| 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 has been happening ?-----¿Qué ha estado 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 + (have/has) been + verb(ing) | |||||||||
| I have been going to the office - He estado yendo a la oficina | going | yendo | |||||||
| You have been coming from Brazil - Tu has estado viniendo de Brasil | coming | viniendo | |||||||
| She has been buying everything - Ella ha estado comprando todo | buying | comprando | |||||||
| They have been living in Chicago - Ellos han estado viviendo en Chicago | living | viviendo | |||||||
| Negative------Subject + (have/has) not been + verb(ing). | |||||||||
| I haven't been selling anything - No he estado vendiendo nada | selling | vendiendo | |||||||
| You haven't been doing that work - Tú no has estado haciendo ese trabajo | doing | haciendo | |||||||
| He hasn't been giving the orders - Él no ha estado dando las órdenes | giving | dando | |||||||
| She hasn't been visiting anybody - Ella no ha estado visitando a nadie | visiting | visitando | |||||||
| Interrogative--(have/has) + subject + been + verb(ing) ? | |||||||||
| Have I been bringing the beer ? - ¿ He estado yo trayendo la cerveza ? | bringing | trayendo | |||||||
| Have you been taking the books ? - ¿ Has estado llevando los libros ? | taking | llevando | |||||||
| What has he been saying ? - ¿ Qué ha estado diciendo él ? | saying | diciendo | |||||||
| Has she been accepting presents ? ¿ Ha estado ella aceptando regalos ? | accepting | aceptando | |||||||
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I have been going | I haven't been going | Have I been going ? |
| You have been going | You haven't been going | Have you been going ? |
| He has been going | He hasn't been going | Has he been going ? |
| She has been going | She hasn't been going | Has she been going ? |
| It has been going | It hasn't been going | Has it been going ? |
| We have been going | We haven't been going | Have we been going ? |
| You have been going | You haven't been going | Have you been going? |
| They have been going | They haven't been going | Have they been going ? |
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