Ejercicios de gramatica

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

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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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