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. (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?

2 ( 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. 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.

3 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. 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.

4 He _____ (love) tea. 1 Derecho Gonzalo Orozco 2011 P gina3 4. 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. He (11) _____ (not work) now.

5 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. _____ 4. Qu haces? Los deberes. _____ 5. En qu est s pensando? _____