Competir – present tense

1 yo 2 vosotros 3 tú 4 nosotros 5 usted 6 ustedes 7 ella

A compites B compite C compito D competís E compiten F compite G competimos
1
I like sports; I compete in races nearly every week. My sons are competing in the Olympics this year, one
is swimming and the other is skiing. My daughter competes in two sports, she swims and she plays hockey.
Future tense
1 tú 2 vosotros 3 yo 4 nosotros 5 usted 6 ustedes 7 ella
A B competirás C competirá D competiremos E competiréis F competirá G competirán
competiré
They will always compete, if she buys a new car, the other will buy a new car, if one goes on holiday for
two weeks, the other will have to go on holiday for three weeks, they will never change. I won’t compete in
the tennis tournament this year; I think that I prefer to play football. The athletes will compete in this
stadium, it is nearly ready. We will compete in the other stadium, this one is not ready.
Conditional tense
1 él 2 vosotros 3 tú 4 nosotros 5 usted 6 ustedes 7 yo
A B C D E F G
competiría competirías competiría competirían competiríamos competiría competiríais
I said that she would compete in the tennis tournament this year; in fact, I think she will win. I said that
I would compete in the Olympic Games2 one day, and this year I am going to do it. I said that I would go
to the martial arts classes with you, but I did not say that I would compete. I don’t care what they said 3,
I said I would compete in the Olympic Games and I would win a medal. I spoke to them this morning, they
said they would go to Olympic Games and they would compete in the marathon. I said that I would
compete in the Olympics, but I am not doing it because I want to represent my country, I am not proud of
any particular country4, I am competing because I want to be a great boxer and I want to be famous.
Perfect tense
1 yo 2 vosotros 3 tú 4 nosotros 5 usted 6 ustedes 7 ella
A han B ha C ha D he E has F hemos G habéis
competido competido competido competido competido competido competido
She said she has competed in two races and she has won one. Our local team has competed in a lot of
tournaments this year and it has won several 5. Have your children competed yet? She said she would
compete in the Olympics this year and she has won two medals. I have already competed, I can go now.
Pluperfect tense
1 tú 2 vosotros 3 yo 4 nosotros 5 usted 6 ustedes 7 ella
A había B había C había D habían E habías F habíamos G habíais
competido competido competido competido competido competido competido
I said that she had competed in the marathon and she won’t get out of bed until tomorrow. I thought
they had competed in the tennis tournament, but I think I was wrong 6. I never said that I had competed
in the Olympics; I said my father had competed, he was an archer 7.
Imperfect tense
1 yo 2 vosotros 3 tú 4 nosotros 5 usted 6 ustedes 7 ella
A B competías C competíamos D E competíais F competía G competía
competía competían
I said that I was competing in the golf tournament this weekend. She was still competing in the
Olympics when she was 45. When I was competing, I used to go to the gym nearly every day. When
1 they were competing they had to follow a very strict diet and they trained several hours per day.
Las Olimpiadas
2
Los juegos Olimpicos 1 vosotros 2 yo 3 tú 4 nosotros
3
No me importa lo que dijeron A competí B competiste C compitió D compitieron
4
ningún país en particular 5 usted 6 ustedes 7 ella
5
varios E compitió F competisteis G competimos
6
me equivoqué She competed in a lot of tennis tournaments, but she decided to
7
arquero
concentrate on swimming and she won a gold medal in the Olympics. I
never competed in a national tournament; I only competed in local events.
Across
Preterite tense
2. they want Competir,
4. they have wanted
7. I compete (pres subj) tener,
12. I got/had
13. you (vosotros) competed querer.
(pret)
14. we will have
15. I will want
17. they used to compete
19. I compete
21. we got/had
24. we would want
26. we have wanted
27. they had had
28. we want
29. I would want
30. we would have
33. we compete
35. I would have
36. they competed (pret)
37. they got/had
38. we had wanted

Down
1. they would want
2. I used to want
3. He had competed
4. we had competed
5. they would have
6. they wanted/tried
8. we will want
9. she has competed
10. I want
11. they will want
15. we wanted/tried
16. you competed (pret)
18. I have wanted
19. I would compete
20. we have had
22. I used to compete
23. I had wanted
24. I wanted/tried
25. they compete
26. they had wanted
31. I had had
32. they compete (pres subj)
34. they have
35. they have (subj)