This document provides information on Spanish verb tenses and forms, including the imperfect, preterit, irregular verbs, progressive tenses, modal verbs, adverbs, and formal commands. It explains how to conjugate verbs in the imperfect and preterit tenses, lists common irregular verbs, and covers topics like superlatives, prepositions, and demonstratives. Examples are provided to illustrate the uses of different verb forms in context.

1. By Antonio Boyett

2.  Imperfect  Future
 Preterit  Irregular
 Car/Gar/Zar  Conditional
 Spock  Superlatives
 Cucaracha  Formal Commands
 Snake/Snakey  Prepositions
 Modal Verbs  Demonstratives
 Adverbs
 Progressive
 Present
 Past

3.  You would use an  EXAMPLES:
imperfect verb  De vez en cuando, yo
conjugation when hablaba con Ivana.
talking about  Todos los días, comías
something that has hamburgesas.
happened with no
definite beginning or
end. It’s almost like a
movie. The action just
keeps on happening.

4.  AR:  ER/IR
▪ Yo = -aba ▪ Ía
▪ Tú = -abas ▪ Ías
▪ Él/Ella/Usted = -aba ▪ Ía
▪ Nosotros = -abamos ▪ Íamos
▪ Vosotros = -abais ▪ Íais
▪ Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes- aban ▪ íain

5.  The preterit tense is used when talking about a
specific event in the past. All you have to do is
change the endings of the verbs for the
appropriate conjugation.
 AR ER/IR
 -e -i
 -aste -iste
 -o -io
 -amos -imos
 -aron -ieron

6.  Car – que
 Gar- gue
 Zar - ce

7.  Dar
 Ver
 Ir
 Ser
 Hacer

8.  Andar – anduv  Producir – Produj
 Estar – estuv  Traducir – Traduj
 Poder – pud  Decir – Dej
 Poner – pus  Traer - Traj
 Quere – Quis
 Saber – Sup
 Tener – Tuv
 Venir – Vin
 Conducir – Conduj

9.  Dormir – the “o” changes to a “u” DURING
the 3rd person
 Leer – The second “e’’ changes to a “y” WHILE
in the 3rd person
Others:
-Creer
-Oir

10.  Acabar de + infinitive
 Hace + time + que + verb
 Tener que…
 Hay que…
 Ir + a + infinitive

11.  Take an adjective
 Put it in the feminine
 Add -mente

12.  Estar (change to present or past)
 Then take your following verb and add –ando
for “ar” and –iendo for “er/ir”

13.  Infinitive of the verb + …
 E
 As
A
 Emos
 An

14.  Este libro es mas grande que ese libro…
 That’s all there is to it…

15.  Take the verb, put it in the “yo” and swtich it
to the opposite vowel.
 EX: Hable
 Means: You (Formal) Speak!
 You can add DOP’s too! Same rules apply.