Gramática Inglesa: Tiempos Verbales, Condicionales, Voz Pasiva y Gerundios con Ejemplos

Tiempos verbales en inglés

Present Perfect Simple: Have / has + tercera columna. She has watched TV. He has written a novel. Present Perfect Continuous: Used to: Used to + infinitive. We used to live in New York when I was a kid. Would: Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride. Past simple: We played computer games yesterday. He didn't write an email. Did you walk to school? Past perfect + never + already + by + by the time: We hadn't seen the news, so we didn't know about the storms. We had never been to New York until next year. I had already finished my test before class was over. They had already left by the time you arrived. I finally arrived at the party, but by then the food had all gone.

Futuro

Future tenses: After I graduate, I'm going to travel the world. I'm going to feel ill if I eat all of that!

Present continuous for future: They're getting married this summer. She isn't coming to the party.

Present simple for future: The lesson starts at 9:30 tomorrow instead of 10:30. They don't go back to school until next Monday.

Future continuous: Will / may / might + be + -ing. In five years, he'll be living in Istanbul and working as a teacher.

Future perfect: Will + have + tercera columna. I will have finished the project by 2050.

Voz pasiva y preguntas

The passive, present simple: Spanish is spoken in many countries. Past simple: Planes weren't used until the 1900s. Will: The prize will be awarded next week.

Questions: Will your project be finished by next week? Question tags: You're an athlete, aren't you? Questions + prepositions: What are you looking for? Who is this pizza for? Which programme are you talking about? Who was it written by?

Preguntas sobre sujeto y objeto

Subject questions: The wh- word becomes the subject. Who helps you? My sister (helps me). What makes you think that? Everything (makes me think that).

Object questions: Who do you want to teach? (I want to teach) primary school kids. What did she study? (She studied) physics.

Oraciones condicionales

First conditional: If + present simple, will/won't + infinitive. We'll find tickets if we go online at 7 a.m. If we don't leave now, we won't catch the 8:30 train.

Second conditional: If + past simple, would + infinitive. If I didn't have a cat, I'd like to have a rabbit. He would do better in school if he didn't spend all his time playing basketball. If I had more free time, I might take up the guitar.

Third conditional: If + past perfect, would (not) + have + past participle. If I hadn't missed the shot, we would have won the game. We would have seen his new car if he'd been at home.

Gerundios e infinitivos

Gerunds: Being positive is essential. They're afraid of making mistakes. They avoid trying new things.

Infinitives: I'm very pleased to meet you. They refused to come with us. My mum taught me to ride a bike. Remember to do your assignment (= don't forget to do it).