Inglés

TENSES

Present tenses

Simple

Facts and states → The library dosn't close until 10 pm
→ I'm pretty tired right now

Habits and repeated actions → I usually get up early
→ I often meet friends
Continuos

Actions happening now → I'm studying design
→ She's going to the beachTemporary situations → At the moment, I'm living in Paris
→ Right now, he's feeling a bit nervous

Perfect Simple

To talk about states, actions or events that started in the past and which and continue in the present → How long have you been here?

To talk about something which happened in the past and which has an effectin present → She's passed her exams so she's going to univerity

To talk about past experiences, without saying when they took place
→ I've made a lot of new friends

Past tenses

Simple

Events or actions in the past that have completely finished
→ I spent a fortnigh in Cornwall with my familiy

Tings wich happened repeatedly in the past
→ We went to Londonevery weekind last year

Past states → I was very shy when i was young
Past tenses

Continuous

To talk about an action in progress at a specific momen tin the past
→ I saw you yesterday. You were sitting on the bus

When an action takes place over a period of time in the past
→ While I was stuying, my sister was watching TV

We often use past simple andpast continuos
in the same sentence with when and while

To refer to a past action interrupted by another action. The past continuos describes the longuer action and the past simple the shorter action which interrupts it → I was shopping in the town one day when I noticed a job advert
→ I saw her while I was cyclying to work

Perfect Simple

To talkabout actions or situations which happened before other actions or situations in the past → I got to the station at 7.70 but the train had already left

Use for and since to indicate the duration of a past action or situation
→ I'd know her for years
→ He'd worked there since March

To talk about a state or an action that started in the past, and continues in the present → I'veworked in London since 2004

Use Perfect If we are not specifying the time when something happened. Using adverbs of time to show the connection between past and present (never, ever, already, just, yet, for, since) → have you already finished your project?

Used To

To contrast a past habit or situation with the present. To explain that the habit or situation no loner exists in thepresent → She used to go to our college
→ I didn't use to have an MP3

We can use would + infinitive to talk about past habit
→ When she was little, she would play all day long

Be used to means “be accustomed to” (solía, estaba acostumbrado a...)
Get used to means “become accustomed to” (acosumbrarse a...)
Futureforms

Will

To make predictions or give opinions about the future
→ It will be really hot this summer
→ I think the holiday will be great

To express spontaneous decisions made at the moment of speaking
→ “I can't afforg to go out for lunch.” “Don't worry I'll pay for you”
→ I tink I'll read this book next

Going to

To talk about our plans andintentions → I'm going to see a concert tonight
To make predictions based on evidence at the time of speaking
→ The bus still hasn't arrived. We're going to be late

Present Continuos for Future use

To talk about short term plans or arrangements. We often mention a specific time or place → We are traveling to Andorra in December

Continuos

Take place over a period of time → I...