TUTORÍA PREVIO AL EXAMEN

TEMAS: PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINOUS

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
 PRESENT SIMPLE
¿Cuándo usarlo?
Palabras claves
• Rutinas o • Always
hábitos • Never
• Hechos o verdades • Often
generales
• Usually
• Estados • Frequently
permanentes • Every day, every
week, every year
Estructura I-YOU-HE-SHE-IT-WE-THEY
Subject+ verb+ complement. SHE _likes_ horror movies (like)/ YOU like (like) horror movies

SHE doesn’t like (like)horror movies. Subject+ auxiliar+ verb+ complement

YOU don’t like (like) horror movies.
DON’T – I-YOU-WE-THEY
DOESN’T-SHE-HE-IT
Auxiliar+ subject+ verb+ complement?
DO- I, YOU, WE, THEY _Does she like horror movies? (She/like)
DOES- SHE, HE, IT Do you like horror movies? (You/like)
Ejemplos
• I always wake up at 7:00 A.M.
• Guayaquil doesn’t belong to Santa Elena Province
• The sun comes up every morning
 PRESENT CONTINOUS
¿Cuándo usarlo? Palabras claves
• Para indicar que una • Now/ Right now
acción está pasando en
• At the moment
ese momento

• Para planes o • Next Monday/ Next

preparativos week/ Next month/
Next year
• Para acciones
temporales • These days
Estructura
Subject+ verb to be+ verb ing+ complement Work--working

Subject+ negative verb to be+ verb ing+ complement

I AM--AM NOT
Verb to be+ subject+ verb ing+ complement? YOU ARE—ARE NOT/AREN’
HE IS— IS NOT/ISN’T

Ejemplos
SHE IS—IS NOT
IT IS---IS NOT
WE ARE—ARE NOT
• She is coming this night to my house (COME) THEY ARE---ARE NOT

• She is not coming this night to my house -----Isn’t= Is not

• __Is she coming____ this night to my house? (She/come)
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
A Hello. I’m Marc_____Are you listening___________________ to radio Disney? (You/listen)
B Yes, it’s amazing! I____play_______________ it every day. (play)

A What ___are you doing_________________ right now? (You/do)

B We__are watching____________ the kids playing around. (watch) The little girls
look cute!

A What ____are they wearing______________________? (They/wear)

B Dresses with sandals, bows, and flowers in their hair. People (They) at the park always __wear___ comfortable
clothes because is usually sunny (wear)
A __Do you live_____________ here? (You/live)
B No, I ___am__________ just ___visiting__________ the town these days (visit) It’s my favorite festival in the
whole country.

A Great to talk to you! Enjoy the rest of the celebration.

 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
¿Cuándo usarlos?
Para hacer comparaciones entre dos cosas o personas

Ejemplos
• Ana is taller than Elizabeth.
• A tiger is faster than a pig.
• She is more intelligent than her classmate.
¿Cómo estructurarlos?
1. Cuando son palabras de una sola silaba o que terminan con la
vocal ‘e’ se les agrega ‘ER’
Tall------taller
Long------longer
Old------older
Nice-----Nicer
Large------Larger

2. Cuando son palabras que terminan en una vocal y consonante

Big-----Bigger
Fat-----Fatter
3. Cuando la palabra termina en ‘y’ se le cambia la ‘y’ por ‘i’ y se agrega
‘ER’
Happy----Happier
Silly----Sillier
Funny--Funnier
4. Casos especiales
En estos casos, solo se agrega la palabra ‘more’ seguido del adjetivo
Interesting---more interesting
Expensive----More expensive
Beautiful----More beautiful
Intelligent----More intelligent
Careful----More careful
 EJERCICIOS
1. Make comparative sentences with the adjectives in parentheses.
 
Example: John’s 20 and Sophie’ s 21. (young)
John is younger than Sophie.
 

2. Flight A is $400 and flight B’s $300. (expensive)

Flight A is more expensive than Flight B.

2. The cheetah has a top speed of 95 km an hour. And the lion about 80 km an hour. (fast)

The cheetah is faster than a lion.

3. A mile is about 1,500 m and a kilometer is 1,000 m. (Long)

A mile is longer than a km.

 EJERCICIOS
4. A bike’s lighter than a car. (heavy)

A car is heavier than a bike.

5. The Nile’s 6,800 km and the Yangtze’s 6,500 km. (short)

The Yangtze is shorter than The Nile.

6. My mother’s 70. My father’s 68. (old)

My mother is older than my father.