VERB TO BE USO AUXILIAR EJEMPLO

PRESENT SIMPLE To express habits  I smoke (hábito); I work in

and routines, general verb to be: am, is, London (permanencia);
London is a large city
facts, repeated are (hecho general)
actions or situations,  You walk for two hundred
emotions and meters, then you turn left.
permanent desires  Your exam starts at 09.00.
 He'll give it to you
when you come next
To give instructions Saturday
or instructions

To talk about
scheduled, present or
future events:

Present continuo The present verb to be: am,  She is crying.

continuous is used is, are.  He is talking to his
for actions that friend.
happen now or for an  The baby is sleeping in
action that is not his crib.
finished. This time is  We are visiting the
also used when the museum in the
action is temporary. afternoon.

Simple past The simple past is a Did Wolfgang entered a hula hoop
verb tense that is contest.
used to talk about He won the silver medal.
things that happened
or existed before
now.
Past continuous The past continuous was/were  I was watching TV when
(also called past she called.
progressive) is a verb  When the phone rang,
tense which is used to she was writing a letter.
show that an ongoing  While we were having the
past action was picnic, it started to rain.
happening at a specific  What were you doing when
moment of the earthquake started?
interruption, or that  I was listening to my iPod,
so I didn't hear the fire
two ongoing actions
alarm.
were happening at the
same time
Future will the FUTURE -ed or –s He is liable to get in trouble.
TENSE indicates that "be" She is certain to do well in
an action is in the college
future relative to the
speaker or writer.
There are no inflected
forms for the future in
English (nothing like
those -ed or -s endings
in the other tenses).
Instead, the future
tense employs the
helping
verbs will or shall with
the base form of the
verb
Future going The use of "go to" to Am Is Freddy going to buy a new
refer to future events. Are car soon?
The precise moment is Is Are John and Pam going to
not relevant, it is later are visit Milan when they are in
than now, but the
Italy?
attitude implies that
this event depends on
I think Nigel and Mary are
something we know going to have a party next
about the current week.
situation. "Go to" is
used above all to talk
about our plans and
intentions, or to make
predictions based on
current evidence.
Present perfect present perfect "is “has” or “have”
used so that it can be I have studied.
related to the He has written a letter to
present and the past. María.
The time in which the We have been stranded for six
action takes place is days.
prior to the present
but it is nonspecific
and, often, a greater
interest is placed on
the result than on
the action itself