Condicionales en inglés y tiempos verbales: guía práctica con ejemplos

First Conditional

Si puede pasar de verdad.

Estructura:
If + presente, will + verbo

Second Conditional

Si es imaginario o poco probable.

Estructura:
If + pasado, would + verbo

Past Simple

Acción terminada.

Estructura:
Verbo en pasado

Past Continuous

Estaba ocurriendo en ese momento.

Estructura:
was/were + verbo + ing

Past Perfect

Pasó antes que otra acción pasada.

Estructura:
had + participio

Verbos irregulares: participio pasado

• break → broken
• choose → chosen
• drive → driven
• forget → forgotten
• find → found
• leave → left
• lose → lost
• meet → met
• pay → paid
• put → put
• run → run
• say → said
• sell → sold
• send → sent
• sit → sat
• sleep → slept
• think → thought
• understand → understood
• win → won
• be → been

Vocabulario jurídico

Probation = libertad condicional

Lawful = legal o legítimo

Prosecute = procesar

Bail = fianza

Punishment = castigo

Capital punishment = pena capital

Fine = multa

Life sentence = cadena perpetua

Regulation = reglamento

Manslaughter = homicidio imprudente

Charge = acusar formalmente

Offence = delito

Rule = norma

Convict = condenar o convicto

Offender = delincuente

Trial = juicio

Counsel = abogado defensor

Plaintiff = demandante

Try = juzgar o procesar

Court = tribunal

Plead = declararse

Witness = testigo

Verbos irregulares: participio pasado (ampliación)

• think → thought
• understand → understood
• win → won
• be → been
• have → had
• do → done
• go → gone
• see → seen
• make → made
• take → taken
• write → written
• get → got
• eat → eaten
• speak → spoken
• give → given

Vocabulario sobre ciudades

Pedestrian = peatonal

Green = verde (con zonas verdes)

Run-down: deteriorado

Congested = congestionado

Ancient / Historical = antiguo / histórico

Dull / Boring = aburrido / sin vida

Charming = encantador

Eastern = del este / oriental

Western = del oeste

Northern = del norte

Southern = del sur

Regional = regional

Specialised = especializado

Established = establecido / consolidado

Sprawling = extenso / muy grande y disperso

Verbos irregulares: forma base, pasado y participio

Participio pasado

• be → been
• have → had
• do → done
• go → gone
• see → seen
• eat → eaten
• write → written
• read → read
• get → gotten / got
• come → come
• become → become

Pasado simple

• be → was / were
• have → had
• do → did
• go → went
• see → saw
• eat → ate
• write → wrote
• read → read
• speak → spoke
• take → took
• make → made
• give → gave
• get → got
• come → came
• become → became
• break → broke
• choose → chose
• drive → drove
• forget → forgot
• find → found
• leave → left
• lose → lost
• meet → met
• pay → paid
• put → put
• run → ran
• say → said
• sell → sold
• send → sent
• sit → sat
• sleep → slept
• think → thought
• understand → understood
• win → won