VERBAL TIMES

Enmanuel Piña

Exp.: III-143-00530

MB08T0S

Cabudare, marzo del 2015

UNIVERSIDAD YACAMBÙ

VICERECTORADO ACADEMICO

FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA

SIMPLE PRESENT

In English, the simple present, also known as the simple present is the

present tense of (not perfective aspect).

It is one of several times used for this in English, the other being the present

continuous, which has progressive aspect, the present perfect and present

perfect continuous.

USOS:

Expresses truths (Warm air rises - Hot air rises) or stay (Her parents live in Madrid - Her parents live in Madrid) and habitual action, ie, habits or routines in everyday life (I get up late on Sundays - I get up late on a Sunday or I eat a lot of fruit -.? as much fruit) is also used to talk about future events, especially those subject to a schedule, such as arrivals and departures of public transport (The train leaves at nine –

the train leaves at nine).

EJEMPLOS

*Yes: I speak Ingles and French (hablo ingles y Frances)

*Negative: I do not (do not) smoke (Do not smoke) - He does not (does not)

smoke?. ?

*Interrogative: Do you speak Spanish? (hablas español?) - Does she speak

English? (habla Ella ingles?) There are two important considerations to keep in

mind when using the present simple in English, both related to the use of negative

and interrogative: need the auxiliary verb do: I do not (do not) live in Madrid (no

vivo en Madrid). Do you speak Spanish? (hablas español?) Secondly, the do

auxiliary jack does the way for the third person singular.? She does not speak

French (Ella no habla Frances). Does he live in Madrid? (vive el en Madrid?)

SIMPLE PAST

The simple past, Also known as the simple

past is the tense used in the English language

to narrate events that occurred at a specific

time in the past. Corresponds in meaning to

perfect simple in Spanish.

The simple past time expressions generally

alluding to the past, like, yesterday, last night

/ week / month / year / Tuesday, then a, When

?, How long ago ...?, Ago, in 1997, etc.

OUsos1. Actions that happened at a specific

time in the past, whether known or

implicit

2. Actions that began and ended in the

past

3. Actions in the past are not repeated in

this

4. Actions that occurred in a specific

time and already completed

FUTURE SIMPLE

CONCEPTO EJEMPLOS

O The "simple future" is a time that

is used to describe actions that

will be developed in the future.

Equivalent in Castilian imperfect

future.

O I will study the lesson. I will study the lesson.

O I will travel to London. He will travel to London.

O They will buy a new car. They will buy a new car.

O Although it can also express the time in which the action will take place, for example:

*Susan will visit her mother tomorrow

*John will travel to New York the next month.

USOS

The Simple Future tense is used to describe

actions that will be developed in the future

without the need to clarify at what point will

occur. Its equivalent in the Spanish language is

Future Imperfect.

Continuous present

Concepto Ejemplos

O Continuing indicates that this

developing now, at this moment

action

O I am studying physics.

O We are going to the Usumacinta River.

O My cousins are taking an English course.

O We are reading the novel “Angels and

demons”.

O You’re spending your time.

O Is Helen buying a new car? 

Usos

*To express an action or current activity. To express an action or current activity. The present continuous is used to talk about an action that is happening right now.

*For an action that usually develops before or after a given time.

*When we express events that happen over and over again, usually.

*When we talk about things that are happening in the future.

*When we make a narrative of a past event.

CONTINUOUS PAST

CONCEPTO EJEMPLOS

O The Continuous Past, is a tense

that describes actions that were

being made at a time from past to

referred and then continued.

O Yesterday he was studying English.

Ayer él estaba estudiando ingles.

(Comenzó a estudiar antes de ese momento

y continuó estudiando posteriormente)

O John was playing tennis at 10 a.m.

John estuvo jugando tenis a las 10 a.m.

USOS:

Is used when we want to say something was

happening at a particular time in the past.

A phrase continuous past be combined with other

sentence in continuous past, which indicates that both

action was happening at the same time.

CONTINUOS FUTURE

CONCEPTO EJEMPLOS

O The Continuous Future is only

one of the structures that exist in

English speaking future.

O I will be studying the lesson.

O She will be working in the office

this afternoon.

O They will be traveling to London.

USOS

The Future Continuous tense is used to

describe an action that will occur in the

future, which may or may not be specified,

and will continue in that time.