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Tiempos Verbales: Presente y Pasado Progresivo
Tiempos Verbales: Presente y Pasado Progresivo
Presente Progresivo/Continuo
¨ Acciones
que estan ocurriendo en el momento que se habla:
Peter is reading a book now.
She’s listening to the radio.
¨ Planificaciones
realizadas para un futuro cercano:
She is going to Basel on Saturday.
¨ Acciones
temporales
His father is working in Rome this month.
¨ Acciones
que estan ocurriendo en el momento que se esta hablando:
My friend is preparing for his exams.
¨ Tendencias
More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.
¨ Acciones
repetidas las cuales molestan al hablante (con always, constantly, forever)
Andrew is always coming in late. (I don't like it.)
Para formar el presente progresivo o continuo utilizamos la forma del verbo to be (am, are
or is) y la forma infinitiva del verbo con –ing al final; ejemplo:
Oraciones afirmativas:
Oraciones Negativas:
I am not playing volleyball. He/she/it is not playing volleyball.
We/you/they are not playing volleyball.
Preguntas:
En el presente progresivo se mueve el auxiliar (am, are o is) adelante del sujeto para
formar una pregunta; ejemplo:
Am I playing volleyball? Is he/she/it playing volleyball?
Are we/you/they playing volleyball?
A veces se utilizan estos verbos con el presente progresivo en las siguientes situaciones:
I am reading I'm reading
he is reading he's reading
we are reading we're reading
I am not reading I'm not reading
he isn't reading
he is not reading or
he's not reading
we aren't reading
we are not reading or
we're not reading
Pasado Progresivo/Continuo
¨ Acciones
que estuvieron en proceso en un tiempo especifico del pasado:
Peter was reading a book yesterday evening.
She was listening to the radio.
¨ Una acción que se estaba llevando a cabo y fue interrumpida por otra:
The ladies were talking when the accident happened.
Se utiliza la forma del verbo to be en pasado (was or were) y luego la forma infinita del
verbo con –ing al final.
Oraciones afirmativas:
I/he/she/it was playing football.
We/you/they were playing football.
I/he/she/it wasn't playing football.
We/you/they weren't playing football.
Preguntas:
En le pasado progresivo se coloca el auxiliar (was or were) se coloca adelante del sujeto.
Was I/he/she/it playing football?
Were we/you/they playing football?
I was not reading I wasn't reading
he was not reading he wasn't reading
we were not reading we weren't reading
NOTA: solo se usa la forma corta en oraciones negativas, las oraciones afirmativas solo
van en forma larga.