Haga los cuatro ejercicios seguidos y sin mirar las soluciones. El cuarto es el importante: hablar de su vida en general y de su semana concreta en el mismo párrafo obliga a cambiar de tiempo verbal a media frase, y ahí es donde se ve si lo tiene o no.
1. Escuche la pista entera y anote qué hace normalmente cada persona y qué está haciendo esta semana.
- Andrea, normalmente
- Andrea, esta semana
- Larry, normalmente
- Larry, en este momento
- La jefa, hoy
- El equipo, este mes
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- She works in the office.
- She is working from home.
- He takes the train.
- He is driving.
- She is ignoring her email.
- They are finishing at eight.
2. Complete el texto con el presente simple o el continuo. Cuidado con los verbos de estado.
- Andrea ___ (work) for a small company in Cartago.
- At the moment she ___ (try) a new way of organising her day.
- She ___ (know) that her old system does not work.
- Every morning she ___ (turn) her phone off for ninety minutes.
- This week she ___ (not answer) any email before eleven.
- Her colleagues ___ (think) the idea is strange.
- But the results ___ (get) better every day.
- ___ (you / want) to try the same experiment?
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- works
- is trying
- knows
- turns
- isn't answering
- think
- are getting
- Do you want
3. Corrija la frase. Todas contienen el error típico de un hispanohablante en B1.
- I am not understanding this exercise.
- Lately I am working every Saturday.
- She is having two brothers in Brazil.
- I take forty minutes to arrive at the office.
- We are needing more time for this report.
- Actually I am working on two different projects.
Ver soluciones
- I don't understand this exercise.
- Lately I work every Saturday.
- She has two brothers in Brazil.
- It takes me forty minutes to get to the office.
- We need more time for this report.
- Currently I am working on two different projects.
4. Hable en voz alta durante un minuto sobre cada punto. Grábese y compruebe después si cambió de tiempo verbal donde debía.
- Describe a normal working day, from morning to evening
- Now describe what is different about this particular week
- Explain what you waste most of your time on, and why
- Say what is changing in your life at the moment
- Say three things you believe, know or want, without using the continuous
Ver soluciones
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera presente simple de principio a fin, porque describe la rutina. Marcadores esperables: usually, normally, every day.
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera presente continuo, porque es un periodo temporal. Marcadores esperables: this week, at the moment, these days.
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera la colocación «waste time on something» o «waste time doing something», nunca «lose time».
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera continuo con verbos de cambio: getting, becoming, improving, growing.
- Su propia respuesta. Es una trampa deliberada: los tres verbos son de estado, así que las tres frases van en presente simple.
