Tiempo Uso Ejemplos Tiempo Uso Ejemplos Present

Tiempo
Present Simple
Infinitivo
He/she/it + s
Present Perfect
Simple
Have/has +
participio
(vb regulares +ed
Vb irregulars 3ª
columna)
Past Simple
Vb regular: vb+ed
Vb irregular: 2ª
columna
Past Perfect
Simple
Had + participio
(vb regulares +ed
Vb irregulars 3ª
columna)
Uso
Algo pasa repetidamente
Con qué frecuencia pasa algo
Una acción después de la otra
Cosas/acciones/hechos en
general
PISTAS: Every day,
Sometimes, Always, Often,
Usually, Never, First.... then
FUTURO: programas, horarios
Cuando algo ha pasado (o no)
en el pasado y tiene una
conexión/consecuencia en el
presente
Una acción que empezó en el
pasado y aún continúa en el
presente
PISTAS: Just, Yet, Ever,
Already, So far, Up to now,
Since, For, Recently
Acciones en el pasado, hechas
y finalizadas en el pasado con
una expresión temporal
PISTAS: last …, … ago, in
1990, yesterday
Ejemplos
I work
She Works
You don’t work
He doesn’t work
Do they work?
Does she work?
I have worked
He has worked
They haven’t
worked
He hasn’t
worked
Have you
worked?
Has she worked?
I worked
You didn’t work
Did they work?
Cuando dos acciones en una
I had worked
historia se relacionan, la
He hadn’t worked
acción que paso antes que la
Had you worked?
otra se conjuga en Past Perfect
Simple
El pasado del Present Perfect
Simple
PISTAS: already, just, ever,
for
Tiempo
Present Continuous
Present simple to be
Vb+ing
Present Perfect
Continuous
Have/has been
+vb.ing
Past Continuous
Was/were +vb.ing
Past Perfect
Continuous
Had been + vb.ing
Uso
Algo está pasando al mismo
tiempo que estamos hablando.
Algo está en progreso.
Algo temporal
PISTAS: Now, At the moment,
Look! , Listen!
FUTURO: cuando hemos
hecho/decidido/acordado un
plan o hacer algo (con fecha)
Una acción del pasado que
acaba de terminar
Durante cuánto tiempo ha
pasado una cosa
Ejemplos
I’m working
She’s working
They aren’t working
She isn’t working
Are you working?
Is he working?
I have been working
He has been working
You haven’t been
working
She hasn’t been
working
Énfasis: la duración de una
acción
Have they been
working?
PISTAS: All day, The whole
Has she been
day, How long, Since, for
working?
Una acción que sucedió en
I was working
medio de otra acción
She was working
Alguien estaba haciendo algo en You weren’t
un momento determinado en el working
pasado (no sabes si se terminó o He wasn’t working
no)
Were they working?
PISTAS: while
Was she working?
La duración en qué había
I had been working
sucedido algo antes de que otra He hadn’t been
acción tuviera lugar
working
PISTAS: how long, since, for
Had you been
working?
Future simple
Will + infinitive
Future continuous
Predicciones sobre el futuro
(crees que pasará algo)
Decides hacer algo
espontáneamente a la vez que
hablas NO ES UN PLAN
Una acción estará en proceso
en un momento determinado
en el futuro.
Will be + vb.ing
Future perfect
continuous
Algo habrá sucedido antes de
un momento determinado en
el futuro.
Énfasis: duración de la acción
Will have been
+vb.ing
Algo podría suceder (deseo)
Conditional type 2
If + past simple,
would +infinitive
Would + infinitive
if + past simple
I will work
He won’t work
Will you work?
I’ll be working
He won’t be
working
Will you be
working?
I’ll have been
working
He won’t have
been working
Will you have
been working?
If I won the
lottery, I would
buy a house
I would buy a
house if I won the
lottery
Cuando ya has decidido hacer
algo en el futuro
Lo que crees que pasará porque
Present be + going to
tienes pruebas o es evidente que
+ infinitive
pasará
Algo ya habrá empezado antes
Future Perfect
de un momento determinado en
Simple
el futuro
Will have
+participio
Algo puede pasar
Conditional type 1
Be going to
If + present simple,
will + infinitive
will + infinitive +
if + present simple
Conditional type 3
If + past perfect,
would have+
participle
Would have +
participle +
if + past perfect
I’m going to work
He isn’t going to
work
Are you going to
work?
I’ll have worked
He won’t have
worked
Will you have
worked?
If you come, I will
be happy
I will be happy if
you come
Es imposible que pase algo
(“arrepentimiento”)
If I had won the
lottery, I would have
bought a house
I would have bought
a house if I had won
the lottery