Presente y pasado en inglés: tiempos verbales, ejercicios y vocabulario clave
Tiempos verbales del presente y pasado en inglés
1. Present Simple
Afirmativo: 3.ª persona del singular (he/she/it) + -s (yo juego: I play).
Negativo: don't / doesn't.
Interrogativo: Do I play?
2. Present Continuous
Afirmativo: sujeto + be + verbo en -ing (yo estoy jugando: I am playing).
Negativo: isn't / aren't + -ing.
Interrogativo: Is he playing?
3. Past Simple
Afirmativo: verbo en -ed (yo jugué: I played).
Negativo: didn't play.
Interrogativo: Did I play?
4. Past Continuous
Afirmativo: was/were + -ing (yo estaba jugando: I was playing).
Negativo: wasn't / weren't + -ing.
Interrogativo: Was I playing?
5. Past Perfect Simple
Afirmativo: I had played (yo había jugado).
Negativo: hadn't + participio.
Interrogativo: Had I played?
6. Past Perfect Continuous
Afirmativo: I had been + -ing (yo había estado jugando).
Negativo: I hadn't been + -ing.
Interrogativo: Had I been + -ing?
Ejercicios de práctica
- were
- found
- are you looking / closed
- was / came
- usually drink / drinking
- finished
- met
- does he work
- bought / usually sells
- was travelling
- realized / was travelling
- has been having
- always spends
- were playing / heard / hid / took
- were coming / stopped / said / was looking / asked
- was she doing / always watches
- took
- did your father-in-law do
- doesn't like / gave
- never ate
- doesn't work
- was shopping
- worked
- did your father give
- wrote / didn't write
- goes
- says / does
- arrived / were having
- am enjoying / want
- were playing / started
- is telling / was killed
- was just writing / remembered / had
- don't smoke
- was she doing
- saw / was sitting / was reading
- am coming
- does the match start / started
- is staying / finds
- flew
- were / did you take / did you take
Vocabulario clave
Adjetivos
- Beautiful – bonito
- Changeable – variable (tiempo)
- Cold – frío
- Handsome – guapo
- Historic – histórico
- Kind – amable
- Modern – moderno
- Nice – bueno / agradable
- Outgoing – sociable
- Rich – rico
- Spicy – muy especiado
- Stormy – tormentoso
- Tasty – sabroso
- Trendy – a la moda
- Wonderful – maravilloso
- Welcoming – acogedor
- Experienced – experto
- Cloudy – nublado
- Helpful – útil
- Quiet – tranquilo
- Warm – caliente / cálido
- Bland – soso
- Boring – aburrido
- Expensive – caro
- Polite – cortés
- Wet – húmedo
- Busy – ocupado
- Fun – divertido
- Well – bien
- Glad – contento
- Exciting – emocionante
- Ugly – feo
- Gorgeous – precioso
- Revolting – repugnante
- Lively – animado
- Lovely – encantador
- Embarrassed – avergonzado
Verbos y expresiones
- Actually – en realidad
- Policy – política (norma)
- Tried – intentó / intentar
- Pretended – fingido / fingir
- Eventually – finalmente
- Still – todavía
- Views – vistas
- Not too crowded – no hay demasiada gente
- Pretty – bastante
- Surrounded by fields – rodeado de campos
- Understand – entender
- Success – éxito
- Used to – solía
- Be / get used to – estar acostumbrado a / acostumbrarse a
- Daughter-in-law – nuera
- Son-in-law – yerno
- Cliché – tópico
- From time to time – de vez en cuando (ocasionalmente)
- Government activities – actividades del gobierno (políticas)
- Expecting a baby – esperando un bebé (embarazada)
- A subject for discussion – un tema de debate (topic)
- Not moving – no se mueve / still
- Make an effort – hacer un esfuerzo (try)
- An unpleasant event – un evento desagradable (incident)
- Accounts of the past – relatos del pasado (histories)
- A scientific test – una prueba científica (experiment)