Tiempo

Uso
Algo pasa repetidamente

Ejemplos
I work

Con qu frecuencia pasa algo

Tiempo

Uso
Algo est pasando al mismo

Ejemplos
Im working

She Works

tiempo que estamos hablando.

Shes working

Una accin despus de la otra

You dont work

Algo est en progreso.

They arent working

Present Simple

Cosas/acciones/hechos en

He doesnt work

Present Continuous

Algo temporal

She isnt working

Infinitivo

general

Do they work?

Present simple to be

PISTAS: Now, At the moment,

Are you working?

He/she/it + s

PISTAS: Every day,

Does she work?

Vb+ing

Look! , Listen!

Is he working?

Sometimes, Always, Often,

FUTURO: cuando hemos

Usually, Never, First.... then

hecho/decidido/acordado un

FUTURO: programas, horarios

Cuando algo ha pasado (o no)
I have worked

plan o hacer algo (con fecha)

Una accin del pasado que

I have been working

en el pasado y tiene una

He has worked

acaba de terminar

He has been working

conexin/consecuencia en el

They havent

Durante cunto tiempo ha

You havent been

presente

worked

Present Perfect

pasado una cosa

working

Una accin que empez en el

He hasnt

Continuous

nfasis: la duracin de una

She hasnt been

pasado y an contina en el

worked

Have/has been

accin

working

presente

Have you

+vb.ing

PISTAS: All day, The whole

Have they been

PISTAS: Just, Yet, Ever,

worked?

day, How long, Since, for

working?

Already, So far, Up to now,

Has she worked?

Past Simple

Since, For, Recently

Acciones en el pasado, hechas

I worked

Past Continuous

Una accin que sucedi en

working?
I was working

Vb regular: vb+ed

y finalizadas en el pasado con

You didnt work

Was/were +vb.ing

medio de otra accin

She was working

Vb irregular: 2

una expresin temporal

Did they work?

Alguien estaba haciendo algo

You werent working

columna

PISTAS: last , ago, in

en un momento determinado en

He wasnt working

1990, yesterday

el pasado (no sabes si se

Were they working?

termin o no)

Was she working?

Present Perfect
Simple
Have/has +
participio
(vb regulares +ed
Vb irregulars 3
columna)

Has she been

Past Perfect
Simple
Had + participio
(vb regulares +ed
Vb irregulars 3
columna)

Future simple
Will + infinitive

Future continuous
Will be + vb.ing

Cuando dos acciones en una

I had worked

PISTAS: while
La duracin en qu haba

historia se relacionan, la

He hadnt worked

sucedido algo antes de que otra

He hadnt been

accin que paso antes que la

Had you worked?

accin tuviera lugar

working

PISTAS: how long, since, for

Had you been

otra se conjuga en Past Perfect

Past Perfect
Continuous

Simple

working?

Had been + vb.ing

El pasado del Present Perfect

I had been working

Simple
PISTAS: already, just, ever,
for
Predicciones sobre el futuro

I will work

(crees que pasar algo)

He wont work

Be going to

Decides hacer algo

Will you work?

Present be + going to Lo que crees que pasar porque

work

+ infinitive

tienes pruebas o es evidente que

Are you going to

pasar
Algo ya habr empezado antes

work?
Ill have worked

espontneamente a la vez que

Cuando ya has decidido hacer

Im going to work

algo en el futuro

He isnt going to

hablas NO ES UN PLAN
Una accin estar en proceso

Ill be working

en un momento determinado

He wont be

Future Perfect

de un momento determinado en

He wont have

en el futuro.

working

Simple

el futuro

worked

Will you be

Will have +participio

Algo habr sucedido antes de

working?
Ill have been

Future perfect

un momento determinado en

working

continuous

el futuro.

He wont have

Will have been

nfasis: duracin de la accin

been working

+vb.ing

Will you have

Conditional type 2

been working?
If I won the

Algo podra suceder (deseo)

Conditional type 1

Will you have

Algo puede pasar

worked?
If you come, I will
be happy

If + present simple,

I will be happy if

will + infinitive

you come

will + infinitive +
if + present simple
Conditional type 3

Es imposible que pase algo

If I had won the

lottery, I would

If + past perfect,

If + past simple,

buy a house

would have+

bought a house

would +infinitive

I would buy a

participle

I would have bought

Would + infinitive

house if I won the

Would have +

a house if I had won

if + past simple

lottery

participle +

the lottery

if + past perfect

(arrepentimiento)

lottery, I would have