RESUMEN DE USO DE LOS TIEMPOS VERBALES EN INGLS

PRESENT SIMPLE
Forma del presente simple
I work
You work
He works
work?
She works
work?
It works
We work
You work
They work

I don't work
You don't work
He doesn't work
She doesn't work
It doesn't work
We don't work
You don't work
They dont work

Do I work?
Do you work?
Does he
Does she
Does it work?
Do we work?
Do you work?
Do they work?

El presente simple se usa para expresar acciones habituales o verdades

generales. Suele ir acompaado de expresiones como los adverbios de frecuencia,
o expresiones temporales que denoten periodicidad como every year, on Tuesdays
etc.
Los adverbios de frecuencia son: always, never, ever, sometimes, generally,
usually, often y se colocan detrs del verbo to be y delante de cualquier otro verbo.
He always works here.
He is always here.
Forma del presente continuo
Afirmativa
Negativa
Interrogativa
I am working
I am not working
Am I working?
You are working
You are not working Are you working?
He is working
He is not working
Is he working?
She is working
She is not working
Is she working?
It is working
It is not working
Is it working?
We are working
We are not working Are we working ?
You are working
You arent working Are we working?
They are working
They arent working Are they working?
El presente continuo se usa en ingls para hablar de acciones temporales que
ocurren en el momento en que se est hablando: John is speaking now. Por ello,
suele llevar a su lado expresiones temporales como now, right now, at the moment,
at present.
Adems, se utiliza para hablar de planes futuros en cuyo caso aparecer una
expresin de futuro. She is not coming to the meeting on Tuesday. No va a venir a
la reunin del martes. En este caso se suele traducir como ir a ms infinitivo.
Forma del Present Perfect
Afirmativa

Negativa

Interrogativa

I have worked
You have worked
He has worked
She has worked
It has worked
We have worked
You have worked
They have worked

I haven't worked
Have I worked?
You havent worked Have you worked?
He hasn't worked
Has he worked?
She hasn't worked Has she worked?
It hasn't worked
Has it worked?
We haven't worked Have we worked?
You haven't worked Have you worked?
They haven't worked Have they worked?

Se compone del verbo to have conjugado ms el participio del verbo en cuestin.

En caso de verbo regular se aade -ed como en la lista anterior. En caso de verbo
irregular, se aade la forma de tercera columna de la lista de verbos irregulares.
Past continuous
Afirmativa
I was working
You were working
He was working
She was working
It was working
We were working
You were working
They were working

Negativa
I wasn't working
You weren't working
He wasn't working
She wasnt working
It wasn't working
We weren't working
You weren't working
They weren't working

Interrogativa
Was I working?
Were you working?
Was he working?
Was she working?
Was it working?
Were we working?
Were you working?
Were they working?

Se usa para hablar de:

a)una accin en curso en un momento del pasado: This time last year, I was
working on an international project. El ao pasado por estas fechas estaba
trabajando en un proyecto internacional.
b) una accin en curso interrumpida por otra accin: I was surfing the net when my
sister rang. Estaba navegando por Internet cuando llam mi hermana.
c) Acciones paralelas en curso en el pasado: While he was doing the graphics,
I was writing the text. Mientras l estaba haciendo los grficos, yo estaba
escribiendo el texto.
Past simple
Afirmativa

Negativa

Interrogativa

I worked
You worked
He worked
She worked
It worked
We worked
You worked
They worked

I didn't work
You didnt work
He didnt work

Did I work?
Did you work?
Did he work?

She didnt work

It didn't work
We didn't work
You didn't work
They didn't work

Did she work?

Did it work?
Did we work?
Did you work?
Did they work?

Se utiliza para hablar de acciones o situaciones del pasado sin ninguna conexin
con el presente, necesita una referencia temporal,explcita o implcita en el
contexto. Ejemplo: We finished our project last month ( Acabamos el proyecto el
mes pasado)
Para los verbos irregulares el pasado simple es la segunda columna.
Past perfect (Pluscuamperfecto en espaol: Yo haba trabajado)
Afirmativa
I had worked
You had worked
He had worked
She had worked
It had worked
We had worked
You had worked
They had worked

Negativa
I hadn't worked
You had'nt worked
He hadnt worked
She hadn't worked
It hadn't worked
We hadn't worked
You hadnt worked
They hadn't worked

Interrogativa
Had I worked?
Had you worked?
Had he worked?
Had she worked?
Had it worked?
Had we worked?
Had you worked?
Had they worked?

Se usa para hablar de una accin pasada que tuvo lugar antes de otra accin
tambin pasada, por ejemplo By the time I asked him to make a back-up, he had
erased some of the files. Para cuando le ped hacer un back-up, el haba borrado
algunos archivos.
When I got to the bus station , the bus had already gone. Cuando llegu a la
estacin, el autobs se haba ido.