Negative

Affirmative

PRESENT
Simple

Continuous

Perfect

Perfect Continuous

Sujeto + verbo principal.

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to be") +

gerundio ("-ing").
I'm talking. (Estoy hablando.

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to have")

+ participio pasado...
I've talked to Peter. (He hablado con

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to have") +

"been" + gerundio.
They've been talking for three hours. (Han

Peter.)

estado hablando durante tres horas.)

She's gone to work. (Ha ido a su trabajo.)

She has been studying English since she

was 16. (Ha estado estudiando ingls desde que

I talk. (Yo hablo.)

He eats. (l come.)

He's eating. (Est comiendo.)

tena 16 aos.)

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to

do") + auxiliar negativo ("not")
+ verbo principal.
I do not [don't] talk. (Yo no hablo.)

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to be") +

auxiliar negativo ("not") + gerundio
("-ing").
I'm not talking. (No estoy hablando.)

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to have")

+ "not" + participio pasado...
I haven't talked to Peter. (No he hablado

He does not [doesn't] eat. (l no

He's not [He isn't] eating. (No

She hasn't gone to work. (No ha ido a su

come.)

est comiendo.)

trabajo.)

con Peter.)

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to have") +

"not" + "been" + gerundio.
They haven't been talking for more than a
few minutes. (No han estado hablando ms de
unos minutos.)

She hasn't been studying English for very

long. (No ha estado estudiando ingls durante mucho

Interrogative

tiempo.)

Verbo auxiliar ("to do") +

sujeto + verbo principal
Do you talk? (Hablas t?)

Verbo auxiliar ("to be") + sujeto +

gerundio ("-ing")?
Are you talking? (Ests hablando?)

Does he eat? (Come l?)

Is he eating? (Est comiendo?)

Verbo auxiliar ("to have") + sujeto

+ participio pasado...?
Have you talked to Peter? (Has hablado
con Peter?)

Has she gone to work? (Ha ido a su

trabajo?)

Verbo auxiliar ("to have") + sujeto +

"been" + gerundio?
Have they been talking for a long
time? (Han estado hablando durante mucho
tiempo?)

Has Mary been waiting long? (Lleva Mary

esperando mucho tiempo?)