Present
Present
El tiempo Present (presente) responde a la pregunta: What happens? = ¿Qué pasa? o What is happening? = ¿Qué está pasando?. Se forma: Sujeto + verbo en presente (I work). Sujeto + am/are/is + verbo en progresivo (I am working).
| 1. Present I work I am working |
2. Present perfect I have worked I have been working |
| 3. Past I worked I was working |
4. Past perfect I had worked I had been working |
| 5. Future I will work I will be working |
6. Future perfect I will have worked I will have been working |
| 7. Future (going to) I am going to work I am going to be working |
8. Future perfect (going to) I am going to have worked I am going to have been working |
| 9. Future in past I was going to work I was going to be working |
10. Future perfect in past I was going to have worked I was going to have been working |
| 11. Conditional I would work I would be working |
12. Conditional perfect I would have worked I would have been working |
| 13. Modals I (can, could, ...) work I (can, could, ...) be working |
14. Modals + have I (can, could, ...) have worked I (can, could, ...) have been working |
| 15. Imperative Work! Let's work! |
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Simple Tenses - Continuous Tenses
Present Simple
What happens? - ¿Qué pasa?I work - Trabajo
- The sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
El sol sale por el este y se pone por el oeste. - Mr. Jackson goes to work by taxi every day.
El Sr. Jackson va en taxi a trabajar todos los días. - We sometimes dine at Peter's.
A veces cenamos en lo de Peter. - I always wake up before 7 a.m.
Me despierto siempre a las 7:00 a.m. - When it rains, animals find shelter under trees.
Cuando llueve, los animales se refugian debajo de los árboles - Rex does not live in
Chicago.
Rex no vive en Chicago. - They are vegetarians so they do not eat meat.
Son vegetarianos por lo que no comen carne. - How often do you take your dog for a walk?
¿Cada cuánto sacas a pasear a tu perro? - Does Betsy speak English?
¿Betsy habla inglés?
Present Continuous
What is happening? - ¿Qué está pasando?I am working - Estoy trabajando
- You are reading a sentence now.
Usted está leyendo una oración ahora. - Someone is listening to the radio at this moment.
Alguien está escuchando la radio en este momento. - Bill is writing a new novel.
Bill está escribiendo una nueva novela. - My children are not playing the guitar right now.
Mis hijos no están tocando la guitarra en este preciso momento. - Is Mary studying now?
¿Mary está estudiando ahora?
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