Grammar:
Present Simple
or
Present Continuous
I teach I am teaching English.
English.
This is what I am doing
at the moment. I
This is my job. am
(Este es mi trabajo) teaching you English.
(Esto es lo que hago en
el momento. Te enseño
inglés)
Cuál es la diferencia?
They live in the USA.
Means that they live in the USA all the time. It is a permanent state.
(significa que ellos viven en EEUU todo el tiempo. Es un estado
permanente).
I am studying for the exams these days.
means that I am studying only these several days. The action is taking
place only for a short period of time.
(significa que yo estoy estudiando solo estos días. La acción
toma lugar por un corto period de tiempo).
Cómo formamos el Presente Simple?
Sujeto/1era persona Sujeto/3era persona
I
YOU HE
WE live but SHE
lives/es/ies THEY IT
I live in the USA.
She studies
architecture.
El verbo To Be
Recuera las formas del verbo To Be
para el tiempo verbal Presente Simple:
I AM
HE,SHE, IT IS
WE, YOU, THEY ARE
I am a teacher and you are my student!.
Forma Negativa
Para todos los verbos (except to be) se usa:
don’t
does + verb
n’t
I live in the USA. I don’t live in the USA.
(do not)
She studies architecture. She doesn’t study
architecture. (does not)
Usamos Presente Simple…
1. For facts or things that are always or
generally true. (para hechos y cosas que
generalmente son ciertas).
Water boils at 100 C.
It rains a lot in
Lithuania.
The sky is blue.
2. For situations that are (more or less) permanent.
(Para situaciones que son mas o menos permanents).
I live in New York.
John works in a bank.
Lisa studies architecture.
Usamos Presente Simple…
3. For things we do regularly: hobbies,
habits and routines. (Para cosas que hacemos
reguarmente: hobbies, habitos y rutinas).
Every day I get up at 7:30.
I have a shower and eat breakfast.
Then I take the train to work.
Every Thursday I play
basketball.
4. For actions that are scheduled. (Para acciones
que son
agendadas).
The train leaves at 9 p.m.
The lessons start at 8 o’clock in the morning.
Adverbios de frecuencia
y expresiones de
tiempo
Always: siempre Once a week: una vez a la
semana Often: a menudo Twice a month: dos
veces al mes Usually: usualmente Every day:
cada día
Sometimes: a veces Four times a year: cuatro veces al
año Rarely: raramente Every Tuesday: cada martes
Never: nunca
I never go to the cinema alone.
My grandmother sees her doctor twice a month.
Cómo se forma el
Presente
Continuo?
Usamos Presente Continuo…
1. For actions happening now, at the moment
of speaking. (Para acciones que estan sucediendo
ahora, al momento de hablar).
It is raining outside.
He can’t pick up the phone. He is having a
shower now.
2. For temporary actions. (Para acciones temporales).
We are looking for a new house at the
moment. They are painting the fence.
Usamos Presente Continuo…
3. For fixed arrangements (plans) in the near future.
(Para planes agendados en un future cercano).
I am going out with him tonight.
We are flying to Paris tomorrow morning.
4. For currently changing and developing situations.
(Para situaciones cambiantes y en desarrollo).
The Earth is getting hotter and hotter.
The winters in Lithuania are becoming warmer
and
warmer.
The prices are increasing all the time.
Expresiones del tiempo que
usamos
en Presente Continuo…
Now: ahora
At the moment: en el
momento at present: en el
presente these days: estos
días Nowadays: hoy en día
Today: hoy
Tonight: esta noche
My mother is cooking at the moment.
I am going dancing tonight.
Revisemos!
A practicar!
Choose the correct form Present Simple or
Present Continuous:
1. I live/ am living in New York.
2. She is reading/ reads a book now.
3. I don’t like / am not liking football.
4. Every day we go/ are going to school.
5. It rains/ is raining outside.
6. Do you ride/ Are you riding a bicycle every morning?
7. I usually am going/ go to bed late.
8. He is staying/ stays at the hotel these days.
9. The Sun rises / is rising in the East.
10. We are traveling/ travel to London next week
