Verb Tenses & 1st, 2nd, 3rd Conditional

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Verb Tenses

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Verb Tenses

1st Conditional

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2nd Conditional

3rd Conditional

The bare minimum of a sentence

The minimum information you need is:

subject + verb

(person) (action)

Someone acts

Someone can act in three types of times:

Someone acts in the...

Present

Future

Past

In each tense (time), there are 4 categories:

Someone acts in the...

Present

Future

Past

• Simple
• Continous
• Perfect
• Perfect Continous

• Simple
• Continous
• Perfect
• Perfect Continous

• Simple
• Continous
• Perfect
• Perfect Continous

This means there are 12 Verb Tenses in English

Each category has a different Auxiliary Verb

Someone acts in the...

Present

Future

Past

• to do
• to be
• to have
• to have been

• Simple
• Continous
• Perfect
• Perfect Continous

• Simple
• Continous
• Perfect
• Perfect Continous

• Simple
• Continous
• Perfect
• Perfect Continous

Why have auxiliaries?

• Auxiliary Verbs carry the tense when they are present instead of the main verb, which stays in its infinitive

• This is English's way of not putting too much information in the verb, which makes it change with person and time

For example:

• In Spanish...
• ¿Yo como?
• ¿Tu comes?
• ¿Él come?
• ¿Nosotros comemos?

• ¿Ustedes comen?
• ¿Ellos comen?

• In English...
• do I eat?
• do you eat?
• does he/she/it eat?
• do we eat?
• do you eat?
• do they eat?

Pros:

• Less words to memorize

Cons:

• More words to write

Remember!

Auxiliary Verbs carry the tense when they are present

This means the main verb stays in its infinitive form when the auxiliary is there

For example, with the verb "to do"

• She does, changes to...

• She doesn't do
• Does she do?

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT SOUNDS REPETITIVE

• "I had had had" exists
• Yes...it's weird

Note: "not" always goes after the auxiliary, if there is one, to make the sentence a negative one. And after the person when you want to make a question

Why Simple?

Because it describes the time of events in their most basic form. Therefore, it consists of only 1 word (or 2 if you use it in negative or question form)

• do, wrote, talks, cut, will run, etc.

It's Auxiliary Verb is TO DO

Simple

In the Timeline

Present

Past

Future

Simple

Why Continous?

Because it shows an action that's in continous progress during a certain time. It consists of the Auxiliary Verb TO BE and the main verb+ing

• is doing, was writing, is talking, was cutting, will be running, etc.

Simple

Continous

In the Timeline

Present

Past

Future

Simple

Continous

Why Perfect?

Because it shows an action that's complete, or perfected. It consists of the Auxiliary Verb TO HAVE and the main verb's past participle

• have done, had written, has talked, had cut, will have run, etc.

Simple

Continous

Perfect

Past Perfect vs Past Participle

Past Perfect refers to the tense, including the auxiliary "to have". Whereas Past Particple refers only to the main verb.

• Regularly, the Past Participle is the same as the Simple Past (you only add -ed), but there are other irregular verbs that change the simple past AND the past participle without a pattern. These are irregular verbs

In the Timeline

Present

Past

Future

Simple

Continous

Perfect

Why Perfect Continous?

Because it shows an action that is, was or will be in continous progress BUT is, was or will be completed or perfected at a later time. It consists of the Auxiliary Verb TO HAVE BEEN and the main verb + ing

• have been doing, had been writing, has been talking, had been cutting, will have been running, etc.

Simple

Continous

Perfect

Perfect

Continous

In the Timeline

Present

Past

Future

Perfect Continous

Simple

Continous

Perfect

The 12 Verb Tenses of English' structures

In a binder paper... Write down the following table and conjugate the verbs: to walk, tu run, to write (5 minutes each)

CONDITIONALs

Conditionals have two main elements:

Cause

Effect

Conditional Sentences can order their elements in two ways:

Cause

Effect

Effect

Cause

For example:

[If you are bitten by a radioactive spider,] [you become Spider-Man.]

Cause

Effect

[You become Spider-Man] [if you are bitten by a radioactive spider.]

Cause

Effect

When to use each Conditional?

When you think about a...

Imaginary Situation in Present or Future

Different Past

Possibility in Future

2nd Conditional

1st Confitional

3rd Conditional

1°

First Conditional

If clarity's in death, then why won't this die? -Taylor Swift (Would've, Could've, Should've)

1st Conditional Structure

Possibilities in the future

If + subject + verb in PRESENT SIMPLE + predicate + , + subject + verb in FUTURE SIMPLE + predicate + .

• If + I + learn + the first conditional + , + I + will be + smarter.

• If + the Avenger's + win + in Infinity War + , + Thanos + will not win + .

• If + clarity+ 's + in death + , + then why + won't + this + die + ?

+ Exercises

• 'Cause + if + you + dare + , + you + 'll see + the glare of everyone + ...

In a binder paper... Write down the first part of the 1st Conditional, then pass it on so someone else continues the statement

2°

Second Conditional

'Cause if I was a man, then I'd be The Man. -Taylor Swift (The Man)

Imaginary Situations in Present or Future

2nd Conditional Uses

If + subject + verb in PAST SIMPLE + predicate + , + subject + WOULD + INFINITVE verb + predicate + .

• If + I + learnt + the second conditional + , + I + would + be + smarter.

• If + I + had + children + , + I + would + be + happy + .

• If + I + were + a boy + , + I + would + turn off + my phone + .

+ Exercises

• If + I + was + a man + , + then + I + 'd + be + the man + .

In a binder paper... Write down the first part of the 2nd Conditional, then pass it on so someone else continues the statement

3°

THIRD Conditional

If we had been closer in age, maybe it would've been fine -Taylor Swift (All too Well -10 min version)

3rd Conditional Structure

Different Pasts

If + subject + verb in PAST PERFECT + predicate + , + subject + WOULD + PRESENT PERFECT + predicate + .

• If + Vision + had survived + Infinity War + , + I + would + have been + with him + .

• If + Pietro + had not died + , + I + would + have been + happy + .

• If + we + had been + closer in age + , + maybe + it + would + 've been + fine + .

+ Exercises

• If + you + had + never + looked + my way + , + I + would + have stayed + on my knees + ...

In a binder paper... Write down the first part of the 3rd Conditional, then pass it on so someone else continues the statement

Examples of Conditionals in Taylor Swift

Imaginary Situation in Present or Future

Different Past

Possibility in Future

2nd Conditional

1st Confitional

3rd Conditional

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