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English Tenses
PRESENT SIMPLE Affirmative Negative Question
Use I / You / We / They + V I / You / We / They + don’t + V Do + I / you / we / they + V?
He / She / It + V+s / V+es He / She / It + doesn’t + V Does + he/ she / it + V?
Acciones habituales We play tennis at weekends. They don’t walk to school Do you speak german?
He cleans his car very week She doesn’t drink alcohol Does he play tennis?
She goes to school every day
Con expresiones como She always forgets her glasses
sometimes, usually, often,
never, always, every day, etc.
Cuando algo es siempre o It takes me one hour to get to
generalmente verdad Granada
The Earth goes round the Sun
Para hablar de lo que My parents believe in God
normalmente no cambia, I enjoy travelling abroad
como opiniones, condiciones,
gustos, etc.
Para hechos programados The train leaves at 8.25
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Use Affirmative: S + am/is/are + Negative: S + am/is/are + not + Question: am/is/are + S + V-ing
V-ing V-ing
Para acciones que están I am talking about tenses She is not studying now Are you working now?
ocurriendo ahora.
Con expresiones de tiempo She is looking at me now
como now, at the moment, at I am still working
present, currently, just, still
Para acciones temporales o Banks are not lending money
coyunturales: these days
Para planes que tenemos Tomorrow I am playing a tennis
definidos para el futuro match at 10.00
Cuando estamos molestos por You are always coming to class
algo que ocurre de forma late.
repetida, se usa el presente
continuo en vez del presente
simple: (a menudo con always,
constantly, continually)
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PRESENT PERFECT
Use Affirmative: S + have + past Negative: S + haven’t + past Question: Have + S + past
participle participle participle?
3ª pers. sing.: S + has + past 3ª pers. sing.: S + hasn’t + past 3ª pers. sing.: Has + S + past
participle participle participle
Para hablar de acciones que She has lost her keys They haven’t arrived yet Have you finished?
ocurrieron en un momento del
pasado que no sabemos o no
es importante y no lo
especificamos
Para acciones inacabadas o I have lived in Jaén for twenty
que comenzaron en el pasado years
y continúan hasta el presente She has worked here since
1992
Con expresiones como today, I have already finished
this week / month / year, just, Has your teacher arrived yet?:
for, since, already, yet, ever, We have just moved to a new
never house
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PAST SIMPLE
Use Affirmative: S + V+ed Negative: S + didn’t + V Question: Did + S + V?
(segunda columna para verbos
irregulares)
Para acciones acabadas en el Last year, I travelled to They didn’t arrive yesterday Did she buy your present?
pasado. Muchas veces se Germany twice.
indica el momento específico My sister left two hours ago.
en que ocurrieron
Para acciones que ocurrieron I lived in Málaga from 1985 to
en un periodo de tiempo que 1992
empezó y acabó en el pasado I lived there for 8 years
Con expresiones de tiempo Yesterday I went to Granada
pasado como: yesterday, ago,
last week / month / year
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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Use Affirmative: S + Have/has + been Negative: S + Haven’t /hasn’t + Question: Have/has + S +been +
+ V-ing been + V-ing V-ing?
Para responder a How long? I have been living in Jaén for 27 He hasn’t been working lately Have you been running?
centrándonos en la duración years
de una acción que empezó en
el pasado y continúa en el
presente
Para acciones que acaban de It's been raining so the
terminar y afectan al presente pavement is wet.
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