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Understanding Simple and Compound Tenses in Spanish
1. Tiempos Simples y
Tiempos Compuestos
Maiber Escorihuela
REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA
MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA
INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DE TECNOLOGÍA “ANTONIO RICAURTE”
Cagua, Junio de 2015
2. The Simple Past is used to talk about actions or situations in the past. It is also
called Past Simple.
1. action finished in the past (single or repeated)
2. series of completed actions in the past
Example:
“She studied Industrial Production 3 years ago”
Simple Past
3. Simple Present
We use the present tense to talk about:
Something that is true in the present:
Something that happens again and again in the present:
Something that is always true:
Example:
“They make sure the production is going well”
4. Past Perfect (Compuesto)
We use the past perfect tense:
For something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the
past
For something we had done several times up to a point in the past and
continued to do after that point
Example
“The industrial security class had started when they arrived”
5. Present Perfect (Compuesto)
We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an
unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important.
You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as:
yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in
Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc.
We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever,
never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.
Example
“Production indexes have been computed already.”