| Tiempos Verbales |
| Simple Tenses | Progressive Tenses |
| (1) Present What is happening? |
(4) Past Perfect What had been happening? |
(7) Conditional What would be happening? |
| (2) Past What was happening? |
(5) Future What will be happening? |
(8) Past Conditional What would have been happening? |
| (3) Present Perfect What has been happening? |
(6) Future Perfect What will have been happening? |
(9) Modal Verbs What (can, could...) be happening? |
What was happening ?----¿Qué estaba (estuvo) pasando?
| To Be : | am-are-is | was were |
have/has been |
had been | will be | will have been | would be | would have been | (can, could) be |
| Affirmative-----Subject + (was/were) + verb(ing) | |||||||||
| I was going to the office - Estaba (estuve) yendo a la oficina | going | yendo | |||||||
| You were coming from Brazil - Tu estabas (estuviste) viniendo de Brasil | coming | viniendo | |||||||
| She was buying everything - Ella estaba (estuvo) comprando todo | buying | comprando | |||||||
| They were living in Chicago - Ellos estaban (estuvieron) viviendo en Chicago | living | viviendo | |||||||
| Negative------Subject + (was/were) + not + verb(ing). | |||||||||
| I was not selling anything - No estaba (estuve) vendiendo nada | selling | vendiendo | |||||||
| You were not doing that work - Tu no estabas (estuviste) haciendo ese trabajo | doing | haciendo | |||||||
| He was not giving the orders - Él no estaba (estuvo) dando las órdenes | giving | dando | |||||||
| She was not visiting anybody- Ella no estaba (estuvo) visitando a nadie | visiting | visitando | |||||||
| Interrogative---(was/were) + subject + verb(ing) ? | |||||||||
| Was I bringing the beer ? - ¿ Estaba (estuve) yo trayendo la cerveza ? | bringing | trayendo | |||||||
| Were you taking the books ? - ¿ Estabas (estuviste) tu llevando los libros ? | taking | llevando | |||||||
| What was he saying ? - ¿ Qué estaba (estuvo) diciendo él? | saying | diciendo | |||||||
| Was she accepting presents ? ¿Estaba (estuvo) ella aceptando regalos ? | accepting | aceptando | |||||||
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I was going | I was not going | Was I going ? |
| You were going | You were not going | Were you going ? |
| He was going | He was not going | Was he going ? |
| She was going | She was not going | Was she going ? |
| It was going | It was not going | Was it going ? |
| We were going | We were not going | Were we going ? |
| You were going | You were not going | Were you going ? |
| They were going | They were not going | Were they going ? |
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