¡Descarga English tenses examples plus y más Esquemas y mapas conceptuales en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! Indefinite Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous Presen t Verb Ask/asks (he, she, it) 1. A fact 2. Repeated action 3. Future action according to a timetable Markers: usually; generally, always; never; often; seldom; sometimes, every, each be + verb + ing am (I) is (He, She, It) +asking are (You, We, They) Markers: now, at present, at the moment 1. Action (process) going on at the present moment 2. Future action planned before 3. A continuous process (+always, constantly) ( The Earth is always moving) 4. To show irritation (+always, constantly) (She is always grumbling.) Have (I, you, we, they) Has (he, she, it) + III form of a verb 1. Completed action connected with the present; result Markers: already; yet; ever; never; lately; recently; this morning/ evening/ week/ year today; by now; for … years; since…; This is the first time… Questions never start with when/where (When did you see this film) Have/has been + -ing 1. Action (process) which began in the past and is still going on now (I have been learning English for 10 years) 2. Action which was recently in progress, but is no longer going on now (There are puddles everywhere. It has been raining hard) Markers: For a month/a long time; since 5 o'clock Past Regular verb + ed Irregular (2nd form) 1. Action in the past 2. A succession of past actions 3. Repeated action in the past Markers: yesterday; last week; 3 days ago Repeated actions are expressed by: -used to/didn’t use to + Infinitive -would + Infinitive (He would spend all days locked in his room.) (When I was young I used to work much.) (He didn’t use to be punctual.) Was + verb + ing were 1. Action (process) taking place at a given moment in the past Markers: at 5 yesterday; from 5 to 6 yesterday; for 3 days last week; all day long/the whole day Had + -Regular verb + ed -Irregular (3rd form) 1. Action completed before a certain moment in the past Markers: by 5 o’clock yesterday; before he came; by the end of last year 1)Past Perfect – 2)Past Simple (He had finished his work when I called him.) Had + been + verb +ing 1. Action (process) which began before a definite moment in the past and was still going at that moment (He had been working for 2 hours, when my brother came.) 2. Action which was no longer going on at a definite moment in the past, but which had been in progress not long before (Outside everything was in deep snow. It had been snowing hard all night (not at that moment).) Future will ask + infinitive 1. Future action Markers: tomorrow; next week; in 3 days The Future Indefinite (Simple) Tense is not used after the conjunctions: Till; as soon as; until; as long as; before; unless; after; will be + verb + ing 1. Action (process) taking place at a given moment in the future Markers: at5 tomorrow; from 5 to 6 tomorrow; for 3 days next week; all day long tomorrow; when he comes will have verb + ed 1. Action completed before a definite moment in the future Markers: By 5 o'clock tomorrow; when he comes; by next summer will have been verb +ing 1. Action (process) which will begin before a definite moment in the future and will be going on at that moment. (When you come, I will have been working for 2 hours.)
