English Tenses, Conditionals, and Social Media Terms

Essential English Vocabulary and Phrases

• Whirlwind → Acelerado
• Candid → Sincero / Franco
• Dismissal → Despido
• Blindside → Tomar por sorpresa
• Stint → Período / etapa corta de trabajo
• Reinstatement → Reincorporación / restitución
• Circumvent → Evitar / eludir
• Pending → Pendiente de
• Tech-free environment → Entorno sin tecnología
• Digital native → Nativo digital
• Digital tools → Herramientas digitales
• Digital literacy → Alfabetización digital
• Digital divide → Brecha digital
• Attention span → Capacidad de atención
• Tech neck → Dolor cervical por usar el móvil
• Social media → Redes sociales
• Your account → Tu cuenta
• Your profile → Tu perfil
• Your post → Tu publicación
• A post → Una publicación
• Someone → Alguien
• An account → Una cuenta
• A friend request (on Facebook) → Solicitud de amistad
• In a comment → En un comentario
• In a photo → En una foto

English Conditionals

Zero Conditional

Forma: If + present → present

Ejemplo: If you heat ice, it melts.

First Conditional

Forma: If + present → will + base

Ejemplo: If it rains, I will stay home.

Second Conditional

Forma: If + past → would + base

Ejemplo: If I were rich, I would buy a house.

Third Conditional

Forma: If + had + participle → would have + participle

Ejemplo: If I had studied, I would have passed.

English Verb Tenses

Present Tenses

Present Simple

Forma: Subject + base verb (+s/es)

Ejemplo: She works in a bank.

Present Continuous

Forma: Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing

Ejemplo: They are studying now.

Present Perfect

Forma: Subject + have/has + past participle

Ejemplo: I have finished my homework.

Present Perfect Continuous

Forma: Subject + have/has been + verb-ing

Ejemplo: I have been waiting for an hour.

Past Tenses

Past Simple

Forma: Subject + verb-ed / irregular

Ejemplo: We watched a film.

Past Continuous

Forma: Subject + was/were + verb-ing

Ejemplo: I was sleeping.

Past Perfect

Forma: Subject + had + past participle

Ejemplo: She had left before I arrived.

Past Perfect Continuous

Forma: Subject + had been + verb-ing

Ejemplo: They had been running for 20 minutes.

Future Tenses

Will Future

Forma: Subject + will + base verb

Ejemplo: I will call you later.

Going to

Forma: Subject + am/is/are + going to + base verb

Ejemplo: We are going to travel.

Future Continuous

Forma: Subject + will be + verb-ing

Ejemplo: I will be working at 8 pm.

Future Perfect

Forma: Subject + will have + past participle

Ejemplo: She will have finished by tomorrow.

Expressing Wishes

Wish + Past Simple

Forma: Wish + subject + past verb

Ejemplo: I wish I had more free time.

Wish + Past Perfect

Forma: Wish + subject + had + participle

Ejemplo: I wish I had listened to you.

Wish + Would

Forma: Wish + subject + would + verb

Ejemplo: I wish you would stop talking.