ingles basico

1. UNIVERSIDAD YACAMBÚ
FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES
DEPARTAMENTO DE ESTUDIOS A DISTANCIA
AÑO 2015 - 2
Alumno: Igarra Yulis
Cédula: 13264261
Materia: Idioma
Básico Intensivo
Simple and Continuous Tenses

2. Present simple
The simple present is a tense that mentions a regular, daily or routine action (work, she goes
to school) as well as a general reality (the sun is yellow, Venezuela is beautiful). There are
two forms of the present simple, one with and one verb “Be, Do and Does”.
Jane dinner with her
family every night
John and his dog go
every afternoon in the
park
Examples

3. Present continuos
Present Continuous or Present Progressive tense is used to express actions occurring at
the same time they are talking.
Examples
Susan is walking in
the park right now
James is calling his
mom in this moment

4. Past simple
Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that have happened at an earlier time and
have already completed.
Examples
Diana didn’t go to
school yesterday
Michael lunch at an Italian
restaurant last night

5. Past continuos
Continuous Past tense is describing actions that were being made at a time in the past it
referred to and then continued.
Examples
Louis was watching a tv
program last night
Mary was drinking a beer
with her Friends the last
weekend

6. Future simple
The simple future tense that is used to refer to actions that will happen later.
Examples
Benjamín will go the
cinema the Friday
night
Sofía will dance ballet
the next week

7. Future continuos
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 to develop at that time.
Examples
Yuli will be studying
tomorrow
Dany will be singing in
the theater tomorrow
night