Present Simple (2)

Usos

El Present Simple se usa para:

1. Acciones habituales o que se repiten regularmente.

On Mondays, the shops open at 9 o’clock and
close at 5,30.
We play a lot of different sports in our free time.

2. Hablar de nuestros sentimientos y pensamientos (con los verbos “de

estado”)
Amy loves football.
I don’t understand it. Can you repeat, please?

Cuando hablamos de acciones habituales, el verbo suele ir acompañado de

los adverbios de frecuencia.

Los adverbios de frecuencia se colocan detrás del

0% never
verbo be, pero delante de cualquier otro
5% hardly ever
verbo.
10% rarely
30% sometimes I am always hungry.
70% often
80% normally We hardly ever go to the theatre.
90% usually Becky usually drives to work.
100% always

Existen otras expresiones de frecuencia más largas, que se colocan al final

de la frase:
Every … day
They have English classes three Once a … week
times a week. Twice a … month
Three times a … year
I drink coffee for breakfast every day.
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Ejercicio 1 Escribe frases en present simple describiendo las cosas
que le gustan a Angela.

like love don’t like hate

science-fiction tennis big cities coffee
her job chocolate parties rap music

1. ____Angela likes science-fiction.___________________

2. _____________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________
6. _____________________________________________
7. _____________________________________________
8. _____________________________________________

Ejercicio 2 Completa las oraciones usando la forma correcta del

present simple de los verbos del recuadro.

do eat not have not like meet not open teach

1. She __________________ English music, she prefers flamenco.

2. Mr. Burton __________________ Art in 4A and 4B.
3. Many students __________________ a shower after PE classes.
4. Rebecca __________________ a lot of fruit and vegetables.
5. Most shops in Spain __________________ on
Sundays.
6. Joe usually __________________ his friends in
the skate-park.
7. I usually __________________ the shopping on
Friday afternoon.

Ejercicio 3 Ordena las palabras para formar oraciones.

1. always / early / I / arrive

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2. eat / Chinese food/ often / Alex and Javi
__________________________________________
3. every morning / coffee / she / drinks
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 4. dinner / always / at 9 / we / always
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5. Fiona / twice a year / to Liverpool / flies
__________________________________________
6. to work / Andrew / by bus / usually / goes
__________________________________________
7. watch TV / never / in the afternoon / we
__________________________________________

Ejercicio 4 Identifica y corrige los errores en estas frases.

1. Chemistry likes to Ana. ______________________________

2. They always are late. ______________________________
3. We don’t eat fish usually. ______________________________
4. Do he work in a shop? ______________________________
5. Me like Camela a lot. ______________________________

Ejercicio 5 Traduce al inglés estas oraciones.

1. A veces voy al centro1 con mis amigos.

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2. Normalmente Ana se levanta a las 7, desayuna y se va al trabajo.
________________________________________________________
3. A Carlos le gusta la múcica clásica.
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4. El Museo Thyssen abre a las 10 y cierra a las 8.

_____________________________________
_______________________________

5. Mrs. Rose va a la peluquería2 una vez al mes.

_____________________________________
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