TEORIA INGLES

PRESENT

Present Simple:
Affirmative: Noun - verb infinitive (I run / She runs / We run)
Negative: Pronoun – Do/ Does – not – verb infinitive
Question: Do / Does - noun - verb infinitive - ?
Auxiliar: Does: singular (only 1) / Do: plural (more than 1)

Present continuous:
Affirmative: Noun - to be (am/is/are) - verb with ING (I´m cooking / He is cooking / They are cooking)
Negative: Pronoun – to be – not – verb - ing
Question: To be - noun - verb with ING - ? (Am I cooking? / Is she cooking? / Are we cooking?)

Present Perfect:
Affirmative: Noun - has / have - participle - (She has walked / I have walked / They have walked)
Negative: Pronoun – has/have – not – past participle
Question: Has / Have - noun - participle - (Has she called her mother? / Have they called their mother?)

Present Perfect Continuous:

Affirmative: Noun - has / have - been - verb with ING (She has been waiting for you / They have been
waiting for you)
Negative: Noun - has / have – not- been - verb with ING
Question: Has / Have - noun - been - verb with ING - (Has she been waiting for you? / Have they been
waiting for you?)

PAST

Past Simple:
Affirmative: Pronoun - verb in past (I cooked / She cooked / They cooked)
Negative: Pronoun – did – not – Infinitive verb
Question: Auxiliary verb (Did) - pronoun - verb infinitive - ? (Did you cook? / Did she cook? / Did we
cook?)

Past Continuous
Affirmative: Pronoun – was/were - verb + ING (I was cooking/ She was cooking / They were cooking)
Negative: Pronoun – was/were – not – verb + ING
Question: Auxiliary verb (to be) - pronoun - verb with ING - ? (Were you cooking? / Was she cooking? /
Were we cooking?)
Past Perfect:
Affirmative: Noun - HAD - verb participle (They had visited their mother)
Negative: Pronoun - hadn’t – verb participle
Question: Had - noun - verb participle - ? (Had they visited their mother?)

Past Perfect Continuous:

Affirmative: Noun - had been - verb + ING – (They had/hadn´t been visiting their mother)
Negative: Pronoun – hadn’t been- verb – ING
Question: Had - noun - been - verb + ING - ? – (Had they been visiting their mother? Yes, they had. / No,
they hadn´t.)

FUTURE

Future Simple:
Affirmative: Noun - will - verb infinitive // Pronoun - to be - going to - verb infinitive (They will cook
pizza / She is going to cook pizza / I am going to cook pizza)
Negative: Pronoun – Won’t - Infinitive verb // Pronoun – to be – not – going to – infinitive verb
Question: Will - noun - verb infinitive - ? // To be - pronoun - going to - verb infinitive - ? (Will you eat
pasta? / Will she eat pasta? / Are we going to drink coffee? / Is she going to drink coffee? / Am I going to
drink coffee?

Future Continuous:
Affirmative: Noun - will be - verb + ING - ... / (They will be cooking pizza / She will be cooking pizza / I
will be cooking pizza)
Negative: Pronoun – Won’t – be – verb - ING
Question: Will - noun - be - verb + ING - … - ? / (Will you be eating pasta? / Will she be eating pasta?)

Future Perfect:
Affirmative: Noun - will have - verb participle - ... / (They will have cooked pizza / She will have cooked
pizza / I will have cooked pizza)
Negative: Pronoun – Won’t – have – main verb
Question: Will - noun - have - verb participle - ? / (Will you have cooked pizza? / Will she have bought the
house?)

Future Perfect Continuous:

Affirmative Noun - will - have been - verb - ING - … (We will have been traveling to Mexico / She will
have been traveling to Mexico)
Negative: Pronoun – won’t - have been – verb - ING
Question: Will - noun - have been - verb - ING -? (Will you have been drinking coffee? / Will he have been
drinking coffee?)