GARAMAR TIME SIMPLE PRESENT

T he simple present tense is used to discuss permanent situations and the frequency of events.
SUBJECT + VERB (BASIC FORM)+ COMPLEMENT

AFFIRMATIVE
Im a good student ( Yo soy un buen estudiante) Hes a good student They are good students

NEGATIVE
Im not a good student (Yo no soy un buen estudiante) He isnt a good student They arent good students

QUESTIONS
Am I a good student? ( Soy yo un buen estudiante?) Is he a good student? Are they good students?

ANSWER
Yes. I am/ No, I am not Si/ No Yes, he is/ No, he isnt Yes, they are/ No, they arent

SIMPLE PAST
The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past.
SUBJECT + VERB (PAST FORM)+ COMPLEMENT

I /He/ She was a good student ( EL fue un buen estudiante) You / We/ They were good students

She wasnt a good student ( Ella no fue una buena estudiante) They werent good student

Was she a good student? ( Fu ella una Buena estudiante? Were they good students?

Yes, she was (Si) / No she wasnt (No) Yes, there was / No, they werent

FUTURE SIMPLE, WITH WILL

Will future expresses a spontaneous decision, an assumption with regard to the future or an action in the cannot be influenced. I will be a good student ( Yo sere un buen estudiante) I wont be a good student ( Yo no sere un buen estudiante) Will I be a good student? ( sere un buen estudiante? Yes, I will (Si) /No, I wont (No)

SUBJECT + WILL+ INFINIVITE VERB + COMPLEMENT

FUTURE SIMPLE, WITH GOING TO Use going to , to express what we intend to do in the future, Generally it is something that we have already decided to do.

He is going to be a good student ( El v a ser un buen estudiante) We are going to be good students

He isnt going to be a good student ( El no va a ser un buen estudiante) We arent going to be a good student

Is he going to be a good student? Sera el un biuen estudiante?) Are we going to be a good student?

Yes, he is (Si) No, he isnt (No)

SUBJECT+ VERB BE + GOING TO + (INFINITIVE VERB) + COMPLEMENT

GARAMAR TIME PRESENT PROGRESIVE (CONTINUOUS) Present Progressive can be used to describe what is happening now, or what will happen in the future.

AFFIRMATIVE
I am being a good student ( Yo estoy siendo un buen estudiante)

NEGATIVE
I am not being a good student ( Yo no estoy siendo un buen estudiante)

QUESTIONS
Am I being a good student? ( Estoy siendo yo un buen estudiante?

ANSWER
Yes, I am (Si) No, I am not (No)

SUBJECT + VERB (TO BE) VERB ING + COMPLEMENT

PAST CONTUNUOS We usually the Past continuous to talk about activities that the lasted for some time in the past. The actions can be interrumped by something or can be happening at the same time.

I was being a good student (Yo estuve siendo un buen estudiante) We were being good students

I wasnt being a good student ( Yo no estuve siendo un buen estudiante) We werent being good students

Was I being a good student? ( Estuve yo siendo un buen estudainte? Were we being good students?

Yes, I was No, I wasnt Yes, we were No, we werent.

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE+ VERB ING + COMPLEMENT

FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Use the Future Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the future will be interrupted by a shorter action in the future. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.
SUBJECT + WILL BE + VERB ING + COM.

She will be being a good student ( Ella estara siendo una Buena estudiante) We will be being good students He /she/ it He has been a good student (El ha sido un buen estudiante) I/ You/We/They have been good students

She wont be being a good student ( Ella no estara siendo una Buena estudiante)

Will she be being a good student? (Estara ella siendo una Buena estudiante?

Yes, she will No, she wont

PRESENT PERFECT We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now.

He has not been a good student (El no ha sido un buen estudiante) They have not been good students ( Ellos no han sido Buenos estudiantes)

Has he been a good student? ( Ha sido el un buen estudiante? Have they been good students? ( Han sido ellos Buenos estudiantes?

Yes, he has No, he hasnt

SUBJECT + HAS/HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE + COM.

Yes, they have No, they havent

GARAMAR TIME

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

QUESTIONS

ANSWER

PAST PERFECT
The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

He had been a good student (El hubo sido un buen estudiante)

He had not been a good student ( El no huvo sido un buen estudiante)

Had he been a good student? ( Huvo sido el un buen estudiante?

Yes, she had (Si) No, she had not (No)

SUBJECT + HAD +VERB PAST PARTICIPLE + COMP.

FUTURE PERFECT
The Future Perfect expresses the idea that something will occur before another action in the future. It can also show that something will happen before a specific time in the future.

You will have been a good student (Tu habrs sido un buen estudiante)

You wont have been a good student. ( Tu no habrs sido un buen estudiante)

Will you have been a good student? ( Habrs sido tu un bun estudiante?

Yes, I will have No, I wont have

SUBJECT + WILL HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE + COMP.

She has been being a good student ( Ella ha estado siendo una buena estudiante) We have been being good students

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now.

She has not been being a good student

(Ella no ha estado siendo una buena estudiante) We have not been being good students

Has she been being a good student? ( Ha ella estado siendo una Buena estudiante?) Have we been being good students?

Yes, she has (Si) No, he hasnt (No)

SUBJECT + HAS/HAVE BEEN + VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + VERB IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS + COMPLEMENT

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GARAMAR TIME

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

QUESTIONS

ANSWER

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.

I had been being a good student ( Yo estuve siendo un buen estudiante)

I had not been being a good student ( Yo no estuve siendo un buen estudiante)

Had I been being a good student? (Estuve yo siendo un buen estudiante?

Yes, I had ( si) No, I had not(No)

SUBJECT + HAD + BEEN + PRESENT CONTINUOUS + COMPLEMENT FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Future Perfect Continuous has two different forms: "will have been doing " and "be going to have been doing." Unlike Simple Future forms, Future Perfect Continuous forms are usually interchangeable.

I will have been being good student ( Yo estare siendo un buen estudiante)

I wont have been being Will I have been being good student good student? ( Yo no estare siendo un buen ( Estare yo siendo un estudiante) buen estudiante?)

Yes, I will have No, I will havent

SUBJECT + WILL HAVE BEEN + PRESENT CONTINIUS (ING) + COMPPLEMENT

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Future Perfect Continuous has two different forms: "will have been doing " and "be going to have been doing." Unlike Simple Future forms, Future Perfect Continuous forms are usually interchangeable.

I am going to have been being a good student ( Yo voy a estar siendo un buen estudiante)

I am not going to have been being a good student ( Yo no voy a estar siendo un buen estudiante)

Am I going to have been Yes, I am being a good student No, I am not (Voy yo a estar siendo un buen estudiante?)

SUBJECT + AM/IS/ARE + GOING TO HAVE BEEN + PRESENT CONTINIUS