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Examples Examples Examples

Tense Signal words Use Form


affirmative negative interrogative
every day - todos los
días
Una acción que
ocurre con
sometimes
alguna
frecuencia: I work. I don't work. Do I work?
always - siempre siempre, nunca, do not
raramente, Infinitive (forma He works. Does he work?
Simple
often – a menudo alguna vez, casi “normal”) He doesn't work.
Present
siempre, etc) I go. Do I go?
*he/she/it + -s I don't go.
usually - normalmente
Se utiliza para 3º persona se le He goes. Does he go?
hablar horarios. añade una s He doesn't go.
seldom – rara vez

never - nunca

Now – ahora I'm working. I'm not working. Am I working?


Una acción que está
ocurriendo al mismo
At the moment- en este He's working. He isn't working. Is he working?
Present tiempo que se habla to be (am/are/is)
Continuous momento
+
Significado de futuro: Infinitive + ing I'm going. I'm not going. Am I going?
Look! - ¡mira! una acción que ya se ha
decidido y organizado He's going. He isn't going. Is he going?
para hacerla (un plan
fijo, una cita)
last week/month/year I worked. I didn't work. Did I work?
La acción tuvo lugar en
semana/mes/ año pasado regular:
el pasado, en la
Infinitive + -ed He worked. He didn't work. Did he work?
Past mayoría de los casos
Simple relacionada con una
... ago – hace (1 año) expresión temporal (sin irregular: I went. I didn't go. Did I go?
conexión con el 2º columna
presente). Es una He went. He didn't go. Did he go?
in 1990 – en 1990
acción terminada.

yesterday - ayer
Una acción ocurrió I was working. I wasn't working. Was I working?
en medio de otra
acción. (Acción He was working. He wasn't working. Was he working?
Past was/were +
Continuous While – mientras larga: past Infinitive + -ing
continuous. Acción I was going. I wasn'tgoing. Was I going?
When - cuando
corta: past simple)
He was going. He wasn't going. Was he going?

Alguien estaba
haciendo algo en un
momento
determinado (en el
pasado) - no se
sabe si había
terminado o no.
just – acabar de
Se utiliza para
yet- todavía hablar de una
acción que ha
sucedido o ha have not / has not
never – nunca
terminado en el
pasado y tiene I have worked. I haven't worked. Have I worked?
ever relación con el have/has +
presente. past
Present He has worked. He hasn’t worked. Has he worked?
already – ya participle*
Perfect
La acción I have gone. I haven't gone. Have I gone?
comenzó en el *(infinitive + -ed)
since – desde
pasado y o (3rd columa)
He has gone. He hasn’t gone. Has he gone?
continúa hasta
since I was a kid
el presente.

recently - Es una acción


que NO ha
recientemente terminado.
I had I hadn't Had I
worked. worked. worked?
Se suele utilizar cuando dos had + past
already acciones de una historia están participle*
relacionadas entre sí: la acción He had He hadn't Had he
Past worked. worked. worked?
just que sucedió primero (la más
Perfect *(infinitive + -ed) o
lejana) se pone en Past Perfect (3rd columna)
never I had gone. I hadn't gone. Had I gone?
y la otra en Past Simple.

Es el pasado del Present Perfect He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone?

I'll work. I won't work. Will I work?

Predicciones sobre el futuro He'll work. He won't work. Will he work?


Will - future (crees que algo va a ocurrir) will + Infinitive
I'll go. I won't go. Will I go?
Eventos futuros probables (It
will rain this weekend) He'll go. He won't go. Will he go?

I'm going to I'm not going to Am I going to


Planes concretos que son 100% work. work. work?
seguro que van a ocurrir
He's going to He's not going to Is he going to
be (am/are/is) + work. work. work?
Going to -
going to + Infinitive
future
I'm going to go. I'm not going to go. Am I going to go?

He's going to go. He's not going to go. Is he going to go?

Para hablar de la organización de


eventos en un momento más tarde al I'm meeting Laura at the airport = Laura y yo ya habíamos
Present actual. Se da a entender que más de hablado de esto.
continuous para una persona está al tanto del
hablar del futuro to be (am/are/is) + I am leaving tomorrow. = ya he comprador el billete de tren
acontecimiento y que ya se han Infinitive + ing
realizado algunos preparativos. p. ej.
I’m having a meeting next Monday = lo sabia con
antelación

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