Verb tenses

ENGLISH VERB TENSES
SIMPLE
PERFECT CONTIN.
Aff: S + have + been +
inf−ing.
Aff: Subj + Inf−ed:
You worked
(Irreg.: 2nd column)
She swam
He was playing
football
(he/she/it: Subj +
Inf−S); He works
Neg: Sub + do + not +
Inf
(he/she/ it: does) =He
doesn´t swim
Int: Do + Subj + Inf?
Does + (he/ she / it) +
Inf?
USO: Acciones
habituales
Siempre.
Normalmente.
PAST
PERFECT
Aff: Subj + be (pres)+
Aff: S + have (=´ve)
Inf−ing
/has (=´s) + Inf−ed. / They have been
3rd column. I have
working
He is playing football
worked here for a
Neg: S + have + not +
year. He has drunk.
Neg: S + be (pres)+
been + inf −ing
not + Inf−ing
Neg: S + have/has +
not + inf−ed/3rd col. They haven´t been
He is not playing
working
football
They haven´t finished;
Int: Have + S+ been +
I haven´t drunk.
Int: Be (pres) + S +
Inf−ing?
Inf−ing?
Int: Have/has + S +
Have they been
Inf−ed. /3rd col
Is he playing football?
working?
USO: 1 Acción que
Has she
ocurre en este
USO: Acción no
finished?;Have you
momento Ahora
acabada en un período
drunk? USO: 1 −
mismo; Ultimamente.
de tiempo que
Período de tiempo
2. Ac. en curso = no
inacabado. 2 − Acción tampoco ha acabado :
acabada. 3. Con
pasada con resultado
always: ac. habi−
I have been learning
en pre−sente. 3−
Experiencias. 4− A. English for 6 years:
tual disgustante. 4.
recientes.
Futuro organizado.
Llevo estudiando
inglés seis años.
Aff: S + had + been +
Aff: Subj + be (past)+ Aff: S + had (=´d)+
Inf−ing
Inf−ed. / 2nd column: inf−ing.
Aff: Subj + Inf= I
work
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
I had worked here for They had been
thee years before I left working before she
work.
left.
Neg: Subj + did + not Neg: S + be (past)+ not
(=didn´t) + Inf.
+ Inf−ing
Neg: S + had+ not +
inf−ed/3rd col.
I didn`t work; She
They were not playing
didn´t swim.
football
They hadn´t finished
when I met them.
Int: Did + Subj + Inf: Int: Be (past) + S +
Inf−ing?
Int: Had + S + Inf−ed
Did I work?; Did I
/3rd col?
swim?
Was he playing
football?
Had they done their
homework that day?
USO: Acciones en un
punto del pasado.
Neg: S + had + not +
been + inf −ing
They hadn´t been
speaking until he came
Int: Had + S+ been +
Inf−ing?
Had he been drinking
before he drove?
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USO: Acciones largas,
inacabadas, cortadas
por una acción corta.
Aff: Subj + will (=´ll)+ Aff: Subj+ will+ be
Inf :I´ll work Neg:S + (future)+Inf−ing
will + not (= won´t)+
Inf. I won´t work Int: He will be playing
Will + Subj + Inf? Will football
you work? USO:
predicciones en
Neg: S + be (fut.)+ not
futuro.
+ Inf−ing
GOING−TO
FUTURE:
FUTURE
He won´t be playing
football
Aff: S + be (present) + Int: Be (future) + S +
going to + Inf
Inf−ing? Will he be
playing football?
I´m going to buy a nice USO: 1. Ac. futuras
present for Pam.
que se dan por
supuesto: Tomorrow at
Neg: S+be (present)+ 10 I´ll be attending
not+ going to+ Inf
classes.2.Preguntas
edu− cadas sobre el
Int: Be (present) + S + fut.: Will you be
going to + Inf. ?
coming ?
Aff: Subj + would (=
´d) + inf:
USO: Ac. Anteriores a USO: Acciones
una ac. pasada.
inacabadas anteriores a
un punto en el pasado.
Aff: S + will + have + Aff: S + will + have +
Inf−ed.
been + inf−ing.
Then, I will have
worked here for a
year.
Tomorrow, he´ll have
been working for a
week.
Neg: S + will + not +
have + Inf−ed.
Neg: S +Will+not +
have + been+inf−ing
She will not have
Probably, she won´t
finished by tomorrow. have been studying.
Int: Will + S+ have + Int: Will + S + have +
inf−ed ? Will you have been + Inf−ing?
lived here for a year
next May?
Will they have been
fixing the car ?
USO: Acciones que
habrán acabado en un USO: Ac. inacabada
punto concreto del
en período inacaba−
futuro, al cumplirse el do en un punto en el
tiempo indicado.
futuro.
Aff: Subj+ would+ be Aff: S + would + have
+ Inf−ed. If you had
+Inf−ing
met him, you´d have
He would be lying in seen him..
Neg: Subj + would not bed if he were ill.
Neg: S + would + not
(=wouldn´t) + inf:
Neg: S + would + not + have + Inf−ed. If he
had let her,she´d have
I would not eat much +be + Inf−ing
driven the car.
even if I could.
He wouldn´t be waiting
CONDI−
Int: Would + S+ have
Int: Would + subj + for us if he had to.
+ inf−ed ? Would I
TIONAL inf?
Int: Would + S + be + have left you if you
had been alone?
Inf−ing?
Would you eat an
icecram if you had it?
Would he be keeping a USO: Acción
USO: 1. Acciones
diet if he wasen´t fat ? hipotética del pasado,
condicionada a otra
hipotéticas,
acción hipotética del
condicionadas por una USO: 1. Acción
pasado.
acción presente.
hipotética en curso.
I would eat an
icecream, if I had
money.
2. Futuro hipotético
del tiempo pasado real.
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