TIEMPOS VERBALES/ TENSES

En inglés se utilizan los mismos tiempos que en español.

Ej:
o Ayer estuve corriendo toda la tarde.
o Yesterday I was running all afternoon.
o Ayer no estuviste esperando en la esquina
o Yesterday you were not waiting in the corner.
o ¿Dormí toda la mañana?
o Did I sleep all the morning?
Se utiliza para expresar lo mismo y se puede traducir
exactamente de un idioma al otro.

 ACTION VERBS
To walk, to speak, to listen, to swim, to play, to run, to
read, etc.
 NON-ACTION VERBS
To be, Should, Shall, Can, Must, May, Would, Might.

 REGULAR VERBS.

 IRREGULAR VERBS

AUXILYARY VERBS:
DO:

TENSES
SIMPLE TENSE
1. Simple present
 Affirmative. (PRON + VERB + S, HE, SHE, IT )
 Negative. (PRON+DON´T-DOESN´T+ACT. VERB)
 Question. (DO-DOES+PRON.+ACT. VERB)
2. Simple past
 Affirmative. (PRON+VERB IN PAST OR ED).
 Negative. (PRON+DON´T-DOESN´T+ACT. VERB)
 Question. (DO-DID+PRON+ACTION VERB)
3. Simple future (will).  Question.
 Affirmative. (PRON+WILL+ACT.VERB)
 Negative. (PRON.+WILL NOT OR WON´T+ A.V) PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
 Question. (WILL+PRRON.+ACT.VERB) 11. Present perfect continuous.
4. Simple future (going to)  Affirmative.
 Affirmative. (PRON+TO BE+GOING TO+ A.V )  Negative.
 Negative. (PRON-+AREN´T+ISN´T+GOING TO+ A.V)  Question.
 Question. (TO BE+PRON+GOING TO+ACT.VERB) 12. Past perfect continuous.
 Affirmative.
CONTINUOUS TENSE  Negative.
5. Present continuous.  Question.
 Affirmative. (PRON+ TO BE +ACT VERB+ING) 13. Future perfect continuous.
 Negative. (PRON+TO BE NEG .+ACT VERB+ING)  Affirmative.
 Question. (TO BE +PRON+ACT.VERB+ING)  Negative.
6. Past continuous  Question.
 Affirmative. (PRON+TO BE PAST+VERB+ING)
 Negative. (PRON+TO BE NEG. PAST+ACT.VERB+ING)
 Question (TO BE PAST+PRON+ACT VERB+ING) Esta conjugación no se debe hacer con verbo to be ni
7. Future continuous- modal verbs
 Affirmative. (PRON+WILL+ACT.VERB+ING)
 Negative. (PRON.+WILL NOT OR WON´´T+ A.V+ING)
 Question. (WILL+PRRON.+ACT.VERB+ING)

 SIMPLE TENSE
Simple present (for habitual actions).
Affirmative
- Yo vivo en Cartagena.
- I live in Cartagena.
Negative
- Ella no come bien
- She doesn´t eat well
Questions.
- ¿Ella come bien?
PERFECT TENSE (HAS/HAVE+PAST
- Does she eat well?
PARTICIPLE )
Simple past (for finished actions).
8. Present perfect.
Affirmative
 Affirmative. - El año pasado yo viví en Cartagena.
 Negative. - Last year I lived in Cartagena.
 Question. Negative
9. Past perfect. - Ella no comió bien.
 Affirmative. - She didn´t eat well.
 Negative. Questions.
 Question. - ¿Ella comió bien?
10. Future perfect. - Did she eat well?
 Affirmative. Simple future (will) (for spontaneous decisions).
 Negative. Affirmative
- Qué bonita ciudad creo que viviré en Cartagena. - By this time next year, I will be living in
- What a nice city, I think I will live in Cartagena. Cartagena.
Negative - Negative.
- Ella no comerá bien. - Ella no estará comiendo bien.
- She won´t eat well. - She won´t eating well.
Questions. Questions.
- ¿Ella comerá bien? - ¿Ella estará comiendo bien?
- Will she eat well? - Will she be eating well?
Simple Future (going to)
Affirmative.
- Yo voy a vivir en Cartagena.
- I´m going to live in Cartagena
Negative
- Ella no va a comer bien.
- She isn´t going to eat well.
Questions.  PERFECT TENSE.
- ¿Ella va a comer bien?
- Is she going to eat well? Present Perfect (for unfinished actions).
Affirmative
- Yo he vivido en Cartagena toda mi vida.
- I have lived in Cartagena all my Life.
Neggtive.
 CONTINUOUS TENSE - Ella no ha comido bien.
- She hasn´t eaten well.
Present continuous (for actions happening now).
Questions.
Affirmative - ¿Ella ha comido bien?
- Ahora estoy viviendo en Cartagena. - Had she eaten well?
- Now I am living in Cartagena. Past Perfect (for an action happening before another).
Negative. Affirmative
- Ella no está comiendo bien. - Antes de vivir en Arequipa, yo había vivido en
- She isn´t eating well. Cartagena.
- Questions. - Before living in Arequipa, I had living in
- ¿Ella está comiendo bien? Cartagena.
- Is she eating well? Negative.
Past continuous (for Past interrupted actions). - Ella no había comido bien
- She hadn´t eaten well.
Affirmative Questions.
- Yo estaba viviendo en Cartagena cuando me - ¿Ella había comido bien?
ofrecieron el empleo. - had she have eaten well?
- I was living in Cartagena when they offered me Future prefect (for future actions).
the job. Affirmative
Negative. - Para este julio, yo habré vivido en Cartagena 5
- Ella no estuvo comiendo bien. años.
- She wasn´t eating well. - By this July, I Will have lived in Cartagena for 5
Questions. years.
- ¿Ella estuvo comiedo bien? Negative.
- Was she eating well? - Ella no habrá comido bien.
Future continuous (For actions in progress in the - She won´t have eating well.
Future) Questions.
Affirmative - ¿Ella habrá comido bien?
- Para estas fechas el próximo año, yo estaré - Will she have eaten well?
viviendo en Cartagena.

 PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Present perfect continuous (for interrupted unfinished
actions).
Affirmative
- Yo he estado viviendo e
- I have living in Cartagena since 2011.
Negative.
- Ella no ha estado comiendo bien.
- She hasn´t been eating well.
- Questions.
- ¿Ella ha estado comiendo bien?
- Has she been eaten well?
Past Prefect continuous (for unfinished actions that
happened before another).
Affirmative
- Antes de viajar a Chile, yo había estado viviendo
en Cartagena.
- Before traveling to Chile, I had been living in
Cartagena.
- Negative.
- Ella no había estado comiendo bien.
- She hadn´t been eating well.
- Questions.
- ¿Ella había estado comiendo bien?
- Had she been eaten well?
Future Perfect continuous. (for uninterrupted future
finished actions).
Affirmative
- Para cuando cumpla los 40, habré estado
viviendo en Cartagena por 10 años.
- When I´m 40, I Will have living in Cartagena for
10 years.
Negative.
- Ella no Habra estado comiendo bien.
- She won´t have been eating well.
- Questions.
- ¿Ella habrá estado comindo ibien?
- Will she have been eaten well?
TENSES
Simple present
 Nosotros comemos.
 We eat.
 Yo no limpio las ventanas
 I don´t clean the windows
Simple past.
 Nosotros comíamos (comimos).
 We ate.
 Yo no limpié las ventanas.
 I didn´t clean the windows
Future simple with will.
 Nosotros comeremos.
 we will eat.
 Yo no limpiaré las ventanas.
 I won’t clean the windows
Future simple with going to.
 Nosotros vamos a comer.
 We are going to eat.
 Yo no voy a limpiar las ventanas
 I´m not going to clean the windows.
Present Continuous
 Nosotros estamos comiendo
 We are eating.
 Yo no estoy limpiando las ventanas
 I´m not cleaning the windows.
Past continuous
 Nosotros estabamos comiendo.
 We were eating.
 Yo no estaba limpiando las ventanas.
 I wasn´t cleaning the windows.
Future continuous
 Nosotros estaremos comiendo.
 We will be eating.
 Yo no estaré limpiando las ventanas.
 I won’t be cleamimag the windows.
Present perfect
 Nosotros hemos comido
 We have eaten.
 Yo no he limpiado las ventanas.
 I haven´t clean the windows.
Past perfect
Nosotros habiamos comido.
We had eaten.
Yo no había limpiado las ventanas.
I hadn´t clean the windows.
Future perfect
 Nosotros habremos comido.
 We will have eaten.
 Yo no habré limpiado las ventanas.
 I won´t have cleaned the windows.
Present perfect continuous
 Nosotros hemos estado comiendo
 We have been eating.
 Yo no he estado limpiando las ventanas.
 I haven´t been cleaning the windows.
Past perfect continuous
 Nosotros habíamos estado comiendo
 We had been eating.
 Yo no había estado limpiando las ventanas.
 I hadn´t been cleaning the windows.
Future perfect continuous
 Nosotros habremos estado comiendo
 We Will have eating.
 Yo no habré estado limpiando las ventanas.
 I won´t have been cleaning the windows.

Examples:
 she Works in my office
 she worked in my office
 she will work in my office
 she is going to work in my office
 she is working in my office
 she will be working in my office.
 She has worked in my office
 She has been working in my office.
 She has working in my office
 She will have been working in my office
 She had worked in my office
 She will have worked in my office