Tiempos verbales en inglés: guía completa de gramática con ejemplos

Tiempos verbales

PRESENT SIMPLE: work/works/work // don't/doesn't/don't // do/does...work?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS: are/is singing // aren't/isn't singing // are/is...singing?

PAST SIMPLE: finished // didn't finish // did...finish?

PAST CONTINUOUS: was visiting // wasn't/weren't visiting // was/were...visiting?

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE: had arrived // hadn't arrived // had...arrived?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE: have lived // haven't/hasn't lived // have/has...lived?

FUTURE SIMPLE: will allow // won't allow // will...allow?

BE GOING TO: are/is going to buy // aren't/isn't going to buy // are/is going to buy?

FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE: will have eaten (-ed) // won't // Will...have eaten?

FUTURE CONTINUOUS: will be -ing // won't be -ing // will...be -ing?

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: have/has been working // hasn't/haven't been working // have...been working?

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: had been waiting // hadn't been waiting // had...been waiting?

SUFIJOS: -ment, -tion, -sion, -er/-or //// -ed, -ing //// -ful, -less //// -ous, -al, -able/-ible, -ive, -ant/-ent

MODALS: can (Present Simple) // be able to // can't // could // may/might // may // should // need to // have to // must // mustn't // don't have to // needn't // would // shall

Voz activa y voz pasiva

PRESENT SIMPLE: sells // are sold

PAST SIMPLE: sold // were sold

FUTURE SIMPLE: will sell // will be sold

PRESENT CONTINUOUS: is selling // are being sold

PAST CONTINUOUS: was selling // were being sold

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE: has sold // have been sold

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE: had sold // had been sold

MODALS: should sell // should be sold

MODALS PERFECTS: could have sold // could have been sold

HAVE TO: has to sell // have to be sold

BE GOING TO: is going to sell // are going to be sold

Estilo directo y estilo indirecto

PRESENT SIMPLE: eat // ate

PAST SIMPLE: ate // had eaten

FUTURE SIMPLE: will eat // would eat

PRESENT CONTINUOUS: are eating // were eating

PAST CONTINUOUS: were eating // had been eating

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE: have eaten // had eaten

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: have been eating // had been eating

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE: had eaten // had eaten

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: had been eating // had been eating

Modales en estilo indirecto

can // could

may // might

must/have to // must/had to

will // would

Expresiones en estilo indirecto

now // then

today // that day

tonight // that night

yesterday // the day before

last week // the week before

a month ago // the month before

tomorrow // the next day

next week // the week after

here // there

this/these // that/those

EJEMPLOS: "Do you like chocolate?" they asked the girl. They asked the girl if/whether she liked chocolate.

"What is your favourite flavour?" Frank asked. Frank asked what my favourite flavour was.

Oraciones de relativo

WHO / THAT: PEOPLE

WHICH / THAT: OBJECTS

WHOSE: POSSESSION

WHEN / THAT: MOMENT IN TIME

WHERE: PLACE

Estructuras formales e informales

FORMAL: That's the point with which I agree.

INFORMAL: That's the point (which) I agree with.

FORMAL: His father was a bad-tempered man who was difficult to live with.

INFORMAL: His father was a bad-tempered man with whom it was difficult to live.