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SPANISH VERB

hacer pruebas

to do tests

  • Irregular -er verb
  • Gerund: haciendo pruebas
  • Past participle: hecho pruebas

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I do tests
  2. tú you do tests
  3. usted, él, ella he/she does tests
  4. nosotros we do tests
  5. vosotros Spain you all do tests
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they do tests

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I did tests
  2. tú you did tests
  3. usted, él, ella he/she did tests
  4. nosotros we did tests
  5. vosotros Spain you all did tests
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they did tests

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to do tests
  2. tú you used to do tests
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to do tests
  4. nosotros we used to do tests
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to do tests
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to do tests

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will do tests
  2. tú you will do tests
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will do tests
  4. nosotros we will do tests
  5. vosotros Spain you all will do tests
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will do tests

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would do tests
  2. tú you would do tests
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would do tests
  4. nosotros we would do tests
  5. vosotros Spain you all would do tests
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would do tests

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I do tests
  2. tú (that) you do tests
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she do tests
  4. nosotros (that) we do tests
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all do tests
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they do tests

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I did tests
  2. tú (if) you did tests
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she did tests
  4. nosotros (if) we did tests
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all did tests
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they did tests

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú do tests!
  2. usted do tests! (formal)
  3. nosotros do tests! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain do tests! (all of you)
  5. ustedes do tests! (all of you)

How to use hacer pruebas

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Aquí hacen las pruebas por la mañana, en ayunas.

    Here they do the tests in the morning, on an empty stomach.

  2. Past

    Me hicieron pruebas de todo y no encontraron nada.

    They ran tests for everything and found nothing.

  3. Imperfect

    Cada año le hacían pruebas del corazón.

    Every year they did heart tests on him.

  4. Future

    Mañana te harán más pruebas de sangre.

    Tomorrow they'll do more blood tests on you.

  5. Conditional

    Yo le haría pruebas de alergia al niño.

    I'd have allergy tests done on the child.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es mejor que te hagas pruebas antes del verano.

    It's better that you get tested before the summer.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El médico pidió que le hicieran pruebas urgentes.

    The doctor asked for urgent tests to be done on her.

  8. Imperative

    Hazte las pruebas, que no cuesta nada.

    Get the tests done, it costs nothing.

Good to know

  • "Hacerse pruebas" is to have tests done: me hice unas pruebas. "Hacer la prueba" is to give something a try.

Where you hear hacer pruebas

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Aquí hacemos las pruebas por la mañana. Here we do the tests in the morning.
  • Me hicieron pruebas durante dos días. They did tests on me for two days.
  • Mañana le vamos a hacer más pruebas. Tomorrow we're going to do more tests on her.
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The Closest Thing to a Family

Advanced Level 2 · hay que hacerle pruebas

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -er verb.