Present Simple (2) Usos El Present Simple se usa para: 1. Acciones habituales o que se repiten regularmente. On Mondays, the shops open at 9 o’clock and close at 5,30. We play a lot of different sports in our free time. 2. Hablar de nuestros sentimientos y pensamientos (con los verbos “de estado”) Amy loves football. I don’t understand it. Can you repeat, please? Cuando hablamos de acciones habituales, el verbo suele ir acompañado de los adverbios de frecuencia. 0% 5% 10% 30% 70% 80% 90% 100% never hardly ever rarely sometimes often normally usually always Los adverbios de frecuencia se colocan detrás del verbo be, pero delante de cualquier otro verbo. I am always hungry. We hardly ever go to the theatre. Becky usually drives to work. Existen otras expresiones de frecuencia más largas, que se colocan al final de la frase: Every … day They have English classes three Once a … week times a week. Twice a … month Three times a … year Página 1 I drink coffee for breakfast every day. © Gonzalo Orozco Ejercicio 1 Escribe frases en present simple describiendo las cosas que le gustan a Angela. like science-fiction her job 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. love tennis chocolate don’t like big cities parties hate coffee rap music ____Angela likes science-fiction.___________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Ejercicio 2 Completa las oraciones usando la forma correcta del present simple de los verbos del recuadro. do 1. 2. 3. 4. eat not have not like meet not open teach She __________________ English music, she prefers flamenco. Mr. Burton __________________ Art in 4A and 4B. Many students __________________ a shower after PE classes. Rebecca __________________ a lot of fruit and vegetables. 5. Most shops in Spain __________________ on Sundays. 6. Joe usually __________________ his friends in the skate-park. 7. I usually __________________ the shopping on Friday afternoon. © Gonzalo Orozco Página 1. always / early / I / arrive __________________________________________ 2. eat / Chinese food/ often / Alex and Javi __________________________________________ 3. every morning / coffee / she / drinks __________________________________________ 2 Ejercicio 3 Ordena las palabras para formar oraciones. 4. dinner / always / at 9 / we / always __________________________________________ 5. Fiona / twice a year / to Liverpool / flies __________________________________________ 6. to work / Andrew / by bus / usually / goes __________________________________________ 7. watch TV / never / in the afternoon / we __________________________________________ Ejercicio 4 Identifica y corrige los errores en estas frases. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chemistry likes to Ana. They always are late. We don’t eat fish usually. Do he work in a shop? Me like Camela a lot. ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Ejercicio 5 Traduce al inglés estas oraciones. 1. A veces voy al centro1 con mis amigos. ________________________________________________________ 2. Normalmente Ana se levanta a las 7, desayuna y se va al trabajo. ________________________________________________________ 3. A Carlos le gusta la múcica clásica. ________________________________________________________ 4. El Museo Thyssen abre a las 10 y cierra a las 8. _____________________________________ _______________________________ 1 2 To town Hairdresser’s © Gonzalo Orozco Página 3 5. Mrs. Rose va a la peluquería2 una vez al mes. _____________________________________ _______________________________