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Present Simple and Continuous

The document compares and contrasts the present simple and present continuous tenses through a table. It shows that the present simple is used for habitual or routine actions, universal truths, and future actions related to schedules, while the present continuous is used for temporary actions happening now or planned for the future. It then provides examples to practice using these tenses in sentences describing daily activities and plans.

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Present Simple and Continuous

The document compares and contrasts the present simple and present continuous tenses through a table. It shows that the present simple is used for habitual or routine actions, universal truths, and future actions related to schedules, while the present continuous is used for temporary actions happening now or planned for the future. It then provides examples to practice using these tenses in sentences describing daily activities and plans.

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CONTRASTE ENTRE PRESENTE SIMPLE Y PRESENTE CONTINUO

Veamos a travs de un cuadro comparativo las principales diferencias entre


ambos tiempos verbales:

Presente Simple Presente Continuo


. Acciones que son habituales, . Acciones que se desarrollan en el
cotidianas o se realizan diariamente momento en el que se est hablando
. Verdades universales o hechos . Acciones que se realizan de manera
demostrados de manera cientfica temporal pero no se realizan en un
. Acciones del futuro relacionadas con momento especfico
horarios fijos . Acciones del futuro que estn
. Hechos histricos, sucesiones confirmadas
temporales o instrucciones y recetas

EJERCICIOS
Fill in with the Present Simple or Present Continuous:
- My teacher ______ (give) us a lot of homework everyday.
- He ________ (come) home very late in the evenings.
- They ________ (wait) near the cinema now.
- I never ________ (watch) TV in the morning.
- My parents _________ (leave) the hotel now
- Our class __________ (study) English at present.

Complete the text. Use the present simple and the present
continuous:
Roberto Lopez also__________ (play) football for Huelva, the same team as
Juan. Roberto_______(come) from Salamanca. At the moment Roberto and
Juan_______(play) snooker together. They always_______(speak)
Portuguese because Juan________ (not speak) a word of Spanish.
Juan________(have) a strong Portuguese accent which Juan
sometimes_______(not understand)

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Write the following sentences in the correct form of the Present Simple or
Present Continuous:
a) I with Helen now (chat)
b) I someone playing piano every night. (hear)
c) I usually an apple a day. (eat)
d) I my homework every night (not do)
e) We to see our mother very often. ( go)
f) I good at the moment. (feel)
g) I at home now (to be)
h) I spanish (not speak)
j) I cheese but I it at the moment (not like/eat)

Complete with PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE:


a. Jane never________(have) breakfast at home
b. This week I_________(read) a new book
c. __________ (you/go) abroad this summer? Yes, I_______(visit) Italy and
Sweden
d. We_____(go) for a walk everyday, but today we _______(stay) in
e. She________(water) the plants now
f. Marta_______(go) to the gym three times a week

Complete the dialogue using PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT


CONTINUOUS:
Jenny: Thank you for coming to Matchmakers Dating Agency. Now, what sort of
girl______________ (you look for), Peter?
Peter: I__________ (look for) an exciting, interesting, attractive, sort of person-
like myself.
Jenny: What_________ (you like) doing in your free time, Peter? (You go) out
much?
Peter: No, not much. I_______ (play) computer games instead.
Jenny: Well, what____________ (you do) this evening, for example?
Peter: I_________ (meet) a friend called Simon. He________ (want) to play a
new computer game. The problem is I_______(ask) a lot of girls out but
they______(not want) to go out with me.
I__________(not understand) it.
Jenny: I think I__________(understand) now.

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Complete with Present Simple or Present Continuous the following short
text:
From Monday to Friday Victor .[wake] up at seven o clock. He stays in
bed until a quarter past seven, and then he.. [get] up. Then he has a
shower. After that he gets dressed and..[go] downstairs to have breakfast.
At exactly eight oclock he. [leave] his house and drives to work.
Before [arrive] to the office he stops to buy his daily newspaper. He turns
on his computer at eight-forty-five and works non-stop until ten-thirty.

At ten-thirty, he usually has a coffee until ten forty-five. Unfortunately, today is


Friday, the busiest day of the week. Victor is [have] his coffee at his desk.
Normally, he.... [finish] at three o clock on Fridays; however, Victor thinks
he is not [leave] the office until five or six oclock today. To cheer himself
up, Victor starts thinking about the weekend.
Tomorrow is Saturday and Victor has some plans, he is.. [get] up very late,
about ten oclock. He is having a late breakfast with his girlfriend in a caf.
Then they are. [visit] the art gallery. Carol Ashe, the famous artist, is
exhibiting her latest sculpture.

After. [visit] the art gallery, they are having lunch in a new restaurant in
the centre of town. After lunch, they are going for a walk and then in the
evening they are. [go] to the cinema.

On Sunday, they normally stay in bed reading the newspapers, but this Sunday
they are going for a walk in the mountains with some friends. It's three hours
to reach the top and two and a half hours to come down. They are.[have]
a picnic at the top of the mountain and Victor is.. [look] forward to enjoying
the view, the peace and, of course, not being in the office.
Suddenly, the telephone rings and Victor is once again back in reality. His boss
says Victor you are working until five or six oclock today. Victor [look]
at the clock and it is still only eleven o'clock.

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