Conditionals, past continuous and past simple.
Conditionals.
Zero Conditional - (Type Zero) - Situación siempre verdaderaIf you freeze water, it turns into ice.First Conditional - (Type I) - Situación real o posibleIf it rains today, I'll stay at home.Second Conditional - (Type II) - Situación hipotéticaIf I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.Third Conditional - (Type III) - Situación hipotética del pasadoIf I had won the lottery, I would have traveled around the world.
Conditional: wish + past simple- Deseo sobre una situación irrealI wish I were rich (but I am not)Conditional: wish + past perfect - Deseo sobre el pasadoI wish I had learned English when I was younger (but I didn't)Conditional: wish + would - Expresando desagrado o irritaciónI wish you would stop making that noise
- If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.
Si ganara la lotería, viajaría por todo el mundo. - If I were in Brazil, I would go to Rio de Janeiro.
Si yo estuviese en Brasil, iría a Río de Janeiro. - If I were you, I would buy that car.
Si yo fuese tú, compraría ese auto. - If he were in my place, he wouldn't do this.
Si él estuviese en mi lugar, no haría esto. - If I had more money, I would buy a nice apartment.
Si yo tuviese más dinero, me compraría un lindo apartamento. - If she had more time, she would travel more often.
Si ella tuviera más tiempo, viajaría más a menudo. - If it were not raining, we could go out.
Si no estuviese lloviendo, podríamos salir. - If we didn't have to work today, we could have a picnic.
Si no tuviésemos que trabajar hoy, podríamos tener un picnic. - If they won the lottery, they wouldn't work any more.
Si ellos ganaran la lotería, no trabajarían más. - If I saw her, I would ask her out.
Si la viera, la invitaría a salir. - If you went to Brazil, you wouldn't want to come back.
Si fueras a Brazil, no querrías regresar. - If they spoke Spanish, we would understand them.
Si ellos hablasen español, los entenderíamos. - If he didn't live by the river, he couldn't go fishing.
Si el no viviera cerca del río, no podría ir a pescar. - If I didn't want to go, I would tell you.
Si no quisiera ir, te lo diría. - If they worked for that company, they might have better salaries.
Si ellos trabajaran para esa compañía, podrían tener mejores sueldos. - If she wrote a book, it would be a best-seller.
Si ella escribiese un libro, sería un best-seller.
These were some examples the conditionals.
Past continuous
- The Past Continuous is a verb tense describes actions that were being made at a time of the year to which it refers and then continued.
Structure
Sujeto + be in past + verbo -ing
-When I arrived at her house she was listening to music.
Cuando llegué a su casa estaba escuchando música.
-She was working all day yesterday.
Ayer estuvo trabajando todo el día.
-When I got up it was raining.
Cuando me levanté estaba lloviendo.
-They were having breakfast when the phone rang.
Estaban desayunando cuando sonó el teléfono.
-We were living in Italy when he died.
Estabamos viviendo en Italia cuando murió.
These were some examples the past continuous.
Simple Past.
* Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that have happened at an earlier time and have already completed. *
Structure: Suj- verb ed (past).
1.- I was with him in the party (yo estaba con el en la fiesta)
2.- We were in her house yesterday (nosotros estabamos en la casa de ella ayer)
3.- She was his wife (ella era su esposa)
4.- I was sick (estaba enfeermo)
5.- Sabrina was pretty (sabrina era linda)
6.- My dog was white (mi perro era blanco)
7.- I was with my mother last year. (estaba con mi mama el año pasado)
8.- John was in my house (john estaba en mi casa)
9.- My mother and I were in the church last Sunday (mi mama y yo estabamos en la iglesia el domingo pasado)
10.- He was at thes chool yesterday at this hour (el estaba en la escuela ayer, a esta hora).
These were some examples the simple past.
Past continuous
- The Past Continuous is a verb tense describes actions that were being made at a time of the year to which it refers and then continued.
Structure
Sujeto + be in past + verbo -ing
-When I arrived at her house she was listening to music.
Cuando llegué a su casa estaba escuchando música.
-She was working all day yesterday.
Ayer estuvo trabajando todo el día.
-When I got up it was raining.
Cuando me levanté estaba lloviendo.
-They were having breakfast when the phone rang.
Estaban desayunando cuando sonó el teléfono.
-We were living in Italy when he died.
Estabamos viviendo en Italia cuando murió.
These were some examples the past continuous.
Simple Past.
* Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that have happened at an earlier time and have already completed. *
Structure: Suj- verb ed (past).
1.- I was with him in the party (yo estaba con el en la fiesta)
2.- We were in her house yesterday (nosotros estabamos en la casa de ella ayer)
3.- She was his wife (ella era su esposa)
4.- I was sick (estaba enfeermo)
5.- Sabrina was pretty (sabrina era linda)
6.- My dog was white (mi perro era blanco)
7.- I was with my mother last year. (estaba con mi mama el año pasado)
8.- John was in my house (john estaba en mi casa)
9.- My mother and I were in the church last Sunday (mi mama y yo estabamos en la iglesia el domingo pasado)
10.- He was at thes chool yesterday at this hour (el estaba en la escuela ayer, a esta hora).
These were some examples the simple past.