BACHILLERATO 2 IES Pérez de Guzmán 2011-2012

GRAMMAR

TENSES

1. Present Simple and Present Continuous

2. Past Simple and Past Continuous.
3. Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
4. Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous
5. Future

1. Present Simple and Present Continuous

Present Simple Present Continuous
Affirmative Affirmative
I / you / we / they live I am living
He / she / it lives You / we / they are living
He / she / it is living
Negative Negative
I / you / we / they don’t live I am not living
He / she / it doesn’t live You / we / they aren’t living
He / she / it isn’t living
Interrogative Interrogative
Do I / you / we / they live Am I living?
Does he / she / it lives Are you / we / they living?
Is he / she / it living?
USE: USE:
- Hechos y verdades generales. - Acciones que están ocurriendo en el
Water boils at 100º mismo momento en el que se habla.
- Situaciones permanentes o que se Look! It is raining!
repiten en el tiempo. - Situaciones transitorias que pueden
I go to work by bus. acabar o cambiar pronto. This week I’m
- Suele ir acompañado de adverbios de going to school by bus because my car is
frecuencia (always, usually, hardly ever, in the garage.
never, sometimes…) para expresar Suele ir acompañado de expresiones de
hábitos y rutinas. tiempo como now, at the moment, today,
She usually studies in the evening. etc.