UNIVERSIDAD YACAMBÚFACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES

DEPARTAMENTO DE ESTUDIOS A DISTANCIAAÑO 2015 - 2

Alumno: Igarra Yulis

Cédula: 13264261 Materia: Idioma

Básico Intensivo

Simple and Continuous Tenses

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

Present continuos

Present Continuous or Present Progressive tense is used to express actions occurring at the same time they are talking.

ExamplesSusan is walking in the park right

now

James is calling his mom in this

moment

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

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

Future simple

The simple future tense that is used to refer to actions that will happen later.

ExamplesBenjamín will go the cinema the Friday night

Sofía will dance ballet the next week

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