Tiempos Verbales en Inglés: Guía Completa con Ejemplos y Reglas de Uso

Tiempos verbales en inglés

Present simple: 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...?

Present continuous: sujeto + am / is / are + verbo principal terminado en -ing.
Now, right now, at the moment, this year, at present, today, these days, this month, this evening, tonight, tomorrow, next Friday / week / year.

Past simple

Yesterday, last week / year, two days ago, in 2007, in the 1980s, in the 18th century, when, then.

Past continuous

Sujeto + was / were + verbo principal terminado en -ing.
Last night / week / year, at 4 o'clock, when, while, as.
Se usa para describir lo que estaba ocurriendo en un momento concreto del pasado.

Past perfect simple

Se usa para indicar que una acción ocurrió antes que otra expresada en Past Simple.
Already, by the time, after, before, until, never, just.
Sujeto + had + participio del verbo principal.

Present perfect simple

Never, ever, already, just, yet, recently, lately, how long...?, for, since, in recent years.
Sujeto + have / has + participio del verbo.

Future simple

This evening, in an hour, at 2 o'clock, later, tomorrow, next month / year, soon, in a few weeks, in the future, on the 1st of May.
Sujeto + will (o 'll) + forma base del verbo.

Be going to

Sujeto + am / is / are + going to + forma base del verbo.
This evening, later, in an hour, at 4 o'clock, tomorrow, soon, next month / year, in a few weeks, on the 8th of May.
Anuncia acciones fijadas de antemano que ocurrirán en el futuro próximo. Se suele reservar para planes personales ya concertados.

Future perfect simple

By this time next week, by 3 o'clock, by the end of..., by then, by August, in four months.
Sujeto + will have + participio del verbo.
Indica que una acción habrá acabado en un momento determinado del futuro.

Future continuous

Sujeto + will be + verbo principal terminado en -ing.
At this time tomorrow, at this time next..., on Thursday, in the next decade.

Relative pronouns

• Who and that refer to people.
• Which and that refer to objects.
• Whose refers to possession.
• When and that refer to a moment in time.
• Where refers to a particular place.

Voz pasiva

• Conduct → is conducted / conducted → was conducted / will conduct → will be conducted
• Are conducting → is being conducted / were conducting → was being conducted
• Have conducted → has been conducted / had conducted → had been conducted
• Should conduct → should be conducted / could have conducted → could have been conducted
• Have to conduct → has to be conducted / Are going to conduct → is going to be conducted

Reported speech

• We eat healthy food. → She said that they ate healthy food.
• We ate healthy food. → She said that they had eaten healthy food.
• We will eat healthy food. → She said that they would eat healthy food.
• We are eating healthy food. → She said that they were eating healthy food.
• We were eating healthy food. → She said that they had been eating healthy food.
• We have eaten healthy food. → She said that they had eaten healthy food.
• We have been eating healthy food. → She said that they had been eating healthy food.
• We had eaten healthy food. → She said that they had eaten healthy food.
• We had been eating healthy food. → She said that they had been eating healthy food.

Vocabulario: mentiras, engaños y conducta

• White lie - mentira piadosa
• Cheated - copiar
• Trust - confiar en
• Change my ways - cambiar la manera de actuar
• Stole - robó
• Got caught - lo pillaron
• Liar - mentiroso
• Thief - ladrón
• Frank - franco
• Guilty - culpable
• Blame - culpar
• Admit - admitir
• Deceived - engañar
• Suspected - sospechar de
• Plagiarising - plagiar
• Shoplifting - robar en tiendas
• Got into trouble - meterse en problemas
• Got away with - salirse con la suya