tenses

• Present 


  o

  as

  a

  amos

  áis

  an
• Future

  é

  ás

  á

  emos

  éis

  án
• Preterite


  AR verbs ER/IR verbs

  é í

  aste Iste

  ó ió

  amos imos

  ásteis ísteis

  aron ieron
• Present continuous


  used to indicate what is happening at the time of speaking

  estoy

  estás

  está + __ando e.g. estoy hablando (I am speaking)

  estamos

  estáis

  están
• Conditional 


  recognised by “would” or sometimes “should” (e.g. I would swim)

  ía

  ías

  ía (AR/ER/IR is not replaced, instead ending is added on e.g.

  íamos nadaría)

  íais

  ían
• Imperfect


  The imperfect tense is used for things that ‘used to happen’ or ‘were happening' like 'I used to work' or 'I was working'

  AR verbs ER/IR verbs

  aba ía

  abas ías

  aba ía

  ábamos íamos

  ábais íais

  aban ían
• Present participle 


  The present participle or gerund is recognised in English by the ending –ing

  AR verbs ER/IR

  -ando -iendo
• Immediate future 


  I am going to...

  voy a

  vas a

  va a + verb (e.g. voy a trabajar - I am going to work)

  vamos a

  vais a

  van a
• Present Perfect


  Always contains ‘has’ or ‘have’ in it. E.g. I have spoken

  AR verbs

  he

  has

  ha + __ado(AR)/ido(ER/IR)

  hemos

  habéis

  han
• Past perfect


  e.g. I had spoken

  había

  habías

  había + ado/ido

  habíamos

  habíais

  habían