VERB TENSE

By Carlos Barria and

Mayro Ojeda
 Verb Tense

Verb tenses tell us when things happen.

Events can happen in the: Los tiempos verbales nos dicen cuándo
ocurren las cosas.
- Past Los eventos pueden suceder en:
- Present Pasado
Presente
- Future Futuro

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 THE PRESENT
This is when an event is actually
happening
- I am walking across to buy some Esto es cuando un evento está
sweets from sucediendo realmente
- - Estoy caminando para comprar
the shop. algunos dulces de la tienda.
- I am shouting to my brother in the - - Le grito a mi hermano en el patio
playground. de recreo.
- - Estoy corriendo por el camino
- I am running down the lane with the con el perro.
dog.
 THE PAST
This is when an event has already
happened.

- I walked across to buy Esto es cuando un evento ya ha

some sweets from the
shop.
- I shouted to my brother in
the playground.
- I ran down the lane with the
dog.
sucedido
- Caminé para comprar algunos
dulces de la tienda.
- - Grité a mi hermano en el patio
de recreo.
- - Corrí por el camino con el perro
 THE FUTURE
This is when an event has not taken place
yet.
- I will walk across to buy some Esto es cuando un evento no ha
tenido lugar todavía.
sweets from the - Cruzaré para comprar algunos
shop. dulces de la tienda.
- - Voy a gritar a mi hermano en el
- I will shout to my brother in the patio de recreo.
playground. - - Correré por el camino con el
perro.
- I will run down the lane with the
dog.
 CONTINUOUS AND
PERFECT TENSE
These tenses are sometimes
referred to as aspects rather
than tenses. For example,
whether the action happened
once or repeatedly is
completed or still continuing.
TIEMPO CONTINUO Y PERFECTO
Estos tiempos se denominan a veces
aspectos en lugar de tiempos verbales.
Por ejemplo, si la acción sucedió una
vez o repetidamente se completa o
continúa.
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 CONTINUOUS
Are used talk about actions that continue for a period of
time.
Se utilizan para hablar de acciones que continúan
durante un período de tiempo.

The present continuous The past continuous The future continuous

I am working. I was working. I will be working

She is talking. It was raining. I am going to be eating
You are doing. They were playing chess. they will be talking

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 PERFECT
Perfect tense are typically used to talk about actions
that are completed by the present or a particular point
in the past or future.
El tiempo perfecto se usa generalmente para hablar de
acciones que se completan con el presente o con un
punto particular en el pasado o en el futuro.

The present perfect The past perfect The future perfect

I have working. I had working. I will have working.

You have talked. She had studied. I will have gone.
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 PERFECT CONTINUOUS

There is a final set of tenses which combine

features of the perfect and continuous.

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THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Used to talk about how long

something has continued up
till now.
- I have been working there
for a week

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 THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

used to talk about something which continued

up to a particular moment in the past but is
now completed
- I had been working there for a week before I resigned.

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 THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

used to talk about something which is

expected to end by a particular time in the
future
- By December, I will have been working there for 6 months.

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