Present Simple vs.
Present Continuous
present simple
 Verdades universales que no
cambian con el tiempo
Dogs bark.
(Los perros ladran)
 Situaciones habituales y
hechos que se repiten con
frecuencia.
I get up at 7.
(Me levanto a las 7.)
 Va acompañado de los
adverbios de frecuencia.
She is always late.
(Ella siempre llega tarde.)
 Con los verbos de
sentimiento o pensamiento.
I hate Mondays.
(Odio los lunes.)
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present continuous
 Actividades que están
ocurriendo en el momento
presente.
I am learning English.
(Estoy aprendiendo Inglés.)
 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
expresiones temporales
relacionadas con el
presente, como now, today
o at the moment.
Where are you living at the
moment?
(¿Dónde vives ahora?)
 No se usa este tiempo con los
verbos de sentimiento o
pensamiento.
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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.

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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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