Present Simple vs.
Present Continuous
present simple present continuous
Verdades universales que no Actividades que estn
cambian con el tiempo ocurriendo en el momento
Dogs bark. presente.
(Los perros ladran) I am learning English.
(Estoy aprendiendo Ingls.)
Situaciones habituales y Situaciones temporales (no
hechos que se repiten con habituales).
frecuencia. Every summer we go to
I get up at 7. England, but this summer we
(Me levanto a las 7.) are staying at home.
(Todos los veranos vamos a
Inglaterra, pero este verano nos
quedamos en casa.)
Va acompaado de los Va acompaado de
adverbios de frecuencia. expresiones temporales
She is always late. relacionadas con el
(Ella siempre llega tarde.) presente, como now, today
o at the moment.
Where are you living at the
moment?
(Dnde vives ahora?)
Con los verbos de No se usa este tiempo con los
sentimiento o pensamiento. verbos de sentimiento o
I hate Mondays. pensamiento.
(Odio los lunes.)
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Ejercicio 1 Mira los dibujos y subraya la opcin correcta.
1. Peter drives / is driving a taxi in London.
2. He works / is working 12 hours a day.
3. He isnt working / doesnt work now.
4. He is reading / reads a newspaper.
5. Kate is a teacher. She teaches / is
teaching physics.
6. She isnt teaching / doesnt 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 arent.
4. Do you live at home? d Im 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 dont.
8. Do you go out a lot? h Yes, I am.
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Ejercicio 3 Completa las siguientes mini-conversaciones con el
present simple o el present continuous de los verbos entre parntesis.
1. A: Where__are you going______ (you/go)?
B: I _______________________ (go) to Marks 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.
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4. A: What _______________________ (Amy/do)?
B: I _______________________ (think) shes 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 parntesis.
James (1) __works____ (work) in London, but he (2) _____________
(not live) there. Every morning he (3) _____________ (get up) at 6.00 and he
(4) _____________ (go) by train to London. The journey (5) ___________
(take) an hour and he (6) _____________ (not get) home until 8.00 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. 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 ingls las siguientes oraciones.
1. Kylie se acuesta todos los das despus de las 11.
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2. Me encanta tu vestido.
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3. Qu haces? Soy profesora.
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4. Qu haces? Los deberes.
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5. En qu ests pensando?
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