We usethe present simple to talk about facts, routines, habits (the things younormallydo or don’t do). We use the present continuousto talk about the things you are doing at the moment of speaking.
➣I always eat salad for lunch but I am eatingpumpkinsoup now.
ALSO
➣I work in a school ➫permanent situation
➣I’m working in a school ➫temporary situation
Be careful with the spanish translation!
¿Qué haces ahí? ➣ What are you doing there?
¿Qué miras? ➣ What are you looking at?
¿Qué comes? ➣ What are you eating?
¿Dónde vas? ➣ Where are you going?
¿Hablas conmigo? ➣ Are you talking to me?
¿Vienes con nosotros? ➣ Are you coming with us?
These actions are happening NOW in Spanish and in English
ONE WORLD OR TWO WORLDS
What are the girls’ names?
Where do they live?
What does each girl do every day?
Look at the pictures and write what the girls are doing
Answers at the bottom of the page
reference: Hotline Oxford University Press
Do you get confused with ➣I go➣ I am going ?
Watch the video so you don’t make the mistake of mixing them up
Watch the video and choose the right tense ➣present simple or present continuous.
Aquí tienes el ejercicio del vídeo con las frases que aparecen y debajo la KEY (respuesta correcta)
1. He flies / is flying planes.
2. They fly / are flying a plane.
3. He speaks / is speaking right now.
4. He doesn’t speak / isn’t speaking at the moment.
5. She always goes / is going to bed at 8 o’clock.
6. The baby sleeps / is sleeping.
7. The father reads / is reading a book to his son every night.
8. The children walk / are walking to school now.
9. The sisters wear / are wearing uniforms to school every day.
10. The dog licks / is licking the boy’s face.
11. He loves / is loving his dog.
12. He plays / is playing video games for an hour every day.
13. He plays / is playing a computer game at the moment.
14. He studies / is studying many different subjects.
15. The boy studies / is studying for a test.
16. The dog wears / is wearing glasses.
17. He wears / is wearing glasses every day.
18. David Beckham has / is having three children.
19. They eat / are eating pizza for dinner.
20. The baby cries / is crying.
21. The elderly woman sings / is singing.
22. She has / is having extremely long hair.
23. The hairdresser cuts / is cutting a woman’s hair right now.
24. The fish lives / is living in a pond.
25. He owns / is owning a Mercedes Benz.
26. He drives / is driving at the moment.
27. He drives / is driving a taxi for a living.
KEY
1. He flies planes.
2. They are flying a plane.
3. He is speaking right now.
4. He isn’t speaking at the moment.
5. She always goes to bed at 8 o’clock.
6. The baby is sleeping.
7. The father reads a book to his son every night.
8. The children are walking to school now.
9. The sisters wear uniforms to school every day.
10. The dog is licking the boy’s face.
11. He loves his dog.
12. He plays video games for an hour every day.
13. He is playing a computer game at the moment.
14. He studies many different subjects.
15. The boy is studying for a test.
16. The dog is wearing glasses.
17. He wears glasses every day.
18. David Beckham has three children.
19. They are eating pizza for dinner.
20. The baby is crying.
21. The elderly woman is singing.
22. She has extremely long hair.
23. The hairdresser is cutting a woman’s hair right now.
24. The fish lives in a pond.
25. He owns a Mercedes Benz.
26. He is driving at the moment.
27. He drives a taxi for a living.
Answers ONE WORLD OR TWO WORLDS
1.Kelly is waking up – 2.Kelly is having a shower – 3.Kelly is having breakfast – 4.Kelly is going to school by car – 5.Kelly is seeing a film at the cinema – 6.Selina is walking to the river to fetch some water – 7.Selina is getting up- 8.Selina is collecting some water from the river – 9.Selina is carrying some water- 10.Selinais helping her mother
It is used for finished actions, states or habits in the past with a past time reference➣ yesterday ➣ last week ➣ at 2 o’clock ➣ in 2003 ➣ when I was born
Last week a new student from China joined our class. She came in, introduced herself, and began to talk about her country. She showed us in a map where she was from.
FORM
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
I worked
I did not work ✄didn’t
Did I work?
You understood
You did notunderstand
Did you understand?
He slept
He did not sleep
Didhe sleep?
She thought
She did not think
Did she think?
It worked
It did not work
Didit work?
We studied
We did not study
Did we study?
You went together
You did not go together
Did you go together?
They learnt
They did not learn
Did they learn?
Famous people
reference: New Generation Colin Granger Heinemann
Listen to what happened to Tony last weekend
First choose a, b or c and then choose the right answer for the 7 sentences:
reference: English for Life Pre-Intermediate Oxford
Here you have the script if you need to read it
Listen and put the pictures in chronological order
Here you have the script if you need to read it
answers: a 5 , b 4 , c 2 , d 6 , e 3 , f 1
reference: English for Life Pre-Intermediate Oxford
