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| am doing (present continuous) y! do (present simple) Jira is watching television, He is not playing the guitar. But Jim has a guitar. He often plays it and he plays very well. Jim plays the guitar but he is not playing the guitar now Ishe playing the guitar? No, he isn’t, _{ PRESENT CONTINUOUS) Does he play the guitar? Yes, he docs. (PRESENT SIMPLE) ELPRESENT CONTINOUS expresa algo que esté ocurriendo ahara, en el momenta de hablar: J.am working (acci6n en curso) = estay trabajando/trabajo (ahora) Lam working AHORA futuro pasado Please be quiet. Pm working. (no ‘I work’) _... Estoy trabajando. Tom is having a shower at the moment. {no‘Tom has’) Tom se esté duchanco .. ‘Take an umbrella with you. Is raining. _... Estloviendo,/Liveve. ‘You can turn off the television. I'm not watching it... Nola veo. /No a estoy viendo Why are you under the table? What are you doing? _....Qué haces /estés haciendo? ‘Se usa el PRESENT SIMPLE con Valor general para expresar algo que ocurre habitualmente o con cierta frecuencia: work (en general, cosas habituales) = trabajo <<" Tork © ———__—_> pasado AHORA. futuro © Twork every day from 9 o'clock until $.30. Trabajo todos les dias Tom has a shower every morning. Tom se ducha todas las mafianas. Itrains a lotin winter. Llveve don’t watch television very often. No veola tetevisién ‘What do you usually do at the weekend? {Qué haces normalmente ..? No uses los verbos siguientes en PRESENT CONTINUOUS (Iam -ing): Tike Tove want know understand remember depend prefer hate need mean __believe forget Usalos solamente en PRESENT SIMPLE (1 want / do you like? etc.): © Pmtired, Iwant to go home. (no‘T'm wanting’). Quier0 © Doyouknow that gisl? ‘Yes, butI don’t remember her name.’ Conoces...” ‘2 [don't understand, What do you mean? Noentiendo. Qué quieres decir? no recuerdo." eens => TRVTEREREE] PRESENT SIMPLE => [ETE presente con signifcade fturo => (ESTEE OND: | Ishe taking a photograph? .Ne,,he.isn't.. What is he doing? .# Is she driving a bus’... ‘What is she doing? .. Does she drive a bus? ee 3 Does he clean windows? . she cleaning a window? What ishe doing? .ocsmncnnn case a 4 Are chey teaching? Do they teach? 7 What do they do? HEE - 9.2 Completa ls frases con anvislare o doldon’tidoesidocsn't. Excuse me, 49.. you speak English? Where's ABM? awesnnacnae- KNOW. ‘Whar’s fanny? Why you laughing? What on yourssister do? ‘She's dentist” ean awe It smn FAUDINZ. Teese want to go out in the rain. ‘Where you come from?” “Canada.” How much sseoonninn nuns it €Ost tO phone Canada? George is a good tennis player but he -mnmw-e-nnmnn play very often, 8.3 Pon el verbo en PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I am doing) o en PRESENT SIMPLE (I do). 1 Excuse me. .Pe.You speak. (you/speak) English? 2 ‘Where's Tom?’ «He's, having. (hefhave) a shower.’ 3 don't wateh (Vnot/watch) television very often. 4 Listen! Somebody af y (sing). 5 Sandra is tired. 0... ---~»m (She/want) to go home now, 6 7 8 9 ‘How often. -~vnnsnnnene (YOUEad) a newspaper? “Excuse me but (youlsit) in my place.’ ‘Oh, Pm sorry.” FM 500, nnmnnns q (Unoviunderstand) Can you speak mere slowly? WS Late. senna -w (igo) home now. Bere (you/come} with me? 10 What time : vee (¥OUr father / finish) work in the evenings? 11. You can turn off the radio. sone (Unotlisten) to it 12 “Where's Paul?” ‘In the kitchen, = -nvsenne(hefeo0k) something,” 13. Martin ae (notiusuallyldcive) to Work. He wen = (asually/walk). 14. SU oncenevnnnnennnntnnneeenne (ROtMiKE) COFFEE. oan .(she/prefer) tea. 84 Traduce al inglés: 1 Eva estd tocando el piano. 2 Normalmente bebo té, pero ahora estoy bebiendo café. “zQué haces?” “Estoy estudiando. gEntiendes lo que quiero decir? (lo que = what) Puedes apagar la radio. No la escucho. “eQué hacen Juan y Luisa?” ‘Esta viendo la televisién.” “

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