Tiempos Verbales en Inglés: Present Simple, Continuous, Past, Perfect y Futuro con Ejemplos y Claves

Tiempos Verbales en Inglés: Estructuras y Palabras Clave

A continuación encontrarás las estructuras afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa de los principales tiempos verbales del inglés, junto con las palabras clave que te ayudarán a identificarlos.

Present Simple

• Afirmativo: I, you, we, they work. He, she, it works.
• Negativo: I, you, we, they don't work. He, she, it doesn't work.
• Interrogativo: Do I, you, we, they work? Does he, she, it work?

Palabras clave: 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

• Afirmativo: I am singing. You, we, they are singing. He, she, it is singing.
• Negativo: I am not singing. You, we, they aren't singing. He, she, it isn't singing.
• Interrogativo: Am I singing? Is he, she, it singing? Are you, we, they singing?

Palabras clave: now, right now, at the moment, this year, at present, today, these days, this month, this evening, tonight, tomorrow, next Friday, this week, this year...

Past Simple

• Afirmativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they finished.
• Negativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn't finish.
• Interrogativo: Did I, you, he, she, it, we, they finish?

Palabras clave: yesterday, last week, last year, two days ago, in 2007, in the 1980s, in the 18th century, when, then...

Past Continuous

• Afirmativo: I, he, she, it was visiting. You, we, they were visiting.
• Negativo: I, he, she, it wasn't visiting. You, we, they weren't visiting.
• Interrogativo: Was I, he, she, it visiting? Were you, we, they visiting?

Palabras clave: last night, last week, last year, at 4 o'clock, when, while, as...

Past Perfect Simple

• Afirmativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they had arrived.
• Negativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they hadn't arrived.
• Interrogativo: Had I, you, he, she, it, we, they arrived?

Palabras clave: already, by the time, after, before, until, never, just...

Present Perfect Simple

• Afirmativo: I, you, we, they have lived. He, she, it has lived.
• Negativo: I, you, we, they haven't lived. He, she, it hasn't lived.
• Interrogativo: Have I, you, we, they lived? Has he, she, it lived?

Palabras clave: never, ever, already, just, yet, recently, lately, how long...? for, since, in recent years...

Futuro Simple (Will)

• Afirmativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they will allow.
• Negativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they won't allow.
• Interrogativo: Will I, you, he, she, it, we, they allow?

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

Be Going To

• Afirmativo: I am going to buy. You, we, they are going to buy. He, she, it is going to buy.
• Negativo: I am not going to buy. You, we, they aren't going to buy. He, she, it isn't going to buy.
• Interrogativo: Am I going to buy? Is he, she, it going to buy? Are you, we, they going to buy?

Palabras clave: this evening, later, in an hour, at 4 o'clock, tomorrow, soon, next month, next year, in a few weeks, on the 8th of May...

Future Perfect Simple

• Afirmativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have eaten (3.ª columna).
• Negativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they won't have eaten (3.ª columna).
• Interrogativo: Will I, you, he, she, it, we, they have eaten (3.ª columna)?

Palabras clave: by this time next week, by 3 o'clock, by the end of..., by then, by August, in four months...

Future Continuous

• Afirmativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be travelling.
• Negativo: I, you, he, she, it, we, they won't be travelling.
• Interrogativo: Will I, you, he, she, it, we, they be travelling?

Palabras clave: at this time tomorrow, at this time next week, on Thursday, in the next decade...

Pronombres Relativos

• Who: para personas.
• Which: para cosas o animales.
• When: para momentos en el tiempo.
• Where: para lugares (donde).
• Whose: para posesión (cuyo/a).