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present simple present continuous

Verdades universales que no cambian con el tiempo

Dogs bark. (Los perros ladran)

Actividades que están ocurriendo en el momento

presente. I am learning English. (Estoy aprendiendo Inglés.)

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 acompañado de los

adverbios de frecuencia. She is always late. (Ella siempre llega tarde.)

Va acompañado de

expresiones temporales relacionadas con el

presente, como now, today o at the moment. Where are you living at the moment? (¿Dónde 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.

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Ejercicio 1 Mira los dibujos y subraya la opción 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.

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 paréntesis.

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.

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4. A: What _______________________ (Amy/do)?

B: I _______________________ (think) she’s an engineer but she

_______________________ (not work) right now.

Ejercicio 4 James está de vacaciones en Italia. Completa los huecos

con la forma correcta del present simple o el present continuous de

los verbos entre paréntesis.

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 inglés las siguientes oraciones.

1. Kylie se acuesta todos los días después de las 11.

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2. Me encanta tu vestido.

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3. ¿Qué haces? Soy profesora.

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4. ¿Qué haces? Los deberes.

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5. ¿En qué estás pensando?

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