FINAL TEST GUIDE

NAME: Burgos Meza Cesar

INSTRUCTIONS: you will write down a small explanation on for what do we use for the
following tenses, the explanation has to be in English, and you will write down examples of
them. I need 2 examples from each tense.
REPORTED SPEECH
Is when you tell somebody else what you or a person said before. Distinction must be
made between direct speech and reported speech
EXAMPLES:
1.- He said (that) he liked pizza.
2.- He said (that) he was living in Tijuana.
REPORTED QUESTION
Is when we tell someone what another person asked. To do this, we can use direct speech
or indirect speech
EXAPMLES:
1.- Direct speech: “Where are you doing?” 
2.- Reported  speech: He asked me where I was going.
TALKING HYPOTHETICALLY ABOUT THE PAST
Are all used hypothetically, to talk about things that didn't really happen in the past. 1:
Could have + past participle means that something was possible in the past, or you had
the ability to do something in the past, but that you didn't do it.
EXAMPLES:
1.- I wish I had gone to stadium.
2.- She wishes she had taken her friend’s advice and studied math.
TAG QUESTIONS
Turn a statement into a question. They are often used for checking information that we
think we know is true. Usually if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative,
and if the main clause is negative, it's positive.
EXAMPLES:
1.- You haven't seen this film, have you?
2.- She's a profesor, isn't she?
THE PASSIVE
We use the passive voice to change the focus of the sentence.

EXAMPLES:

1.- A cake is made (by me)

2.- A cake is being made (by me)
LINKING IDEAS
Linking words and phrases are used to show relationships between ideas. They can be
used to join 2 or more sentences or clauses (a clause is a group of words which contains a
subject and a verb). Linking words/phrases can be used to add ideas together, contrast
them, or show the reason for something.
EXAMPLES:
1.- It was raining however we still went to the park.
2.- Despite the rain we still went to the park
THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS
The future continuous tense, sometimes also referred to as the future progressive tense, is
a verb tense that indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an
expected length of time. It is formed using the construction will + be + the present
participle (the root verb + -ing).
EXAMPLES:
1.- At three o'clock tomorrow, I’ll be working in my office
2.- At three o'clock tomorrow, you will be lying on the beach
FUTURE PERFECT
Is a verb tense used for actions that will be completed before some other point in the
future.
EXAMPLES:
1.- I will have finished this project.
2.- You will have studied the Spanish tenses