The document discusses various English verb tenses, including their uses and examples. It covers the present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, past perfect simple and continuous, future tenses using will, be going to, present continuous, future continuous, and future perfect. The tenses are explained in terms of the types of actions or situations they describe, such as habits, ongoing actions, completed actions, plans, predictions, and actions that will be completed by a certain time in the future.

1. VERBAL TENSES
Bachillerato

2. PRESENTE SIMPLE – PRESENTE
CONTINUO
PRESENTE
SIMPLE
ACCIONES HABITUALES O PERMANENTES
I study every day; I live in a city.
HECHOS GENERALES O CIENTÍFICOS
Water boils at 100º C
HORARIOS Y PROGRAMAS
The train leaves at 4 o'clock.
PRESENTE
CONTINUO
PARA DESCRIBIR ACCIONES QUE ESTÁN OCURRIENDO EN
ESTE MOMENTO:
You are using the Internet.
PARA DESCRIBIR UNA ACCIÓN TEMPORAL
We are visiting Angela this week.
PARA CITAS CONCRETAS EN EL FUTURO.
On Saturday, we are having a party.”

3. PRESENTE PERFECTO SIMPLE –
CONTINUO
PRESENTE
PERFECTO
SIMPLE
ACCIONES QUE EMPEZARON EN EL PASADO Y CONTINÚAN
EN EL PRESENTE: (FOR/SINCE)
They have lived here for years.
HABLAR DE LA EXPERIENCIA, ACCIONES RECIENTES,
COMPLETAS (already, yet) HABLAR DE LO SUCEDIDO SIN
ESPECIFICAR TIEMPO.
I have been abroad many times.
ACCIONES QUE SE ACABAN DE TERMINAR
Have you just finished work?
PRESENTE
PERFECTO
CONTINUO
ACCIONES LARGAS, CONTINUADAS QUE COMENZARON EN EL
PASADO Y CONTINUAN EN EL PRESENTE
She has been waiting for you all day (=and she's still
waiting now).
ACCIONES QUE ACABAN DE TERMINAR PERO ESTAMOS
INTERESADOS EN LOS RESULTADOS
She has been cooking all afternoon (=and the food on the
table looks delicious).

4. PASADO SIMPLE –
PASADO CONTINUO
PASADO
SIMPLE
UNA ACCIÓN QUE EMPEZÓ Y ACABÓ EN EL PASADO,
John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.
EXPRESIONES DE TIEMPO :
last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago;
the other day, ages ago, a long time ago etc.
Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
PASADO
CONTINUO
DECIR LO QUE ESTABA SUCEDIENDO EN UN MOMENTO
CONCRETO EN EL PASADO.
Para describir una acción incompleta, larga o interrumpida
por otra acción puntual:
"I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang.“
Para hablar de varias acciones simultáneas
"I was watching TV, while my sister was talking on the phone."

5. PASADO PERFECTO SIMPLE –
CONTINUO
PASADO
PERFECTO
SIMPLE
SE REFIERE A UNA ACCIÓN EN EL PASADO QUE OCURRE
ANTES QUE OTRA ACCIÓN TAMBIÉN EN EL PASADO:
EVENT A EVENT B
John had gone out when I arrived in the office.
I had saved my document before the computer broke.
When I arrived he had already started cooking
PASADO
PERFECTO
CONTINUO
SE REFIERE A UNA ACCIÓN CONTINUA EN EL PASADO QUE
OCURRE ANTES QUE OTRA ACCIÓN TAMBIÉN EN EL PASADO:
They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived.
SE PUEDE USAR PARA EXPRESAR CAUSA EN EL PASADO.
Jason was tired because he had been jogging.

6. FUTURE TENSES
USOS EJEMPLOS
WILL
Cuando crees que algo va a ocurrir (aunque no
haya causa para ello)
Para decisiones espontáneas
Para promesas o ofrecerse a hacer algo
Condicional 1 y subordinadas temporales
- It will rain tomorrow.
- I’m hungry. I will have a sandwich.
- I will help you!
- As soon as I get home, I will phone
you. If you study, ...
BE GOING TO
Para predicciones basadas en indicios
Intenciones, planes de futuro no inmediato.
Look at those clouds! It is going to
rain.
We are going to visit Ibiza next
summer.
PRESENTE
CONTINUO
Citas concretas en el futuro cercano She has her plane tickets and she is
flying to Miami tonight.
FUTURO
CONTINUO
Indicar lo que estará sucediendo en un momento
concreto del futuro.
When you are in Australia will you be
staying with friends?
FUTURO
PERFECTO
Se refiere a una acción completada en el futuro en
el momento mencionado.
A menudo se utiliza con una expresión de tiempo:
BY + un punto en el futuro
- I'll have been here for six months on
June 23rd.
- By the time you read this I'll have
left. ( Para cuando...)