Simple Present tense- Presente simple.

Este es un tiempo verbal que se utiliza para

expresar acciones que tienen lugar en el presente y con una frecuencia determinada, es decir,
cada da, cada maana, etc.
Ej.: John washes the dishes every day. (John lava los platos cada da).
Forma negativa del Simple Present: Sujeto + Do not o don't /does not o doesn't +verbo de
la accin en infinitivo+ Complementos.
Ej.: John does not/doesn't wash the dishes every day.
Forma interrogativa del Simple Present: Do/does+ sujeto+ verbo de la accin en infinitivo+
Complementos.
Ej.: Does John wash the dishes every day?
Para la negacin y la interrogacin de las frases con este tiempo verbal, necesitamos el verbo
auxiliar (to) do.
Expresiones usuales del presente simple: often - generally - usually - always never - every day every week - every month - every year - sometimes

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I go

I don't go

Do I go ?

You go

You don't go

Do you go ?

He goes

He doesn't go

Does he go ?

She goes

She doesn't go

Does she go ?

It goes

It doesn't go

Does it go ?

We go

We don't go

Do we go ?

You go

You don't go

Do you go ?

They go

They don't go

Do they go ?

Present Continuous/Progressive tense- Presente Continuo: Es un tiempo verbal que se

utiliza para expresar acciones que tienen lugar en el presente, en el mismo momento en el que
se est enunciando la frase. El Present Continuous se forma con el presente del verbo (to) be
ms el verbo de la accin en gerundio (Infinitivo+-ing).
Ej.: John is washing the dishes right now. (John est lavando los platos ahora mismo).
Forma negativa del Present Continuous/Progressive: Sujeto+is/are+not+verbo de la accin
en gerundio+ Complementos.
Ej: John is not/isn't washing the dishes right now.
Forma interrogativa del Present Continuous/Progressive: Is/are+ Sujeto+ Verbo de la accin
en gerundio+ Complementos?
Expresiones usuales del presente continuo: at moment - now -

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I am going

I am not going

Am I going ?

You are going

You are not going

Are you going ?

He is going

He is not going

Is he going ?

She is going

She is not going

Is she going ?

It is going

It is not going

Is it going ?

We are going

We are not going

Are we going ?

You are going

You are not going

Are you going ?

They are going

They are not going

Are they going ?

Simple past tense- Pasado simple: Es un tiempo verbal que se utiliza para expresar acciones
que tuvieron lugar en el pasado, sin que importe excesivamente el momento del pasado en el
que tuvieron lugar.
Ej.: John washed the dishes yesterday evening. (John lav los platos ayer por la tarde).
Para construir las formas negativa e interrogativa del Simple Past, necesitamos la ayuda del
verbo auxiliar (to) do, esta vez con su tiempo en pasado, DID.
Forma negativa del Simple Past: Sujeto+ DID not/didn't+ Verbo de la accin en
infinitivo+Complementos.
Ej.: John didn't wash the dishes yesterday evening.
Forma interrogativa del Simple Past: DID+ Sujeto+ verbo de la accin en infinitivo+
Complementos.
Did John wash the dishes yesterday evening?
En ingls, hay dos tipos de Simple Past o de pasado simple: el regular o el irregular. Los verbos
regulares forman el Simple Past aadiendo el sufijo -ed al infinitivo y los verbos irregulares
forman su Simple Past sin seguir ninguna regla. Un ejemplo de Simple Past regular es el del
verbo (to) wash= (lavar), cuyo Simple Past es washed y un ejemplo de verbo irregular es el de
(to) break= (romper) , cuyo Simple Past es broke.
Expresiones usuales del pasado simple: yesterday - last night - before - ago - in 2002 - on
their vacation - last weekend - last month - last year

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I went

I didn't go

Did I go ?

You went

You didn't go

Did you go ?

He went

He didn't go

Did he go ?

She went

She didn't go

Did she go ?

It went

It didn't go

Did it go ?

We went

We didn't go

Did we go ?

You went

You didn't go

Did you go ?

They went

They didn't go

Did they go ?

V1
Base Form

V2
Past Simple

awake

awoke

be

was, were

beat

beat

become

became

begin

began

bend

bent

bet

bet

bid

bid

bite

bit

blow

blew

break

broke

bring

brought

broadcast

broadcast

build

built

burn

burned/burnt

buy

bought

catch

caught

choose

chose

come

came

cost

cost

cut

cut

dig

dug

do

did

draw

drew

dream

dreamed/dreamt

drive

drove

drink

drank

eat

ate

fall

fell

feel

felt

fight

fought

find

found

fly

flew

forget

forgot

forgive

forgave

freeze

froze

get

got

give

gave

go

went

grow

grew

hang

hung

have

had

hear

heard

hide

hid

hit

hit

hold

held

hurt

hurt

keep

kept

know

knew

lay

laid

lead

led

learn

learned/learnt

leave

left

lend

lent

let

let

lie

lay

lose

lost

make

made

mean

meant

meet

met

pay

paid

put

put

read

read

ride

rode

ring

rang

rise

rose

run

ran

say

said

see

saw

sell

sold

send

sent

show

showed

shut

shut

sing

sang

sit

sat

sleep

slept

speak

spoke

spend

spent

stand

stood

swim

swam

take

took

teach

taught

tear

tore

tell

told

think

thought

throw

threw

understand

understood

wake

woke

wear

wore

win

won

write

wrote