Short summary verbal tenses from Simple past to Will

1. VERBAL TENSES From PAST to FUTURE MINING – ENGLISH UNPA / UASJ Compilation: Karina C. Corti O.

2. PASADO SIMPLE PASADO CONTINUO PRESENTE PERFECTO PRESENTE PERFECTO CONTINUO PASADO PERFECTO GOING TO FOR THE FUTURE WILL

3. PASADO SIMPLE Utilizamos el PASADO SIMPLE cuando nos referirnos a actividades en un tiempo definido en el pasado. The Simple Past describes: An activity at a definite time in the past. The study of airbags was started last year. e.g.

4. Verbo TO BE VERBOS - PASADO I was You were He was She was It was We were You were They were “… All the results were then recorded into a database.” e.g.

6. Los verbos irregulares tienen una forma totalmente distinta. Begin Began Buy Bought Catch Caught Bring Brought Break Broke Come Came Drink Drank Do Did Cost Cost Eat Ate Fly flew Forget Forgot Find Found Fall Fell Get Got Have Had Go Went Give Gave Meet Met Read Read See Saw Put Put Pay Paid Sell Sold Write Wrote Take Took Speak Spoke

9. PASADO CONTINUO Utilizamos el PASADO CONTINUO para actividades que nos sirven de marco temporal para otra actividad. The past continuous describes: An activity which is time frame for another activity. While we were studying the airbags, we made a significant discovery. While our team was studying performance, another team was looking at the characteristics. e.g.

10. Now it is 6:00. Ann is at home. At 4:00 she wasn’t at home. She was at the health club. She was playing tennis. 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:15 4:30 She began playing tennis. She was playing tennis. She stopped playing tennis.

12. PRESENTE PERFECTO Utilizamos el PRESENTE PERFECTO para referirnos a una acción en el pasado con un resultado en el presente. Tambien lo utilizamos para describir una acción en el pasado sin una referencia específica de tiempo. I’ve lost my passport. (=I can’t find my passport now .) Our contractor has built a new supporting wall. e.g. e.g.

14. Los verbos en el participio pasado pueden ser REGULARES o IRREGULARES REGULARES El pasado participio de estos verbos es - ED Wash Have washed Stop Have stopped Arrive Have arrived IRREGULARES En algunos casos es igual a la forma del pasado, en otras es diferente. Es la “tercer columna” The same : Lose Have lost Have Have had Make Have made Different : Do Have done Write Have written See Have seen

15. PASADO PERFECTO Utilizamos el Pasado Perfecto para referirnos de una acción que ocurrio antes que otra en el pasado. Sería el pasado del pasado. Sarah went to a party last week. Paul went to the party too but they didn’t see each other. Paul went home at 10.30 and Sarah arrived at 11 o’clock. When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul wasn’t there. He had gone home. e.g.

16. STRUCTURE: + gone I/we/they/you had (=I’d etc.) seen He/she/it (=he’d etc.) finished When we got home last night, we found that somebody had broken into the flat. HAD PASADO PARTICIPIO

18. PRESENTE PERFECTO CONTINUO Have + been + Verbo -ing Acciones que empezaron en el pasado y aún continua en el presente. We have been working on this project since last year. An activity which started in the past and continues to the present. e.g

21. WILL (FUTURO) Utilizamos “Will” para referirnos al futuro, pero no a hechos planeados con antelación. She travels a lot. Today she is in New York. Tomorrow she’ ll be in Los Angeles. e.g.

22. STRUCTURE: Positive and Negative be I/we/you/they will (‘ll) win He/she/it will not (won’t) come eat Question be…? I/we/you/they win…? Will he/she/it come…? eat…? We’ll probably go out this evening. I won’t be here tomorrow. Will you work on Monday? Will Jack travel? e.g. e.g.