PRESENT SIMPLE vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS 1º

PRESENT SIMPLE vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS 1º

PRESENT SIMPLE vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS 1º ESO Present Simple: acciones cotidianas y hechos que no cambian. Ej: I usually get up at 7:30. The sun rises in the east Present Continuous: lo que estamos haciendo en este momento Ej: At this moment I am preparing an exercise for my students. PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS I work I AM workING Affirmative He/She/It workS He/She/It IS workING You/We/They work You/We/They ARE workING I DON’T work I AM workING Negative He/She/It DOESN’T work He/She/It IS workING You/We/They DON’T work You/We/They ARE workING DO I work? AM I workING? Interrogative DOES He/She/It work? IS He/She/It workING? DO You/We/They work? ARE You/We/They workING? AFFIRMATIVE Choose the right option. 1. Anne sometimes ……. home before her parents. a) leaves c) is leaving 2. When it is cold we ………….. sweaters. a) are wearing b) wear 3. Jenny can’t go with you now, she ……….. her homework. a) does b) is doing 4. Small children usually ………. for many hours. a) sleep b) are sleeping 5. Look! It ……. a) snows b) is snowing 6. That boy ……. the newspaper every day. a) brings c) is bringing 7. Dennis usually …………………………. very late on Sundays. a) get up b) gets up c) is getting up 8. A: Where is Frank? B: He is in the kitchen. He ….. a) is cooking b) are cooking d) cooks 9. Brenda’s brother ………….. three languages: English, French and German. a) is speaking b) speak c) speaks 10.We can’t celebrate the party in the garden because it ……… a) rains b) is raining c) rain 11.We never ……….. television after midnight. a) watches b) watching c) watch d) are watching 12.Paul always……. to school by bus. a) goes b) is going c) go d) are going 13.Tom …………. his hair every morning. a) is washing b) wash c) does wash d) washes 14.To play tennis you …………… rackets and a ball. a) are need b) need c) needs d) needing 15.My mother is not in the living room, she is in her bedroom. She … a) sleeping b) sleeps c) sleep d) is sleeping NEGATIVE A. Choose the right option. 1. My parents ……………….. watching TV, they prefer reading. a) doesn’t like b) are not liking 2. Helen and Sue …………. at the moment, they ……. with their friends. a) are not studying b) don’t study a) talk b) are talking 3. I can help you now, because I ……. anything important. a) don’t do b) am not doing 4. My parents ……….. from Germany, they come from Spain. a) aren’t coming b) don’t come 5. Chinese people ……… Japanese, they speak Chinese. a) aren’t speaking b) don’t speak 6. Sam …… dressed now. a) doesn’t get b) don’t get c) is not getting 7. Lions …. in the north pole. a) doesn’t live b) aren’t living c) don’t live 8. We …… at the moment, we are on holiday. a) aren’t working b) don’t work c) are working 9. In summer it …….. in Spain. a) is not snowing b) doesn’t snows c) doesn’t snow B. Read these sentences and write TRUE or FALSE next to them. If they are false, write the negative sentence and then write the true sentences. Ex: Your name is Heliodoro. à FALSE. My name is not Heliodoro, my name is Pilar. 1. Dolphins live in rivers. 2. At this moment you are dancing. 3. Babies drink wine. 4. It rains a lot in Galicia. 5. Marc Márquez drives a F1 car. 6. Lady Gaga is Spanish. 7. Your family is having dinner now. 8. Italian people speak Portuguese. 9. King Philip VI lives in your house. 10.Barack Obama works in England. INTERROGATIVE Choose the right option. 1. When ………………… to bed at the weekend? a) are you going b) do you go 2. A: Why ……………. ? B: Because she has hurt her leg. a) is Sally crying b) does Sally cry 3. What ………… for breakfast? a) do you usually have b) are you usually having 4. What ……….. for breakfast today? a) do you have b) are you having 5. How many books ……… a year? a) is Paul reading b) does Paul read 6. What ………. now? a) does Paul read b) is Paul Reading 7. A: Where ………? B: In the big bedroom. a) do your parents sleep c) are your parents sleeping B. Put he words in order to form questions. Then answer them. Ex: You – do – spaghetti – like -­‐ you? Do you like spaghetti? Yes, I do. 1. your mother – sleeping – now – is ? 2. live – teacher – does – your – English – in Paris? 3. your friends – live – do – in Ciudad Real ? 4. raining – it – is – at the moment ? 5. sleeping – your grandparents – now – are ? 6. doing – you – what – are – now ? 7. get up – what time – you – do – on Sundays ? 8. you – working – are – why – now? 9. watch – your parents – what TV program – do-­‐ in the evening? 10. P.E. teacher – write – how often – on the blackboard – how often – does ? REVIEW Translate into English. 1. Los amigos de Peter están celebrando el cumpleaños de Sam. 2. ¿Vas a la piscina los fines de semana? 3. A Susan no le gusta el baloncesto, prefiere la natación. 4. A: ¿Qué estás haciendo? B: Estoy ayudando a mi madre. 5. Mi padre no escribe con bolígrafo, escribe con pluma. 6. Juan y yo no jugamos al fútbol, jugamos al paddle. 7. Anne no se ducha por la mañana, se ducha por la noche. 8. A: ¿Estudian tus hermanos en la universidad? B: Sí. 9. A: ¿Dónde vas? B: Voy a casa de mi abuela. Está enferma. 10.A: ¿Dónde vas los viernes por la tarde? B: Mis amigos y yo vamos al parque. 11.A: ¿Está la profesora escribiendo en la pizarra? B: No, está hablando. 12.Los padres de Marta no trabajan en Ciudad Real, trabajan en Madrid. 13.A: ¿A qué hora empiezan las clases en tu instituto? B: Empiezan a las 8:45. 14.Julian nunca ayuda a sus padres. 15.A: ¿Por qué miras a ese edificio? B: Porque es muy bonito. 16.A: ¿A qué hora sale de casa tu madre? B: Normalmente sale a las 8:30. 17.A: ¿Qué hace el padre de Sam después de cenar? B: Lee el periódico 18. A:¿Dónde guardas tu ropa de deporte? B: En ese armario. 19.A: ¿Qué desayunas normalmente? B: Normalmente tomo leche y galletas. 20.Yo no tomo galletas, prefiero cereales.