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The present continuous tense

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Presente del verbo TO BE (AM/S/ARE) + un GERUNDIO de un verbo principal.
NOW o AT THIS TIME, AT THE MOMENT, AT PRESENT, TEMPORARILY, FOR THE TIME BEING.

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They’re living in New York at present

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Mary’s working in Room 10 now

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Herbert’s having lunch at the moment

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For the time being, I’m living with my brother John.

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They are not living in New York at present.

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They ́re not living in New York at present.

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Mary is not working in Room 10 now.

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The simple present tense

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SUJETO (I, You, The students, You and I, etc.) + INFINITIVO de un verbo principal.
Acciones realizadas every day, every morning, every weekend, always, generally, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, seldom, hardly ever, never, once, many times, a week…

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I speak Spanish every day

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The simple present tense

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I often see Mary at the club

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The simple present tense

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They always come here on Saturday

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The simple present tense

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We don’t go to the beach every summer

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The simple present tense

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Do you speak Spanish every day?

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The simple present tense

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The present perfect tense

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Presente verbo HAVE + un PARTICIPIO PASADO verbo ppl.
- Describir una acción que acaba de suceder “JUST”
“The train has just arrived”
- Una acción que ha ocurrido antes (BEFORE) o últimamente (LATELY), sin especificar cuándo exactamente ella ocurrió.
“I am sure that I’ ve seen that film before”
“She’s been here lately”
- Para indicar que la acción expresada por el verbo ha sido realizada varias veces a la fecha de hoy.
“I ́ve seen that documentary twice”
“We ́ve been in New York several times”
- Para referirse a una acción que comenzó en el pasado y ha continuado hasta el día de hoy, hasta este momento.

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Tom has worked here since 1992

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The present perfect tense

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We have lived here for several years

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The present perfect tense

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Have you ever drunk tequila?

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The present perfect tense

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Have they ever visited you in the winter?

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I have been there before.

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Mary has written another novel.

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Peter is bought a new car.

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We have finished our job.

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The present perfect tense

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They haven ́t seen that documentary

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The present perfect tense

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Mary hasn ́t sold her car.

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The present perfect tense

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Forma negativa present perfect

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En la forma negativa se usa la palabra NOT entre HAVE/HAS y el pasado participio del verbo principal.
They haven ́t seen that documentary
Mary hasn ́t sold her car.

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How many times have they seen that documentary?

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The present perfect tense

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What have you done?

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The present perfect tense

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The simple past tense

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El SUJETO + el PASADO de un verbo principal.
Se usa para expresar una acción que se realizó o que ocurrió en el pasado.
LAST, AGO, yesterday, the day before yesterday, that day, at 10:15 this morning, on September 18th, 1810.

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I bought the car last year

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The simple past tense

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Peter came here three days ago.

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The simple past tense

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Mary cleaned the house yesterday morning.

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The simple past tense

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I didn ́t buy the car last year

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The simple past tense

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Peter didn ́t come here three days ago

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The simple past tense

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They didn ́t see a good film yesterday

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The simple past tense

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Did you buy your car last year?

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The simple past tense

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Did Peter come here three days ago?

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The simple past tense

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Did they see a good film yesterday?

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The simple past tense

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When did you buy your car?

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The simple past tense

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Why did Peter come here 3 days ago?

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The simple past tense

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WHAT DID YOU DO?

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The simple past tense

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The past continuous tense

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Pasado del verbo To Be (WAS o WERE) + gerundio de un verbo principal.
Para expresar una acción que se estaba realizando en un momento o en una fecha determinada en el pasado.
at 10 o ́clock this morning, at midday last Sunday, etc.
También son importantes las expresiones compuestas por “When + SUBJECT + Past Tense”

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When I got home last night

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The past continuous tense

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I was driving to the airport at 10 o ́clock this morning

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The past continuous tense

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They were playing football at midday last Sunday

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The past continuous tense

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They were playing football at midday last Sunday

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The past continuous tense

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I was not driving to the airport at 10 o ́clock this morning

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The past continuous tense

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They were not playing football at midday last Sunday

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The past continuous tense

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He wasn ́t visiting his parents in Detroit on the 5th of June

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The past continuous tense

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Was I driving to the airport at 10 o ́clock this morning?

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The past continuous tense

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Were they playing football at midday last Sunday?

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The past continuous tense

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Wasn ́t he visiting his parents in Detroit on the 5th of June?

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The past continuous tense

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What were you reading when the teacher entered the room?

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The past continuous tense

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Where were they playing football at midday last Sunday?

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The past continuous tense

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Why weren ́t they having lunch when Jack arrived?

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The past continuous tense

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What were you doing…?

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The past continuous tense