Spanish tense guides
Use these pages to understand the purpose of each Spanish tense before practicing. Each guide includes explanations, examples, and links to related verbs or practice sets.
Spanish tenses
Spanish Tenses Explained with Practice
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Spanish Present Tense
Use the Spanish present tense for current actions, routines, general truths, and near-future plans.
Spanish Preterite Tense
Use the preterite for completed actions, specific past events, and sequences in a story.
Spanish Imperfect Tense
Use the imperfect for habits, descriptions, background actions, age, time, weather, and repeated past events.
Spanish Future Tense
Use the future tense to express what will happen, predictions, promises, and formal plans.
Spanish Conditional Tense
Use the conditional for would-statements, polite requests, hypothetical actions, and advice.
Spanish Present Subjunctive
Use the present subjunctive after expressions of doubt, desire, emotion, necessity, and uncertainty.
Spanish Present Perfect
Use the present perfect for experiences and actions connected to the present.
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