Tiempos Verbales en Inglés: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple y Future con Ejemplos

Tiempos Verbales en Inglés: Estructuras, Usos y Marcadores Temporales

A continuación encontrarás un resumen de los principales tiempos verbales del inglés, con sus estructuras afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas y los marcadores temporales más habituales.

1. Present Simple

PRESENT SIMPLE: acciones habituales o rutinas.

• Affirmative: I/you work; he works
• Negative: I/you don't work; he doesn't work
• Interrogative: Do I/you work? Does he work?

Marcadores temporales: always, usually, generally, regularly, occasionally, frequently, often, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never, at 1 o'clock, at night, in the morning, on Fridays, every week, once a month, how often...?

2. Present Continuous

PRESENT CONTINUOUS: acción que está ocurriendo ahora o planes para el futuro.

• Affirmative: I'm singing; you are singing; he is singing
• Negative: I am not singing; he isn't singing; we aren't singing
• Interrogative: Am/are/is + subject + singing?

Marcadores temporales: now, right now, at the moment, this year, at present, this evening, tonight, tomorrow, next Friday, next week, next year.

3. Present Perfect Simple

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE: acción que empezó en el pasado y continúa en el presente, o que acaba de terminar hace muy poco.

• Affirmative: I/you have lived; he has lived
• Negative: I/you haven't lived; he hasn't lived
• Interrogative: Have/has + subject + lived?

Marcadores temporales: never, ever, already, just, yet, recently, how long...?, for, since, in recent years.

4. Past Simple

PAST SIMPLE: acciones terminadas en el pasado.

• Affirmative: I/he finished
• Negative: I/he didn't finish
• Interrogative: Did I/he finish?

Marcadores temporales: in 1999, in the 18th century, when, then.

5. Past Continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS: acción que ocurría en un momento específico del pasado, o acción larga interrumpida por otra más corta.

• Affirmative: I was writing; you were writing
• Negative: I wasn't writing; you weren't writing
• Interrogative: Was I writing? Were you writing?

Marcadores temporales: last night, last week, last year, at 4 o'clock, when, while, as.

6. Past Perfect Simple

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE: acción pasada que ocurrió antes que otra acción pasada.

• Affirmative: I/you/she had arrived
• Negative: I/he/you hadn't arrived
• Interrogative: Had I arrived?

Marcadores temporales: already, by the time, after, before, until, never, just.

7. Future Simple

FUTURE SIMPLE: decisiones tomadas en el momento de hablar, predicciones sin pruebas y horarios futuros ya establecidos.

• Affirmative: I will allow
• Negative: I won't allow
• Interrogative: Will you allow?

Marcadores temporales: this evening, in an hour, at 2 o'clock, later, tomorrow, next month/year, soon, in a few weeks, in the future, on 1st May.

8. Be Going To

BE GOING TO: planes decididos con anterioridad o predicciones con pruebas.

• Affirmative: I am going to buy
• Negative: I am not going to buy; you aren't going to buy
• Interrogative: Am I going to buy? Are you going to buy?

Marcadores temporales: this evening, later, in an hour, at 4 o'clock, tomorrow, soon, next year, in a few weeks, on 8^th May.