TIEMPOS VERBALES

Will/Shall

SITUATIONS

Instant decissions

W don't have milk. I will go shopping

General predictions

It will be colder on January

Promises

I promise I'll do my homework

Offers and requests --> SHALL

Shall I open the window?

will + 1st form

KEY WORDS

Tomorrow

Next (week, month)

Going to

SITUATIONS

Plans (not organized)

We're going to get married

Evidence

Look at the clouds; it's going to rain

am / is / are + going to + verb

KEY WORDS

Tomorrow

Next (week, month)

Future continuous

SITUATIONS

Interrupted Action in the Future

I will be watching TV when she arrives at home tonight

Specific Time as an Interruption in the Future

I will be watching TV tonight at 8 o'clock.

Parallel Actions in the Future

She will be having dinner, watching TV and talking with her parents.

Atmosphere in the Future

When I will arrive home the lights won't be on, my dog will come to me and the doorsa will be closed, as always.

will be + verb-ING

KEY WORDS

By this time (tomorrow, next week..)

At this time (tomorrow, next week...)

During (month, day)

Future perfect simple

SITUATION

A look back to the past from a point in the future

Next month I will have worked for the company for six years.

will have + past participle

KEY WORDS

By the end of this year

In (month) next year

By this time tomorrow

Past simple

SITUATIONS

Completed action in the past

We saw a movie yesterday

Habits in the past

When he was a child he studied French

Various completed actions

I did my homework, listened to music and called my friend

Duration in the past

I lived in Spain for 2 years

Generalizations

The Aztec lived in Mexico

VERB-ED / IRREGULAR VERB

KEY WORDS

Yesterday

Last (month, day, week)

Ago

In (year)

Past continuous

SITUATIONS

Actions on a specific time

Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at my desk at work.

Interrupted actions

I was watching TV when she called.

Parallel Actions

I was studying while she was making dinner

was / were + VERB-ING

KEY WORDS

While

When

Present perfect

SITUATIONS

Action in the past which continues

I have lived in Barbastro since 2001

Repeated actions

I have visited France twice

Action which has finished recently

I have just finished my homework

have / has + 3rd form

KEY WORDS

Still

Just

Since/for

Never/ever

Already

Yet

Past perfect

SITUATIONS

Completed action before something in the past

I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet

Duration Before Something in the Past

We had had that car for ten years before it broke down

had + 3rd form

KEY WORDS

After

Before

Present simple

SITUATIONS

Frequent actions

You wake up at 8 o'clock

Timetables

The bus leaves at 6:30

Descriptions/statements

The sun is yellow

FORM

VERB(ends with "s" with HE, SHE, IT)

KEY WORDS

Adverbs of frequency (always,sometimes,never)

Every (day, week, year...)

On (Mondays, Wednesdays...)

Present Continuous

SITUATIONS

At the moment

I'm doing my homework

Temporary situations

He's going to class to improve his english

Future arrangements

We're getting married next week

* ALWAYS (situation that irritates you)

You are always complaining

FORM

TO BE + VERB-ING

KEY WORDS

Now

At the moment

Today

Look! / Listen!