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Verb Tenses Review
Verb Tenses Review
Verb Tenses Review
Present Simple Does he work? He works - Habitual Actions - always, usually, often,
He doesn’t work (El trabaja) - Timetables sometimes, never, hardly
- States ever, everyday...
Present Continuous He is working He is working - Actions happening now - now, at this moment, right
He isn’t working (El está trabajando o - Actions happening in a near now, just now, today,
trabaja) future (appointments? tonight...
Past Simple Did he work? He worked - Past actions - yesterday, last ..., ...ago,the
He didn’t work (El trabajó o trabajara o previous...
trabajase)
Past Continuous Was he working? He was working - Actions happening in a specific - when” y “while”
He wasn’t working (El estaba trabajando o momento in the past - At that time in the past
trabajaba) - Incomplete past actions
Present Perfect Has he worked? He has worked - Recent past actions - For: durante (+ periodo de
Simple He hasn’t worked (El ha trabajado) - Past actions happening in a tiempo)
present period of time - Since: desde (+ fecha
- Results concreta)
- Ever: alguna vez (se coloca
delante del participio)
- Just: acabar de (se coloca
delante del participio)
- Already: ya (se coloca
delante del participio, en
oraciones afirmativas)
- Yet: ya/todavía (se coloca al
final de la oración en
negativas e interrogativas)
- Lately: ultimamente