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75 Cards in this Set
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The man sold me his car |
El hombre me vendió su coche. PRETERIT: sold is a completed action, over and done with, finished |
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The man will call me later |
El hombre me llamará más tarde. FUTURE: the word 'will' |
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The man was working last night ... |
El hombre trabajaba anoche. El hombre estaba trabajando anoche. Choice: |
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The man shot his dog |
El hombre disparó a su perro. PRETERIT: completed action, shot, done and over with, specific point in time |
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The man has died |
El hombre ha muerto, PRESENT PERFECT |
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Classes will end soon |
Las clases terminarán pronto. FUTURE: will |
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The classes ended at 2:00 |
Las clases se acabó a las 2:00. Las clases terminaron a las 2:00 PRETERIT: past tense, completed action, specific point, 'ended' |
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The classes have ended already |
Las clases han terminado ya. PRESENT PERFECT: have/has + participle. Any time you have have/has + another verb |
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My father yelled at me last night |
Mi padre me gritó anoche. PRETERIT: |
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I threw up 5 times yesterday |
Vomité 5 veces ayer, PRETERIT: completed action, specific ending point, done and over with .... |
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I haven't seen him |
No lo he visto. PRESENT PERFECT |
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She hasn't left yet |
No ha salido todavía. PRESENT PERFECT: |
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She is reading right now |
Está leyendo ahora mismo. CHOICE: present tense or present progressive. |
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She was reading last night when |
Leía anoche cuando... Estaba leyendo anoche cuando... CHOICE: IMPERFECT or PAST PROGRESSIVE (was/were + ing) |
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She used to study more |
Ella estudiaba más. IMPERFECT |
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Do it |
Hazlo. COMMAND: an order |
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She gave it to me already |
Ella ya me lo dio. PRETERIT: completed action, specific point in time |
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The dog bit her |
El perro la mordío. PRETERIT: completed action, specific point in time |
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The dog was sick when... |
El perro estaba enfermo cuando... IMPERFECT (back ground information, not an action, no clear ending point) |
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It was hot when |
Hacía calor cuando IMPERFECT (background of a story, no action, no clear ending point) |
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She was working hard when |
Trabajaba dura cuando... Ella estaba trabajando duro cuando. CHOICE: |
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It is 6:30 |
Son las seis y media PRESENT TENSE: (now) |
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It was 6:30
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Estaba seis y media. IMPERFECT: time in past, background of story |
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She will kill you tonight |
Te matará esta noche. FUTURE: (will) |
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She hasn't seen you |
Ella no te ha visto. PRESENT PERFECT |
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She is happy |
Ella esta contenta. PRESENT TENSE: (now) |
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She wanted to be a doctor |
Ella quería ser médico. IMPERFECT (the verb to want expresses a desire over an extended period of time, like background, not an action, not specific point in time) |
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She went to paris last year |
Ella se fue a París el año pasado. PRETERIT: completed action, specific starting and stopping point |
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She will do it later |
Ella lo hará más tarde. FUTURE: (will) |
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She has finished the test |
Ella ha terminado la prueba. PRESENT PERFECT: |
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It was a cold night ... |
Hacía una noche fria. IMPERFECT (background to story, no action) |
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It rained yesterday |
Llovió ayer. PRETERIT: completed action, clear starting/stopping point |
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It was raining |
Estaba lloviendo. Estuvo lloviendo. choice: |
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It used to rain more |
Lluvia más, IMPERFECT: (used to) |
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They used to study at Gilmour |
Estudiaban en Gilmore. IMPERFECT (used to) |
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I knew that you ... |
Yo sabía que usted... IMPERFECT: knew implies that you knew it for along time, you still know it, not completed action (not preterit) |
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I forgot my homework today |
Olvidé mi tarea hoy PRETERIT: (completed action, clear point in time) |
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Have you forgotten anything |
¿Has olvidado algo? PRESENT PERFECT:(have /has + participle) |
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Call me later |
Llamame más tarde. COMMAND |
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I am studying now |
Estudio ahora. Ahora estoy estudiando. PRESENT or PRESENT PROGRESSIVE |
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I don't smoke |
No fumo. PRESENT: (general present tense) |
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I will never smoke |
Nunca fumaré. FUTURE:(will) |
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Have you ever smoked? |
¿Has fumado? ¿Ha fumado alguna vez? PRESENT PERFECT: (have/has + participle) |
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She never used to smoke |
Ella nunca fumaba. IMPERFECT: (used to) |
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The door was open when... |
La puerta estaba abierta cuando... IMPERFECT: (background of story, no action) |
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I closed the door |
Cerré la puerta. PRETERITE: (completed action, specific point) |
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She will do it for us |
Ella nos lo hará. FUTURE: (will) |
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Haven't you forgotten something |
No te has olvidado algo. PRESENT PERFECT: |
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She needs to work more
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Ella necesita trabajar más. PRESENT TENSE: (general present time) |
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She didn't do it |
Ella no lo hizo. PRETERIT: |
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The wind was blowing terribly... |
El viento soplaba terriblemente... El viento estaba soplado terriblemente... CHOICE: |
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The dog is barking like crazy |
El perro ladra como loco. El perro está ladrando como loco. CHOICE; PRESENT or |
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She sat down and ate her dinner |
Ella se sentó y comió la cena. 2 PRETERITS: |
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She used to love me |
Ella me encantaBA. IMPERFECT: |
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She was waiting for him |
Ella le esperaba. CHOICE: |
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She fixed her car and left |
Ella arregló su auto y se fue. PRETERIT: |
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She hasn't fixed it yet |
Ella todavía no lo ha arreglado. PRESENT PERFECT: |
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Has she called you yet |
Te ha llamado todavía. PRESENT PERFECT: |
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I haven't finished it yet |
Todavía no lo he terminado. PRESENT PERFECT: |
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I did it already |
Ya lo hice. PRETERIT: |
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Do you know her
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¿La conoces? PRESENT TENSE: (general present tense) |
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When did you meet her? |
¿Cuándo la conociste? PRETERIT: specific point, completed action |
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Did you know my sister |
¿La conocia a mi hermana? IMPERFECT: the sentence implies that you knew her for a long period of time (not a specific point or completed action) |
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What were you saying |
¿Qué decía? ¿Qué estaba diciendo? CHOICE: IMPERFECT (background) or PAST PROGRESSIVE (progressive -ing) |
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What did you say |
¿Qué dijiste? PRETERIT: |
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They weren't home when ... |
No estaban en casa cuando... IMPERFECT: background of story before an action occurs |
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She sold it to me yesterday |
Me lo vendió ayer. PRETERIT; completed action, specific point in past |
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He is cooking for you |
Te él cocinar. Te está cocinando. CHOICE: PRESENT or PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (progressive = ing) |
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He was cooking dinner when ... |
Él cocinaba la cena cuando... Él estaba cocinando la cena cuando... CHOICE: IMPERFECT (background of story) or PAST PROGRESSIVE (ing) |
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Has he cooked for you yet |
¿Ha cocinado él para ti todavía? PRESENT PERFECT: has/have + participle |
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will you do it for me |
¿Lo hará para mí? FUTURE: (will) |
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** New choice ** |
Yo había vendido. PAST PERFECT: (any form of had + participle) |
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**New Choice ** |
Habré dado mi coche... FUTURE PERFECT: (any form of will have + participle) |
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**New Choice** |
Estaré trabajando. FUTURE PROGRESSIVE: (any form of will be + ing) |
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**New Choice** |
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