Presente simple y presente continuo en inglés: reglas, ejemplos y vocabulario
Present simple y present progressive
Use simple present or present progressive
Ejercicio 1: Presente progresivo (acciones en curso o al momento)
- Look! The leaves are leaving the house... (leave)
Corrección: Look! The leaves are leaving the house.
- Brian cycles 30 km every day. (cycle)
- Samantha is doing her homework at the moment. (do)
- My parents are shopping right now. (shop)
- He usually gets up early in the morning. (get up)
Ejercicio 2: Negativas en presente simple y presente continuo
- You don't see her every day. (see/not)
- The baby isn't sleeping at the moment. (sleep/not)
- I 'm not reading a book now. (read/not)
- We don't go to school on Sundays. (go/not)
- He doesn't watch the news every day. (watch/not)
Ejercicio 3: Preguntas en presente simple y presente continuo
- Do you go on holiday by plane sometimes? (you/go)
- Do they play computer games every day? (they/play)
- Is she eating dinner at the moment? (she/eat)
- What are they doing right now? (they/do)
- Does she visit her grandma very often? (she/visit)
Ejercicio 4: Práctica mixta con Jenny
- Look! Jenny is going to school. (go)
- On her back, Jenny carries her school bag. (carry)
- The school bag is very heavy. (be)
- Normally, Jenny wears black shoes, but today she is wearing red wellies. (wear)
- And look, she is wearing a raincoat because it is raining outside. (wear / rain)
- Jenny doesn't want to get wet. (not/want)
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
Comparative form of the adjectives given
- Trains are slower than aeroplanes. (slow)
- I bought the most expensive souvenir I could afford. (expensive)
- Ann is the youngest child in the family. (young)
- That TV set is the cheapest of all. (cheap)
- You are safer here than there. (safe)
- Fifi is prettier than Diana. (pretty)
- This is the most exciting film I have ever seen. (exciting)
- Tim is more talented than Peter. (talented)
- This armchair is more comfortable than the old one. (comfortable)
Formas del adjetivo
- Adjective: easy
- Comparative: easier than
- Superlative: the easiest
Any y Some
- Any: contables (countable nouns)
- Some: incontables (uncountable nouns)
Vocabulario
Restaurante y bebidas
- Set the table: poner la mesa
- Ashtray: cenicero
- Napkin: servilleta
- Sparkling wine: vino espumoso
- Still water: agua sin gas
- Dry wine: vino seco
- Sherry: jerez
- The bill: la cuenta
- Coaster: posavasos
- Soft drinks: refrescos
- Flute: copa
- Mug: jarra
Cocina y preparación
- How about: ¿qué te parece?
- Celery: apio
- Dash: chorro
- Strain: colar
- Zest: rayadura
- Mixture: mezclar
- Season: sazonar
- Until: hasta
- Chilled: helada
- Pour: echar
- Fill: llenar
- Shake: agitar
- Garnish: decorar
- Stir: remover
- Dry: seco
Alimentos
- Poultry: aves
- Dairy products: productos lácteos
- Trout: trucha
- Mussels: mejillones
- Prawn: gambas
- Scallop: vieiras
- Parsley: perejil