2. Preterite Imperfect
Used to express a Used to express a
continuous action in “snapshot” action in
the past the past
3. Future Conditional
Used when refering Used when referring
to something in the to something in the
future future
4. Por Para
Cause or reason Purpose
Length of time/ Time limit
Duration of an action Destination/Movement
Movement through a towards a place
place/by a place Comparison
Agent Adressee
Substitution
5. Cause or reason
Length of time/ Duration of an action
Movement through a place/by a place
Agent
Substitution
6. Purpose
Time limit
Destination/Movement towards a place
Comparison
Adressee
7. Tú Affirmative Ud affirmative
Put in usted form. Put
in usted form, change to
opposite vowel.
Tú negative Ud negative
Put
in usted form, change to opposite Put
in usted form, change to opposite
vowel and add a no before the verb, vowel, add an “s” to the end.
and an “s” to the end
Ustedes Affirmative Nosotros affirmative; put in
Put in ustedes form, change to nosotros form, change to opposite
opposite vowel. vowel
Ustedes negative, put in ustedes form Nosotros negative; put in nosotros
with opposite vowel, no goes before change to opposite vowel, no goes
the verb before the verb.
8. The present perfect is formed by
combining the auzillary verb “has” with the
past participle
he hemos
has habeis
ha han
Add ado to the end of AR verbs, ido to the
end of ER and IR verbs.
9. Recieves the object of a verb
Me nos
te os
Lo/la los/las
10. Add mente to the feminine form of an
adjective.
Exceptions;
muy - very
nunca – never
peor - worse
poco - little
bastante - quite
demasiado - too
mal - badly
mucho – a lot
siempre - always
12. Se is used to avoid specifying the person
who is performing the action of the verb
Always conjugate in usted form.
13. Ir+ present participle = is slowly but surely
___ing
Andar + present participle = is going
around ___ing
Seguir + present participle = is still ___ing