Transcription of Present Simple Present Continuous
1 Gonzalo Orozco 2011 P gina1 Present Simple Present Continuous Verdades universales que no cambian con el tiempo Dogs bark. (Los perros ladran) Actividades que est n ocurriendo en el momento presente. I am learning English. (Estoy aprendiendo Ingl s.) Situaciones habituales y hechos que se repiten con frecuencia. I get up at 7. (Me levanto a las 7.) Situaciones temporales (no habituales). Every summer we go to England, but this summer we are staying at home. (Todos los veranos vamos a Inglaterra, pero este verano nos quedamos en casa.) Va acompa ado de los adverbios de frecuencia. She is always late.
2 (Ella siempre llega tarde.) Va acompa ado de expresiones temporales relacionadas con el presente, como now, today o at the moment. Where are you living at the moment? ( D nde vives ahora?) Con los verbos de sentimiento o pensamiento. I hate Mondays. (Odio los lunes.) No se usa este tiempo con los verbos de sentimiento o pensamiento. Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Gonzalo Orozco 2011 P gina2 Ejercicio 1 Mira los dibujos y subraya la opci n correcta. 1. Peter drives / is driving a taxi in London. 2. He works / is working 12 hours a day. 3. He isn t working / doesn t work now.
3 4. He is reading / reads a newspaper. 5. Kate is a teacher. She teaches / is teaching physics. 6. She isn t teaching / doesn t teach now. 7. She has / is having a coffee. 8. She learns / is learning Greek because .. 9..she is going / goes to Greece every summer. Ejercicio 2 Une preguntas y respuestas. 1. What do you do? a Mathematics. 2. Are you at university? b Two other students. 3. What are you studying? c No, they aren t. 4. Do you live at home? d I m a student. 5. Where are you living? e In a flat, near the university. 6. Who are you living with? f Yes, we do every night.
4 7. Are they studying Law1 too? g No, I don t. 8. Do you go out a lot? h Yes, I am. 1 ____ 2 ____ 3 ____ 4 ____ 5 ____ 6 ____ 7 ____ 8 ____ Ejercicio 3 Completa las siguientes mini-conversaciones con el Present Simple o el Present Continuous de los verbos entre par ntesis. 1. A: Where__are you going_____ (you/go)? B: I _____ (go) to Mark s house. 2. A: How _____ (you/go) to school every day? B: I _____ (walk) to school. 3. A: What _____ (Paul/have)? B: He _____ (have) some tea. He _____ (love) tea. 1 Derecho Gonzalo Orozco 2011 P gina3 4.
5 A: What _____ (Amy/do)? B: I _____ (think) she s an engineer but she _____ (not work) right now. Ejercicio 4 James est de vacaciones en Italia. Completa los huecos con la forma correcta del Present Simple o el Present Continuous de los verbos entre par ntesis. James (1) __works____ (work) in London, but he (2) _____ (not live) there. Every morning he (3) _____ (get up) at and he (4) _____ (go) by train to London. The journey (5) _____ (take) an hour and he (6) _____ (not get) home until in the evening. Then he (7) _____ (watch) TV and (8) _____ (go) to bed. He (9) _____ (have) a good job, but he (10) _____ (work) very hard.
6 He (11) _____ (not work) now. He (12) _____ (have) a holiday. He (13) _____ (stay) in a hotel near the beach in Rimini. He (14) _____ (meet) a lot of interesting people. He (15) _____ (learn) some Italian and he (16) _____ (eat) a lot of good Italian food. James (17) _____ (enjoy) his job, but he (18) _____ (enjoy) his holiday so much that he (19) _____ (not want) to go back to work next week. Ejercicio 5 Traduce al ingl s las siguientes oraciones. 1. Kylie se acuesta todos los d as despu s de las 11. _____ 2. Me encanta tu vestido. _____ 3. Qu haces? Soy profesora.
7 _____ 4. Qu haces? Los deberes. _____ 5. En qu est s pensando? _____
