2ND BACHILLERATO REVIEW OF TENSES

TENSES USES KEY WORDS EXAMPLES

 Acciones habituales  Always, twice a week, on Sundays  Mike seldom goes to the gym during the week.
Present Simple  Hechos  Contexto  Cars produce a lot of pollution.
 Stative verbs  sentidos, pensamiento, emociones  I don’t remember his name now.
 Acción ocurriendo ahora  At the moment, at present, now  Right now Keith is doing the washing up.
Present  Acciones en una unidad de  This year/month/week..., tonight,  Barcelona isn’t doing very well in the Champions
Continuous tiempo no terminada today League this season.
 Futuro “agenda”  Next Saturday, tomorrow at 6.00  She’s going back to work on Monday.
 Acción acabada en el  Yesterday, last week, two days  Last month Gina finished her studies, and then she
Past Simple
pasado ago, when, then decided to move to Sheffield.
 Acción inacabada en el
pasado  At 8 o´clock  At 10 o’clock my friends were having a drink.
Past Continuous o Interrumpida por otra o While, as  While Paul was taking a shower, the phone rang.
acción o While, as  While ... shower, his sister was cooking.
o Paralela a otra acción
 Horarios  In an hour, later, at 3 o´clock  The plane will leave in 30 minutes.
‘Will’  Predicciones  I think/believe/hope that...  I don’t think Nadal will lose his next tournament.
 Decisiones espontáneas  Contexto  Doesn’t anybody want to drive? OK, I’ll drive.
 Intención en el futuro  “tener pensado”  I’m going to become a lawyer after university.
‘Going to’
 Evidencia física de algo  “ir a”+infinitivo  Look at those angry men! They’re going to fight!
Future  Acción inacabada en el  At this time tomorrow/next  At this time next year my family will be living in
Continuous futuro week/next month, at 4 o’clock another city.
 Acción acabada en el
pasado (sin saber  Ever, never, just, yet, recently,  Have you ever eaten curry? No, I haven’t, but I
cuándo) already would like to some time.
Present Perfect
 Acción empezada en el  For, since, how long  How long have you waited? I’ve waited for 15
pasado que llega hasta el (“lleva”+gerundio) minutes.
presente
 Acción anterior a otra  Already, by the time that, until,  Nina hadn’t seen any famous person until she met
Past Perfect
acción en el pasado before Robert de Niro.

 By this time tomorrow/next  By this time next month I will have probably read
Future Perfect  Acción acabada en el futuro
week/next month, by 4 o’clock my Harry Potter book.