Present Continuous/Presente continuo

¿Cuando lo utilizo?

● Para describir una acción que está teniendo lugar en este momento: You are
using the Internet.
● Para describir una acción o evento futuros que ya están programados: We're
going on holiday tomorrow. I'm meeting my boyfriend tonight. Are they visiting you
next winter?
● Para describir una situación o evento temporales: He usually plays the drums, but
he's playing bass guitar tonight. The weather forecast was good, but it's raining at
the moment.
● Con "always, forever, constantly", para describir una acciones que ocurren
constantemente: Harry and Sally are always arguing! You're constantly
complaining about your mother-in-law!

Estructura

Subject / Sujeto Affirmative / Negative / Question /

Afirmativo Negativo Pregunta

I I am using the I am not using the Am I using the

computer computer computer?

You You are using the You are not / aren't Are you using the
computer using the computer?
computer

We We are using the We are not / aren't Are we using the

computer using the computer?
computer

They They are using the They are not / Are they using the
computer aren't using the computer?
computer

He He is using the He is not / isn't Is he using the

computer using the computer?
computer
 She She is using the She is not / isn't Is she using the
computer using the computer?
computer

It It is using the It is not / isn't using Is it using the

computer the computer computer?

Siempre se coloca al final del verbo -ing.

Excepciones:
● Cuando un verbo termina en consonante, se debe duplicar la última letra para
agregar la terminación –ing.
Ejemplo: The jaguar is running.
● Verbos terminados en ­–ie colocan en su lugar una y + -ing.
Ejemplo: He is lying to his boss.

● La naturaleza de algunos verbos impide su conjugación en presente continuo en

inglés, por lo que no suelen tener terminación -ing. Estos verbos son conocidos
como “de estado” o stative verbs”, señalan estados emocionales o mentales,
sensaciones, comunicación y otros. Algunos ejemplos son:

Estados
emocionales o Sensaciones Comunicación Otros estados
mentales

Believe (creer) ; Hear (oír) ;See Agree (estar de Depend

Dislike (ver) ; Smell acuerdo) ; (depender) ;
(disgustar); (oler) Disagree (no Need
Know (saber) ; estar de (necesitar) ;
Like (gustar) ; acuerdo) ; Look (mirar) ;
Love (amar) ; Promise Feel (sentir) ;
Hate (odiar) ; (prometer) ; Think (pensar)
Remember Surprise
(recordar); (sorprender)
Understand
(entender) ;
Want (querer) ;
Wish (desear)
Exercises
1. Use the present continuous form of the verb in brackets.

You _____________ (use) my mobile phone!

My dad __________(wash) his car.
It __________(not rain) today.
Who ___________ (she / chat) to now?
What _______________ (you / do) at the moment?
We ____________ (sit) on the train.
The students ____________ (have) lunch in the canteen.
'Are you making dinner?' 'Yes, I _________ (verb to be)`.
 Past Simple / Pasado Simple

¿Cuando lo utilizo?

● Cuando estamos hablando de algo que ocurrió en el pasado, es decir, que

la acción ya fue completada.

¿Cómo se forma?

Primero, debemos aclarar que hay dos tipos de verbos en el pasado simple: los
regulares e irregulares.

- Los regulares, son aquellos verbos específicos que cuando se utilizan en

tiempo pasado deben colocarse en el final de estos la terminación -d o
-ed.
- La terminación con -d es para los verbos que al final tienen una
vocal “e”. Ejemplo: Close → Closed ; Believe → Believed
- La terminación con -ed es para cualquier otro verbo. Ejemplo:
Jump → Jumped ; Start → Started
- La terminación con -ed es para cualquier verbo que termine con
“y”. Ejemplo: Play → Played.
- La terminación con -ed es para cualquier verbo que termine con
“y” pero delante de esta, no tenga una vocal. Entonces, se debe
cambiar la “y” por una “i”, seguida del -ed. Ejemplo: Study →
Studied.
Estructura

Verb “To be” (verbo “ser”)

Subject / Affirmative / Negative / Question / Answer /

Sujeto Afirmativo Negativo Pregunta Respuesta

I I was at school I was not / Was I at school Yes, I was

yesterday wasn't at yesterday?
school No, I wasn't
yesterday

You You / we / they You / we / they Were Yes,

were at school were not you/we/they at you/we/they
We yesterday /weren't at school were
school yesterday?
They
yesterday No
you/we/they
weren`t

He He /she/it He/she/it was Was he/she/it Yes, he/she/it

was at school not / wasn't at at school was
She yesterday school yesterday?
yesterday No he/she/it
It
wasn`t

Subject / Affirmative / Negative / Question /

Sujeto Afirmativo Negativo Pregunta
Yes
I I played I did not / Did I play? I/you/we/they
didn`t play
/he/she/it
You You played You did not / Did you play?
did
didn`t play

We We played We did not / Did we play?

didn`t play

They They played They did not / Did they play?

didn`t play No

He He played He did not / Did he play? I/you/we/they

didn`t play /he/she/it

She She played She did not / Did she play? didn`t
 didn`t play

It It played It did not / Did it play?

didn`t play

Exercises
1. Make the past simple, positive, negative or question

a. I ___________(not/drink) any beer last night.

b. She __________(get on) the bus in the centre of the city
c. What time ____________(he/get up) yesterday?
d. Where __________(you/get off) the train?
e. I _____________(not/change) trains at Victoria.
f. We _____________(wake up) very late.
g. What __________________(he/give) his mother for Christmas?
h. We ____________(not/use) the computer last night.
i. They ____________(live) in Paris in 2002.
j. I ________(not/watch) TV yesterday.

Complete with the correct form of present simple, present continuous and past simple.

a. ____________ learning English? (you/like)

b. _____________ this programm. (I /not understand)
c. My dad ______________ (listen) to classical music when I _____________ (arrive)
from school.
d. Jim and his father ____________ (not watch) TV. They're asleep.
e. Tony is in the bathroom. He ____________ (wash) his hair.