English Verb tenses. Universidad Virtual. Curso de sensibilización a la PAEP (Prueba de Admisión a Estudios de Posgrado)

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1 English Verb tenses Time Frames Tenses Finished Actions Habits, routines, facts, general truths An action expected to happen in the future. D.R. del Tecnológico de Monterrey,

2 Tenses or Continuous Actions in progress. Auxiliary verb to be + present participle form of the verb (-ing) Tenses or Continuous Was/ were + -ing Is/ am/ are + -ing Will be + -ing Tenses or Continuous Two events related in terms of time Auxiliary to have + past participle of verb D.R. del Tecnológico de Monterrey,

3 Tenses had + past participle have / has + past participle will have + past participle Tenses It is the combination of the progressive and the perfect tenses. Two events related in terms of time. One of the actions is in progress between both events. Auxiliary to have + been + present participle of verb Tenses hadbeen+ -ing have / has been + -ing will have been + -ing D.R. del Tecnológico de Monterrey,

4 He fixed his car last sunday. Did he fix his car last sunday? He didn t fix his car last sunday. What did he fix last sunday? He was fixing his car when his parents dropped by. He wasn t fixing his car when his parents dropped by. Was he fixing his car when his parents dropped by? What was he fixing when his parents dropped by? He had fixed his car by the time his parents dropped by. He hadn t fixed his car by the time his parents dropped by. Had he fixed his car by the time his parents dropped by? What had he fixed by the time his parents dropped by? D.R. del Tecnológico de Monterrey,

5 He had been fixing his car before his parents dropped by. He hadn t been fixing his car before his parents dropped by. Had he been fixing his car before his parents dropped by? What had he been doing before his parents dropped by? Habits / routines: He usually fixes his car when it breaks down. General truth: Cars need to be tuned up every certain mileage. Fact: My car needs to be tuned up more often than others because it is old. Negative Habits / routines: He doesn t fix his car when it breaks down. He takes it to the mechanic. General truth: Cars don t need to be tuned up every week. Fact: My car doen t need to be tuned up more oftenthanothersevenifitisold. D.R. del Tecnológico de Monterrey,

6 Interrogative Habits / routines: Does he usually fix his car when it breaks down? General Truth: Do cars need to be tuned up every certain mileage? Fact: Does my car needs to be tuned up more often than others because it is old? Interrogative Habits / routines: Who usually fixes his car when it breaks down? General truth: What needs to be tuned up every certain mileage? Fact: Whose car needs to be tuned up more often than others because it is old? He is fixing his car. He isn t fixing his car. Is he fixing his car? What is he fixing? D.R. del Tecnológico de Monterrey,

7 He has always fixed his car by himself. He hasn t always fixed his car by himself. Has he always fixed his car by himself? What has he always fixed by himself? He has been fixing his car all morning. He hasn t been fixing his car all morning. Has he been fixing his car all morning? What has he been fixing all morning? He will fix his car in his spare time. He won t fix his car in his spare time. Will he fix his car in his spare time? What will he fix in his spare time? D.R. del Tecnológico de Monterrey,

8 He will be fixing his car all sunday. He won t be fixing his car all sunday. Will he be fixing his car all sunday? What will he be fixing all sunday? By 3:00 p.m on sunday, he will have fixed his car. By 3:00 p.m. on sunday, he won t have fixed his car. Will he have fixed his car by 3:00 p.m. on sunday? What will he have fixed by 3:00 p.m. on sunday? He will have been fixing his car by the time his parents drop by. He won t have been fixing his car by the time his parents drop by. Will he have been fixing his car by the time his parents drop by? What will he have been fixing by the time his parents drop by? D.R. del Tecnológico de Monterrey,