Lista De Tiempos Verbales

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Tense | Signal words | Use | Form | Examples
affirmative | Examples
negative | Examples
interrogative |
Simple
Present
or
Present Simple | every day

sometimes

always

often

usually

seldom

never

first ... then | something happens repeatedly

how often something happens

one actionfollows another

things in general

after the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.)

future meaning: timetables, programmes | infinitive he/she/it + -s | I work. | I don't work. | Do I work? |
| | | | He works. | He doesn't work. | Does he work? |
| | | | I go. | I don't go. | Do I go? |
| | | | He goes. | He doesn't go. | Does he go? |
Present
Progressive orPresent Continuous | now

at the moment

Look!

Listen! | something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it

future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date) | to be (am/are/is) + infinitive + -ing | I'm working. | I'm not working. | Am I working? |
| | | | He's working. | He isn't working. | Is he working? |
| | || I'm going. | I'm not going. | Am I going? |
| | | | He's going. | He isn't going. | Is he going? |
Simple
Past
or
Past
Simple | last ...

... ago

in 1990

yesterday | action took place in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present) | regular:
infinitive + -ed irregular:
2nd column of table of irregular verbs | I worked. | Ididn't work. | Did I work? |
| | | | He worked. | He didn't work. | Did he work? |
| | | | I went. | I didn't go. | Did I go? |
| | | | He went. | He didn't go. | Did he go? |
Past
Progressive or
Past Continuous | while | an action happened in the middle of another action

someone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past) - you do not know whether it was finished ornot | was/were + infinitive + -ing | I was working. | I wasn't working. | Was I working? |
| | | | He was working. | He wasn't working. | Was he working? |
| | | | I was going. | I wasn't going. | Was I going? |
| | | | He was going. | He wasn't going. | Was he going? |
Simple
Present
Perfect
or
Present
Perfect | just

yet

never

ever

already

so far,up to now,

since

for

recently | you say that sth. has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present

action started in the past and continues up to the present | have/has + past participle*

*(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs) | I have worked. | I haven't worked. | Have I worked? |
| | | | He has worked. | Hehasn't worked. | Has he worked? |
| | | | I have gone. | I haven't gone. | Have I gone? |
| | | | He has gone. | He hasn't gone. | Has he gone? |
Present Perfect
Progressive or
Present
Perfect
Continuous | all day

the whole day

how long

since

for | action began in the past and has just stopped

how long the action has been happening

emphasis: length of time ofan action | have/has + been + infinitive + -ing | I have been working. | I haven't been working. | Have I been working? |
| | | | He has been working. | He hasn't been working. | Has he been working? |
| | | | I have been going. | I haven't been going. | Have I been going? |
| | | | He has been going. | He hasn't been going. | Has he been going? |
Simple
Past
Perfect
orPast
Perfect
(Simple) | already

just

never | mostly when two actions in a story are related to each other: the action which had already happened is put into Past Perfect, the other action into Simple Past

the past of the Present Perfect | had + past participle*

*(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs) | I had worked. | I hadn't worked. | Had I worked? |...