Rubén González Mas Tiempos verbales

Tiempos verbales
Tiempo verbal Afirmación Negación Interrogación
PRESENT
PRESENT SIMPLE. They have a house. They don’t have a house. do they have a house?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS. He is studying now. He isn’t studying now. Is he studying now?
PRESENT PERFECT. You have read this book. You haven’t read this book. Have you read this book?

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS. He has been working hard. He hasn’t been working hard. Has he been working hard?

PAST
PAST SIMPLE They watched a lm. They didn’t watch a lm. Did they watch a lm?
PAST CONTINUOUS It was raining. It wasn’t raining. Was it raining?
PAST PERFECT She had eaten sushi. She hadn’t eaten sushi. Had she eaten sushi?
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS she had been wai ng for us. She hadn't be wai ng for us. Had she been wai ng for us?

FUTURE
FUTURE SIMPLE He will go to the o ce. He won’t go to the o ce. Will he go to the o ce?
FUTURE CONTINUOUS We will be travelling. We won’t be travelling. Will we be travelling?
FUTURE PERFECT He will have arrived. He won’t have arrived. Will he have arrived?
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS You will have been working. You won’t have been working. Will you have been working?
FUTURE “BE GOING TO” They are going to get married. They aren’t going to get married. Are they going to get married?
She would go to London.
CONDITIONAL She wouldn’t go to London. Would she go to London?
Iría a Londres.
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I would be living in L.A.

CONDITIONAL CONTINUOUS I wouldn’t be living in L.A. Would I be living in L.A.?
Estaría viviendo en L.A.
James would have phoned you.
CONDITIONAL PERFECT James would have phoned you. Would James have phoned you?
Te hubiera llamado.

Conditionals
ZERO CONDITIONAL. Universal truth. If + present simple /present simple. If water boils, it’s hot

FIRST CONDITIONAL. Real possibility. If + present / future + inf. If it snows, I won’t to go to work

SECOND CONDITIONAL. Unreal situa ons. If + past simple / would + inf. If I were a man, I’d have a berad!

THIRD CONDITIONAL. Impossibility. If + past perfect / would + have + If I hadn’t been on my phone I wouldn’t have
past par ciple. stepped on a poo.
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