ENGLISH VERB TENSES SIMPLE

PERFECT CONTIN. Aff: S + have + been + inf−ing.

Aff: Subj + Inf−ed: You worked (Irreg.: 2nd column) She swam

He was playing football

(he/she/it: Subj + Inf−S); He works Neg: Sub + do + not + Inf (he/she/ it: does) =He doesn´t swim Int: Do + Subj + Inf? Does + (he/ she / it) + Inf? USO: Acciones habituales Siempre. Normalmente.

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Aff: Subj + be (pres)+ Aff: S + have (=´ve) Inf−ing /has (=´s) + Inf−ed. / They have been 3rd column. I have working He is playing football worked here for a Neg: S + have + not + year. He has drunk. Neg: S + be (pres)+ been + inf −ing not + Inf−ing Neg: S + have/has + not + inf−ed/3rd col. They haven´t been He is not playing working football They haven´t finished; Int: Have + S+ been + I haven´t drunk. Int: Be (pres) + S + Inf−ing? Inf−ing? Int: Have/has + S + Have they been Inf−ed. /3rd col Is he playing football? working? USO: 1 Acción que Has she ocurre en este USO: Acción no finished?;Have you momento Ahora acabada en un período drunk? USO: 1 − mismo; Ultimamente. de tiempo que Período de tiempo 2. Ac. en curso = no inacabado. 2 − Acción tampoco ha acabado : acabada. 3. Con pasada con resultado always: ac. habi− I have been learning en pre−sente. 3− Experiencias. 4− A. English for 6 years: tual disgustante. 4. recientes. Futuro organizado. Llevo estudiando inglés seis años. Aff: S + had + been + Aff: Subj + be (past)+ Aff: S + had (=´d)+ Inf−ing Inf−ed. / 2nd column: inf−ing.

Aff: Subj + Inf= I work

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I had worked here for They had been thee years before I left working before she work. left.

Neg: Subj + did + not Neg: S + be (past)+ not (=didn´t) + Inf. + Inf−ing Neg: S + had+ not + inf−ed/3rd col. I didn`t work; She They were not playing didn´t swim. football They hadn´t finished when I met them. Int: Did + Subj + Inf: Int: Be (past) + S + Inf−ing? Int: Had + S + Inf−ed Did I work?; Did I /3rd col? swim? Was he playing football? Had they done their homework that day? USO: Acciones en un punto del pasado.

Neg: S + had + not + been + inf −ing They hadn´t been speaking until he came Int: Had + S+ been + Inf−ing? Had he been drinking before he drove?

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USO: Acciones largas, inacabadas, cortadas por una acción corta. Aff: Subj + will (=´ll)+ Aff: Subj+ will+ be Inf :I´ll work Neg:S + (future)+Inf−ing will + not (= won´t)+ Inf. I won´t work Int: He will be playing Will + Subj + Inf? Will football you work? USO: predicciones en Neg: S + be (fut.)+ not futuro. + Inf−ing GOING−TO FUTURE: FUTURE

He won´t be playing football

Aff: S + be (present) + Int: Be (future) + S + going to + Inf Inf−ing? Will he be playing football? I´m going to buy a nice USO: 1. Ac. futuras present for Pam. que se dan por supuesto: Tomorrow at Neg: S+be (present)+ 10 I´ll be attending not+ going to+ Inf classes.2.Preguntas edu− cadas sobre el Int: Be (present) + S + fut.: Will you be going to + Inf. ? coming ? Aff: Subj + would (= ´d) + inf:

USO: Ac. Anteriores a USO: Acciones una ac. pasada. inacabadas anteriores a un punto en el pasado. Aff: S + will + have + Aff: S + will + have + Inf−ed. been + inf−ing. Then, I will have worked here for a year.

Tomorrow, he´ll have been working for a week.

Neg: S + will + not + have + Inf−ed.

Neg: S +Will+not + have + been+inf−ing

She will not have Probably, she won´t finished by tomorrow. have been studying. Int: Will + S+ have + Int: Will + S + have + inf−ed ? Will you have been + Inf−ing? lived here for a year next May? Will they have been fixing the car ? USO: Acciones que habrán acabado en un USO: Ac. inacabada punto concreto del en período inacaba− futuro, al cumplirse el do en un punto en el tiempo indicado. futuro.

Aff: Subj+ would+ be Aff: S + would + have + Inf−ed. If you had +Inf−ing met him, you´d have He would be lying in seen him.. Neg: Subj + would not bed if he were ill. Neg: S + would + not (=wouldn´t) + inf: Neg: S + would + not + have + Inf−ed. If he had let her,she´d have I would not eat much +be + Inf−ing driven the car. even if I could. He wouldn´t be waiting CONDI− Int: Would + S+ have Int: Would + subj + for us if he had to. + inf−ed ? Would I TIONAL inf? Int: Would + S + be + have left you if you had been alone? Inf−ing? Would you eat an icecram if you had it? Would he be keeping a USO: Acción USO: 1. Acciones diet if he wasen´t fat ? hipotética del pasado, condicionada a otra hipotéticas, acción hipotética del condicionadas por una USO: 1. Acción pasado. acción presente. hipotética en curso. I would eat an icecream, if I had money.

2. Futuro hipotético del tiempo pasado real. 2