SPANISH VERB

tocar de guardia

to be on duty, for it to be your turn on the ward

Conjugation

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Presente · now, habits and facts

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

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

Condicional · “would”

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

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

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

Present

Esta noche me toca de guardia en urgencias.

Tonight I'm on duty in A&E.
Past

A Sarah le tocó de guardia en Nochebuena.

Sarah was on duty on Christmas Eve.
Imperfect

Cuando me tocaba de guardia, dormía en el hospital.

When I was on duty, I slept at the hospital.
Future

En agosto nos tocará de guardia casi todos los fines de semana.

In August we'll be on duty almost every weekend.
Conditional

Si cambiara el turno, me tocaría de guardia el sábado.

If I swapped shifts, I'd be on duty on Saturday.
Present subjunctive

Espero que no te toque de guardia el día de la boda.

I hope you're not on duty the day of the wedding.
Past subjunctive

Pedí que no me tocara de guardia en la feria.

I asked not to be on duty during the fair.

"Tocar" works like "gustar": me toca de guardia, it's my turn on duty; "estar de guardia" is to be on call.
"Me toca" on its own is "it's my turn": te toca a ti fregar.

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

Esta semana me toca de guardia el jueves. This week I'm on duty on Thursday.
El sábado me tocó de guardia, y no vi el partido del Betis. On Saturday I was on duty, and I didn't see the Betis match.
En junio me va a tocar de guardia muchas noches. In June I'm going to be on duty a lot of nights.

Fluency Level 3 · Si me toca de guardia, te atiendo yo.

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.