Present Simple and Present Continuous

Simple Continuos
Utilización  Acciones que se  Acciones que
repiten. suceden en el
 Eventos que ya se momento del habla o
han arreglado. alrededor del
 Secuencia de momento del habla.
acciones en el  Un plan que sucede
presente. en un futuro cercano.
 Instrucciones.  Acciones temporarias,
 Cosas en general. modas.

 Después de verbos  Acciones repetidas

especiales. que irritan al hablante
(se utilizan adverbios
como always,
constantly, forever)
Marcas  Always  Now
 Often  At the moment
 Usually  Look!
 Sometimes  Listen!
 Seldom
 Every day, week, year
 On Mondays,
Tuesdays
Composición infinitivo To be (am, are, is) +
excepto: la 3era persona del infinitivo + -ing
singular (he, she, it) que
agrega -s
Formas afirmativas I play videogames. I am playing videogames.
Formas negativas You do not play You are not playing
videogames. videogames.
Formas interrogativas Does she play videogames? Is she playing videogames?

Exercises

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I. Conjugate the following verbs in the present simple and in the present continuous:

Present Simple Present Continuous

go
I ____________ I ________________________
You ____________ You ________________________
He ____________ He ________________________
She ____________ She ________________________
It ____________ It ________________________
We ____________ We ________________________
You ____________ You ________________________
They ____________ They ________________________
get
I ____________ I ________________________
You ____________ You ________________________
He ____________ He ________________________
She ____________ She ________________________
It ____________ It ________________________
We ____________ We ________________________
You ____________ You ________________________
They ____________ They ________________________
try
I ____________ I ________________________
You ____________ You ________________________
He ____________ He ________________________
She ____________ She ________________________
It ____________ It ________________________
We ____________ We ________________________
You ____________ You ________________________
They ____________ They ________________________
II. Pick the correct option.

1). He sometimes (read, reads, is reading) comics.

2). Listen! She (sing, sings, is singing) in the shower.

3). My sister usually (help, helps, is helping) in the kitchen.

4). They often (clean, cleans, are cleaning) the balcony.

5). Look! The children (come, comes, are coming) home.

6). Every day his grandfather (go, goes, is going) for a walk.

7). I (talk, am talking, are talking) with my friends right now.

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8). We often (take, am taking, are taking) tests at school.

9). He (visit, visits, is visiting) his uncle every weekend.

10). The sun (shine, shines, is shining) at the moment.

III. Fill the gaps with the correct tense of the verb.

1. Where is John? He ______________________ (listen) to a new CD in his room.

2. Don't forget to take your umbrella with you to London. You know it always ___________

(rain) in England.

3. Jean ______________________ (work) hard all day but she _____________________

(not work) at the moment.

4. Look! That boy ______________________ (run) after the bus. He _________________

(want) to catch it.

5. He ______________________ (speak) German so well because he _______________

(come) from Germany.

6. Shh! The boss ______________________ (come). We ______________________

(meet) him in an hour and nothing is ready!

7. Do you usually ______________ (go) away for Christmas or do you _________ (stay)

at home?

8. She ______________________ (hold) some roses. They ______________________

(smell) lovely.

9. Oh, no! Look! It ______________________ (snow) again. It always ________________

(snow) in this country.

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10. Mary ______________________ (swim) very well, but she ______________________

(not run) very fast.

11. Are you ___________________ (enjoy) the party? Yes, I ______________________

(have) a great time!

12. Sorry, I can't help you. I ______________________ (not know) where she keeps her

files.

13. What are you ______________________ (do) next Saturday? Nothing special. I

______________________ (stay) at home.

14. I ______________________ (think) your new hat ______________________ (look)

nice on you.

15. I ______________________ (live) with my parents but right now I ________________

(stay) with some friends for a few days.

16. I can't talk on the phone now. I ______________________ (drive) home.

17. Where are the children? They ______________________ (lie) on the beach over

there.

18. You never ______________________ (listen) to a word I say! You are always

______________________ (listen) to that mp3 player!

19. He ______________________ (not understand) what you ______________________

(talk) about. He's foreign.

20. How much does your suitcase ______________________ (weigh)? It ____________

(look) really heavy.