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Diferencias entre Past Simple y Past Continuous

En inglés, el término "was" puede significar tanto "estuvo" como "estaba".

Estructura de los Tiempos Pasados

• Past Simple: Se utiliza el verbo en pasado (ejemplo: I did homework).
• Past Continuous: Se utiliza la estructura was/were + verb + -ing (ejemplo: I was doing homework).

Conjugación de Was y Were

• I / He / She / It: was
• You / We / They: were

Formas Afirmativa, Negativa e Interrogativa

• Affirmative: I was eating / We were eating
• Negative: I wasn't eating / We weren't eating (Was not / Were not)
• Interrogative: Was I eating? / Were we eating?

Physical Appearance Vocabulary

Dimples (dołeczki), freckles (piegi), moustache (wąsy), overweight (z nadwagą), pale (blady), plump (pulchny), scar (blizna), shoulder-length (włosy do ramion), skinny (szczupły), spots (pryszcze), tanned (opalony), tubby (grubawy), wear braces (nosić aparat), well-built (dobrze zbudowany), wrinkles (zmarszczki).

Clothing Vocabulary

Woolly jumper (wełniany sweter), high-heeled shoes (buty na obcasie), knee-length skirt (spódnica do kolan), open-toed sandals (sandały z odkrytymi palcami), striped shirt (koszula w paski), tight-fitting jacket (obcisła marynarka), tights (rajstopy).

Definitions and Examples

1. Wrinkles are lines on the face which appear as a person grows old.
2. Skinny means extremely thin.
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Common Irregular Verbs with Spanish Translations

This table lists common English irregular verbs with their infinitive (present), past tense, past participle, gerund and the Spanish translation.

Indicative Mood

Future Perfect, Present, and Preterite Imperfect: I say that I said.

Preterite, Pluperfect, and Previous Preterite: I had said, I had said.

Future Tenses

Future Imperfect and Future Perfect: I shall say that.

Infinitive, Gerund, and Participle

• Simple: To say, saying, said.
• Compound: Having said that (habiendo).

Conditional Mood

Simple and Perfect: Would have said.

Subjunctive Mood

Present Perfect and Preterite Imperfect: Would say that to say or said.

Preterite Imperfect, Pluperfect, Future, and Future Perfect: Hubiera or hubiese; that says to have.

Imperative Mood

Say; di; say; say.

Simple and Compound Verb Forms

• Infinitive: Walking / To have gone
• Gerund: Walk / Having gone
• Participle: Participles / Has gone

Personal Forms: Indicative Mood

Simple

English Verb Tenses and Marketing Terms

Present Simple

Present Simple - Present habits (Davis comes to university by bus), general truths and facts (Poland is in the European Union), permanent situations (My uncle works in a travel agency), states (Do you have a valid driver's license?), to talk about routines (Carol doesn't check her e-mail every day).

Present Continuous

Present Continuous - Actions happening now (I'm reading a book), temporary situations (They are staying at the Palace Hotel), changing and developing situations (Holidays abroad are becoming more and more popular), to talk about the future (We are having a party this weekend).

Present Perfect

Present Perfect - Situations (Max has had her car for over 10 years), actions stopping...