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Present Simple vs.

Present Continuous
present simple

Verdades universales que no


cambian con el tiempo

present continuous

Dogs bark.

Actividades que estn


ocurriendo en el momento
presente.

I am learning English.

(Los perros ladran)

(Estoy aprendiendo Ingls.)

Situaciones habituales y
hechos que se repiten con
frecuencia.

Situaciones temporales (no


habituales).

Every summer we go to
England, but this summer we
are staying at home.

I get up at 7.

(Me levanto a las 7.)

(Todos los veranos vamos a


Inglaterra, pero este verano nos
quedamos en casa.)

Va acompaado de los
adverbios de frecuencia.
She is always late.

(Ella siempre llega tarde.)

Va acompaado de
expresiones temporales
relacionadas con el
presente, como now, today
o at the moment.

Where are you living at the


moment?
(Dnde vives ahora?)

Con los verbos de


sentimiento o pensamiento.

I hate Mondays.

No se usa este tiempo con los


verbos de sentimiento o
pensamiento.

Pgina

(Odio los lunes.)

Gonzalo Orozco 2011

Ejercicio 1 Mira los dibujos y subraya la opcin correcta.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Peter drives / is driving a taxi in London.


He works / is working 12 hours a day.
He isnt working / doesnt work now.
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.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

What do you do?


Are you at university?
What are you studying?
Do you live at home?
Where are you living?
Who are you living with?
Are they studying Law1 too?
Do you go out a lot?

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h

Mathematics.
Two other students.
No, they arent.
Im a student.
In a flat, near the university.
Yes, we do every night.
No, I dont.
Yes, I am.

1 ____ 2 ____ 3 ____ 4 ____ 5 ____ 6 ____ 7 ____ 8 ____

Derecho

Gonzalo Orozco 2011

Pgina

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.

Ejercicio 3 Completa las siguientes mini-conversaciones con el


present simple o el present continuous de los verbos entre parntesis.

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.

Gonzalo Orozco 2011

Pgina

1. Kylie se acuesta todos los das despus de las 11.


__________________________________________________
2. Me encanta tu vestido.
__________________________________________________
3. Qu haces? Soy profesora.
__________________________________________________
4. Qu haces? Los deberes.
__________________________________________________
5. En qu ests pensando?
__________________________________________________

Ejercicio 5 Traduce al ingls las siguientes oraciones.

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