English Verb Forms: A Quick Reference Table

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TRADUCCIÓN

Be

Was/were

Been

Ser/estar

Become

Became

Become

Llegar a ser

Begin

Began

Begun

Empezar

Break

Broke

Broken

Romper

Bring

Brought

Brought

Traer

Build

Built

Built

Construir

Burn

Burnt

Burnt

Quemar

Buy

Bought

Bought

Comprar

Choose

Chose

Chosen

Escoger

Come

Came

Come

Venir

Cost

Cost

 Cost

Costar

Cut

Cut

Cut

Cortar

Do

Did

Done

Hacer

Draw

Drew

Drawn

Dibujar

Dream

Dreamt

Dreamt

Soñar

Drink

Drank

Drunk

Beber

Drive

Drove

Driven

Conducir

Eat

Ate

Eaten

Comer


Fall

Fell

Fallen

Caer

Feel

Felt

Felt

Sentir

Find

Found

Found

Encontrar

Fly

Flew

Flown

Volar

Forbid

Forbade

Fobidden

Prohibir

Forget

Forgot

Forgotten

Olvidar

Get

Got

Got

Conseguir-obtener

Give

Gave

Given

Dar

Go

Went

Gone

Ir

Have

Had

Had

Tener-tomar

Hear

Heard

Heard

Oir

Hold

Held

Held

Sostener-abrazar

Hurt

Hurt

Hurt

Herir-hacer daño

Keep

Kept

Kept

Guardar-mantener

Know

Knew

Known

Saber-conocer

Learn

Learnt

Learnt

Aprender

Leave

Left

Left

Salir-dejar-marcharse

Let

Let

Let

Permitir-alquilar


Lose

Lost

Lost

Perder

Make

Made

Made

Hacer

Mean

Meant

meant

Significar

Meet

Met

Met

Encontrar-conocer

Pay

Paid

Paid

Pagar

Put

Put

Put

Poner

Read

Read

Read

Leer

Ride

Rode

Ridden

Montar

Run

Ran

Run

Correr

Say

Said

Said

Decir

See

Saw

Seen

Ver

Sell

Sold

Sold

Vender

Send

Sent

Sent

Enviar

Show

Showed

Shown

Enseñar-mostrar

Sing

Sang

Sung

Cantar

Sit

Sat

Sat

Sentarse

Sleep

Slept

Slept

Domir

Speak

Spoke

Spoken

Hablar


Spend

Spent

Spent

Pasar-gastar (horas, minutos..)

Stand

Stood

Stood

Estar de pie

Steal

Stole

Stolen

Robar

Swim

Swam

Swum

Nadar

Take

Took

Taken

Coger-tomar

Teach

Taught

Taught

Enseñar

Tell

Told

told

Decir-contar (una cosa)

Think

Thought

Thought

Pensar-creer

Understand

Understood

Understood

Comprender-entender

Wake

Woke

Woken

Despertarse

Wear

Wore

Worn

Llevar puesto

Win

Won

Won

Ganar

Write

Wrote

Writen

escribir


– PRESENT SIMPLE: -S EN TERCERA PERSONA – DO/DOES EN – Y ¿?

ACCIONES HABITUALES. (I SAY, SHE SAYS…)

– PRESENT CONTINIOUS: TO BE+ V-ING (I AM SAYING)

ACCIONES EN EL MOMENTO QUE SE HABLA, ACCIONES PLANEADAS.

– PRESENT PERFECT: TO HAVE+PARTICIPIO (I HAVE SAID)

ACCIONES EN EL PASADO SIN ESPECIFICAR MOMENTO.

– PRESENT PERFECT CONTINIOUS: TO HAVE BEEN+V-ING (I HAVE BEEN SAYING)

ACCIONES QUE COMENZARON EN EL PASADO Y QUE PUEDEN O NO CONTINUAR.

– PAST SIMPLE: -ED O VERBO IRREGULAR (I SAID)

ACCIONES EN PASADO Y ACABADAS

– PAST CONTINIOUS: WAS/WERE+V-ING

ACCIONES EN DESARROLLO EN EL PASADO

– PAST PERFECT: HAD+PARTICIPIO

ACCION CON ANTERIORIDAD A OTRA EN EL PASADO

– PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: HAD BEEN+V-ING

FUTURO

– GOING TO: VOY A…

– WILL+VERBO

– WILL BE+V-ING

CONDICIONAL

– WOULD+VERBO (SIMPLE)


interrogative pronoms:

– whose: cuyo

– whom: a quien

– which: cual

CARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA

– I think you: creo que usted

– I think not: yo creo que no

– no way: de ninguna manera

– pardon: como

– Anyway: de todas maneras

– By the way: a proposito

– The key issue is: la cuestion principal

– Agree: de acuerdo

– Actually: en realidad/de hecho


– to whom it may concern

A quien le interese

– we are writing to inform/to confirm

Estamos escribiendo para informar / confirmar

– Request

Peticion

– I would interesting in (verbo ing)

Lo haria interesante

– We are please to inform

Estamos encantados de informar a

– I’m afraid I have to inform you..

Me temo que tengo que informarle

– We regret

Lamentamos

– Thank you for your letter of thursday 22th

Gracias por su carta del Jueves 22

– In reply to your request…

En respuesta a su solicitud ….

– With references to..

Con referencias a la…

– I would like to confirm the key…

Me gustaría confirmar la clave ….

– I would appreciate if you…

Le agradeceria si usted

– In addition…

Ademas

– It will take TWO WEEK to process your order

Tomará dos semanas para procesar su pedido

– Please find enclosed our price list…

Se adjunta la lista de precios ….

– If you require more information.

. – si usted requiere mas informacion

– If we can be of any assistance, please let us know… –

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