
• Ronnie and Stefanie hadn’t met before the party.
  Ronnie y Stefanie no se habían conocido antes de la fiesta.

Question 5

Usos del Past Perfect

Answer 5

** Expresar que una acción ocurrió antes que otra acción pasada. **Por ejemplo: I didn’t go to the museum because I had visited it twice before.

**Contar una historia o narración en un orden distinto al cronológico. **Por ejemplo: When we arrived home last night, thieves had broken into.

**En relación a otro verbo en past simple (pasado simple) que fue mencionado antes o que está implícito en el contexto. **Por ejemplo: I had already seen the movie (before this time).

**En oraciones de estilo indirecto, para reportar oraciones que originalmente utilizaron el presente perfecto (present perfect) o el pasado simple (past simple). **Por ejemplo: I spoke to Mary yesterday. (estilo directo) – He said that he had spoken to Mary the day before. (estilo indirecto)

En oraciones en third conditional, para expresar una condición hipotética en el pasado. Por ejemplo: If I had known about his problem, I wouldn’t have asked that question.

Question 6

Diferencia entre Past Simple y Past Perfect

Answer 6

• Orden cronológico. Por ejemplo: When we got to the movie theater (past simple), the movie started (past simple). / Cuando llegamos al cine, la película comenzó.
• Orden inverso. Por ejemplo: When we got to the movie theater (past simple), the movie had started. (past perfect). / Cuando llegamos al cine, la película había comenzado.

Question 7

Definition of Present Perfect

Answer 7

To talk about an action that start in the past and is still happening now.

Question 8

• They enjoyed the welcome party
• He was playing the piano when the bell rang.
• She played piano every night
• We were not living together that year
• When I arrived at the party, Emma had left

Answer 8

• Past Simple
• Past Continuous
• Past Simple
• Past Continuous
• Past Perfect

Question 9

Diferencias entre Past Simple y Past Perfect

Answer 9

Mientras que las acciones en past simple (pasado simple) siguen un orden cronológico, las acciones en past perfect (pasado perfecto) se refieren a un tiempo anterior, es decir, expresan un orden inverso.

• Orden cronológico. Por ejemplo: When we got to the movie theater (past simple), the movie started (past simple). / Cuando llegamos al cine, la película comenzó.
• Orden inverso. Por ejemplo: When we got to the movie theater (past simple), the movie had started. (past perfect). / Cuando llegamos al cine, la película había comenzado.