En el anterior taller estudiamos un poco el presente simple. En este espacio vamos a estudiar el presente continuo (present continuous). Observa lo siguiente.

En los anteriores ejemplos miramos que las personas están haciendo las acciones ahora mismo. ¿Qué está el señor haciendo? Él está comiendo. ¿Cuándo? Ahora, ya. La estructura (I´m, she´s, he´s) ya la conoces y la entenderemos como estar (be), mírala: I am = I´m = yo estoy. We are = We´re = nosotros estamos. She is = She´s = ella está. You are = You’re = usted está. He is = He’s = él está. They are = They´re = ellos/ellas están.

1. Translate the following. (traduce lo siguiente) a) I´m writing an e-mail to Tomas.

_______________________________________b) She´s reading a science book.

_______________________________________c) We´re visiting our friends.

_______________________________________d) They’re listening to music at home.

_______________________________________e) He’s vacuuming the floor.

_______________________________________f) You’re learning (aprender) English now.

______________________________________

Para negar frases como las anteriores basta colocar not después del verbo. I am not doing (hacer) homework. She’s not walking the dog. We’re not catching the bus.

2. Write the sentences in negative.a) They are mopping the floor.

_______________________________________b) She is taking photo.

_______________________________________c) We are learning French.

_______________________________________d) I’m going to school.

_______________________________________e) He’s having a big breakfast.

_______________________________________f) You are playing video games.

_______________________________________

Para hacer una pregunta solo colocas el verbo (am, is, are) delante del pronombre. Are you playing board games? Is she dancing? Are they mowing the lawn? Ahora bien esta clase de preguntas se responden de la siguiente manera. Are you studying English? = Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. Is she mopping the floor now? = Yes, she is. / No, she is not. Is Carlos playing chess? Yes, he is. / No he´s not.

3. Make the following sentences into questions, then answer them, both negative (not) and positive (yes)a) She’s having breakfast.

_______________________________________?b) Maria is playing tennis.

_______________________________________?c) John and David are going to the zoo.

_______________________________________?d) Luisa is taking out the rubbish.

_______________________________________?e) Sandra is doing the shopping.

_______________________________________?f) My mother is dusting the furniture.

_______________________________________?g) Carlos is meeting some friends at the university.

_______________________________________?h) We’re catching the bus to school.

_______________________________________?i) My father is reading the newspaper.

_______________________________________?j) My brothers are going to Calamar.

_______________________________________?k) They’re watching a film. (movie)

_______________________________________?l) You’re taking (tomar) photos.

_______________________________________?4. Look at the picture and say what they are doing.

a) b) c)

d) e) f)

a) _______________________________________b) _______________________________________c) _______________________________________d) _______________________________________e) _______________________________________f) _______________________________________

5. Read the text about the Wallace family, and then answer the questions bellow.

The Wallace Family.

It´s Sunday morning and the Wallace are at home. They are Fred and Susan Wallace. They have two children, Sam and Michelle. Fred works for a local computer factory and Susan is a journalist, but she’s not working at the moment. She has to take care of the children. Sam and Michelle are both student. Fred always goes to work early, but today he’s vacuuming the lawn while (mientras) Susan is cooking. Every day Sam goes to school, but today he is helping his mother with the cleaning up. Michelle the 7 years old girl is watching TV.

Él está comiendo. Ellos están pescando. Ellos están corriendo

a) Who are the members of the Wallace family?___________________________________________

b) How many children do Fred and Susan have?___________________________________________

c) Where does Fred work?___________________________________________

d) Is he working today Sunday?___________________________________________

e) What is he doing?___________________________________________

f) What’s Susan doing?___________________________________________

g) Does Sam go to school every day?___________________________________________

h) What’s Sam doing today?___________________________________________

En el anterior ejercicio observamos palabras como who (¿quién?), what (¿qué?), where (¿dónde?) y how (¿cómo?). A estas palabras se le llaman en Ingles W-H quetion words o palabras interrogativas, en español. Hace parte también de este grupo la palabra why (¿por qué?), la cual es especial porque siempre debe responderse con because (porque). Por ejemplo: why are you cooking now? (¿por qué estas cocinando ahora?). Because I am hungry. (Porque tengo hambre)

6. Answer the following questions about you. Use true information.a) Who are the members of your family?

_______________________________________b) Where do you study?

_______________________________________c) What do you usually do at weekend?

_______________________________________d) How are you today?

_______________________________________e) What’s your name?

_______________________________________f) How many brothers or sister do you have?

_______________________________________g) Do you live with your parents?

_______________________________________

7. Try to make the questions to the following answers.a) My name’s Sam. _________________________b) I live in La Libertad. _______________________c) I study at INELIB. _________________________d) I have three brothers and one sister.

_______________________________________e) I’m fine, thanks. __________________________f) I’m fifteen years old. ______________________g) I’m listening to music _____________________h) Because I want (querer) to learn more?

_______________________________________

En este momento vale la pena hacer cierta aclaración con respecto al presente continuo. Todos los verbos que terminan en ‘e’ se les quita y se agrega ‘ing’ excepto see (ver)

8. Translate to Spanish the verbs above and then make a sentence with everyone in both present simple and present continuous.a) _________________________________________

_________________________________________b) _________________________________________

_________________________________________c) _________________________________________

_________________________________________d) _________________________________________

_________________________________________e) _________________________________________

_________________________________________f) _________________________________________

_________________________________________

Hasta este punto hemos visto lo básico de este tema, ahora bien a partir de este momento vamos a estudiar cómo se utiliza el presente progresivo para dar una idea o un significado de futuro cuando lo utilizamos. Este es en si el tema de la unidad 1. Estudia lo siguiente.

It’s (es) Tuesday and I’m playing soccer this Saturday. Next (la proxima) week I’m going to San Jose. She is visiting her parents at weekend. You are catching the bus in five hours (horas). They’re buying (comprar) a new car this weekend. He’s taking a quiz in the afternoom.

Como puedes ver las acciones anteriores no están ocurriendo ahora mismo, sino que van a ocurrir dentro de poco, en un futuro. Por esta razón las anteriores frases deben traducirse de esta forma.

Es martes y yo voy a jugar futbol este sábado. (incorrecto = y yo estoy jugando futbol…….)

La próxima semana yo voy para San José. Ella va a visitar a sus padres el fin de semana. Tú vas a tomar el bus in cinco horas. Ellos van a comprar un carro nuevo este fin de

semana. Él va a tomar (hacer) una prueba (examen) por la

tarde.

9. Write in the brackets the correct meaning of each sentence. Present continuous (p c) or future meaning (f m)a) I’m visiting my brother next week. ( )b) Claudia is having breakfast now. ( )c) My friends are going to Bogotá in the in the

evening. ( )d) They’re leaving (dejar, salir) on Friday. ( )e) My mother is doing the shopping. ( )f) He is taking the bus. ( )g) The nurse is not wearing the uniform. ( )h) Next week I’m working 6 to 4. ( )i) Charlie and I are meeting at 10 o’clock this

evening. ( )j) We’re having a party on Saturday. ( )k) Is Ann having a barbecue this weekend? ( )

Dance = dancing; take = taking; make = making; have = having; smoke = smoking; live = living

10. Answer the question according to the pictures. Use the following verbs: Fish, run, eat, hold, dance, ride.

11. Answer each question according to the pictures.

12. What type of person are you? Do the quiz to find out (encontrar) the answer. Choose (escojer) B, A or C.

1. A classmate is having a party on Saturday. What are you going to do?a) You are going to stay in. (at home) there is a great

(genial) film on TV.b) You are going to go, but you’re not crazy about

the idea.c) You are definitely going to go. You can’t wait.

2. You are going to a wedding (boda), and you don’t know (conocer) many people. How do you feel? (sentirse)a) Horrible. You really don’t want to go.b) A bit nervous, but you are going to try (tartar) to

be sociable.c) Great, you love meeting new people.

3. Your parents are going away (salir) this weekend. What are you going to do?a) You are going to rent DVD´s and relax at home.b) You are going to invite a few (pocos) close

(cercanos) friends. You are having a barbecue.c) You are going dancing with friends.

4. Your friend calls (llamar) to invite you out for a coffee. What are you going to do?a) You are not moving. (moverse, mudarse,) You

really don’t want to go out.b) You are inviting your friend to come (venir) home.

You can have a coffee at home.c) You are going to go. The night is young (joven).

Tus puntos. Si la mayoría fue A significa que eres un poco apático a las amistades. Comparte tus momentos en compañía. Si la mayoría fue B, quiere decir que eres amigable y popular, pero a veces solo quieres estar en casa. Bien por ti, no siempre tienes que salir para divertirte. Si la mayoría fue C eres el alma de la fiesta y el mejor amigo de todos. Solo se un poco cuidadoso en no sobre excederte. Por qué no relajarse en casa por un rato.

13. Read the following e-mail from Sandra to her friend Santiago. Then answer the questions bellow.

Hi Santiago!

Great to hear from you. Guess what (adivina que) I have a summer job. I’m working at Magic World. It’s a park in Bogota. It’s amazing!

In the morning, I usually greet (saludar) visitors at the main (principal) entrance. I answer their questions, show (mostrar) them where to buy (comprar) their tickets and give (dar) them a map of the park. In the afternoon, I help in one of the gift (regalo) shops inside the park. We are always busy, so I get very tired.

a) What does Sandra do in the morning?___________________________________________

b) Does she show where to buy tickets?___________________________________________

c) What does she do in the afternoon?___________________________________________

d) Is she always busy?___________________________________________

e) Would you like to work in a park?___________________________________________

He is eating

f) Where would you like to work?________________________________________

g) What would you like to do?_________________________________________

h) When would you like to work? In the morning, in the afternoon or in the evening?________________________________________

Estudiado un poco el presente progresivo tanto para describir situaciones que estén pasando ahora como también describir situaciones que van a ocurrir en el futuro, seguimos ahora a estudiar el going to que también se utiliza para expresar futuro. Estudia los siguientes casos.

a) She is going to go to Canada next year.b) I am going to be (ser) a lawyer.c) My father is going to study German.d) They are going to work for a new company.e) We are going to buy a car.f) You are going to finish school.

Como puedes ver todas las frases anteriores expresan una idea de futuro. Todas ellas utilizan el verbo (be = am, is are) dependiendo de la persona, y la expresión going to; después de esta expresión siempre viene un verbo en infinitivo. Ahora bien la primera frase seria: ella va a ir a Canadá el próximo año.

14. Traduce al español las anteriores frases.a) ________________________________________b) ________________________________________c) ________________________________________d) ________________________________________e) ________________________________________f) ________________________________________

15. Organize the phrases.a) Is/to/she/going/play/basketball

_______________________________________b) Work/we/to/going/are/year/next

_______________________________________c) Going/I/study/French/am/to

_______________________________________d) a/are/watch/movie/they/going/to

_______________________________________e) you/to/are/going/listen/music/to

_______________________________________f) to/going/he/take/is/an exam

_______________________________________16. Translate to English.

a. Yo voy a trabajar in Bogotá el próximo año._________________________________________

b. Nosotros vamos a ver tv esta noche._________________________________________

c. Él va a jugar futbol este fin de semana._________________________________________

d. Yo voy a estudiar a la biblioteca mañana._________________________________________

e. Ella va a pintar la casa el próximo mes._________________________________________

f. Mi hermano va a estudiar en San José este año._________________________________________

g. Ellos van a estar en Londres en un año. _________________________________________

Para hacer una pregunta utilizando going to basta con colocar am, is, are al comienzo de la frase al igual que en el presente progresivo y se responde también igual. For example:

Are they going to play tennis? Yes, they are/ No, they are not.

17. Make question and answer them.

a) She is going to visit Paris next year.______________________________?______________b) Camilo is going to work in Russia in two years.____________________________________?________c) I’m going to buy a house near the sea.___________________________________?_________d) My father is going to paint (pintar) the house._______________________________________?_____

e) Christine and Caroline are going to rent a flat._______________________________________?_____f) He is going to have a barbecue on Saturday.______________________________________?______g) We are going to go to Villao next week.___________________________________?_________

Ya conoces entonces como se forma el presente simple (I seldom visit my parents on saturday) y dos maneras de formar o hablar en futuro (I am visiting my parents on Saturday) (I am going to visit my parents on Saturday). Para terminar con este tema solo falta explicar el uso de (will) que es un auxiliar para construir el futuro también. Solo se coloca después del pronombre o sujeto, mira.

I will work in Bogotá in four years.(Yo trabajaré en Bogotá en cuatro años)

In the future she will be rich.(En el futuro ella será rica)

In the future, people will use smarter phone.(En el futuro, las personas usaran teléfonos más inteligentes)

They will study English.(Ellos estudiaran ingles)

We will not work in five years.(Nosotros no trabajaremos en cinco años)

18. Translate to English.a) Yo iré a San José en tres semanas.

_______________________________________b) Ella visitará Italia en cinco años.

_______________________________________c) En el futuro no usaremos carros.

_______________________________________d) Ellos estudiaran en Londres este año.

_______________________________________e) Mi hermano ganará un carro en la lotería.

_______________________________________

Ahora para hacer una pregunta solo se coloca will al principio de la frase u oración. Mira cómo se pregunta y se responde.

Will you study in Bogotá? Yes, I will/No, I will not (won’t) Will your mother go to Paris? Yes, she will/No, she won’t Will they do the shopping? Yes, they will/No they won´t

19. Organize so that you can make questions.a) You/go/to/Cartagena/will

________________________________________?b) I/study/French/will/in five years

________________________________________?c) Will/be/they/rich

________________________________________?d) We/work/company/will/in/a

________________________________________?e) My father/will/shopping/do/the

________________________________________?f) Next/he/year/will/buy/a car

________________________________________?

20. Answer the questions above.a) ________________________________b) ________________________________c) ________________________________d) ________________________________e) ________________________________f) ________________________________

21. Find the following expression.

S N D G G A U N I O L B EN E X T B W E E K O G K EA X A N C V B X J A A S DT H I S A S A T U R D A YD S A G O I N G G T O S DW Y E R R R T M F D D F SE E W T E H D O D G F W HJ A I D A M G N S S E EE R A H Y E H T K I G J KK E E W F S I H T L K A ID I N F T W O E Y E A R SN E X T J Y E A R H I E U

22. Find the following verbs. Then make sentences in future tense with each verb.

a) ___________________________________________b) ___________________________________________c) ___________________________________________d) ___________________________________________e) ___________________________________________f) ___________________________________________g) ___________________________________________h) ___________________________________________i) ___________________________________________j) ___________________________________________k) ___________________________________________l) ___________________________________________m) ___________________________________________n) ___________________________________________

23. Here are some activities people do at weekend. Match column A with column B

A BGoing

RelaxingGoing

CookingRentingGoing

VisitingEatingHavingGoing

For friendsCamping

DVD’sAt home

OutDancing

A barbecuerelatives

To the cinemaSwimming

24. Now complete according to the exercise above.a) I´m __ going_ _ swimming this weekend.b) She´s ____________ a barbecue next week.c) We’re ____________ DVD’s on Saturday.d) They’re ___________ camping this Sunday.e) My brother is __________ at home at weekend.f) I’m ____________ to the cinema next Friday.g) She’s ___________ dancing with some friends.h) We’re ____________ out in a new restaurant

tonight.i) You’re ____________ relatives on Thursday.j) Jim is ____________ for his friends tonight.

25. Here are some activities that we usually do. Put them according to the table.

Indoors activities Outdoors activities

Watching TV Going to the park

Next year, next week, next month, this Saturday, this week, in two years, going to, I am, she is, he is, they are, we are

Study, work, buy, play, cook, take, visit, come, go, be, watch, listen, finish, like, do,

Going to the park, watching TV, go shopping, walking the dog, going to the cinema, visiting relatives, going sightseeing, going to the beach, cooking for friends, go dancing, watching a movie, visiting friends,

A C D F A S D F A S D F F FE O H G O F S E C F E B V GR O H I G G A K V I S I T KT K D U J V S I D N L K O JE E N E T S I L S I J J I HE F C U G X A A A S M H U KD B D S T U D Y D H P L A YF U H U K R O W S D N Z E HH Y H Y J Y I U O U I B S GR E T Y E T Y E G D O G A KG T A K E S D F C O M E D HS D F G F S F G Y E T F E JG D H W A T C H Y Y E E S KE S A C V B G U I U O E E B

26. Read the following article. Then do the points below.

a) List as many words as possible related to school.

b) Write true (t) or false (f) according to the text.a) Students go to school every day. ( )b) Teachers visit students every week. ( )c) School don´t give students the books. ( )d) Parents don´t help students. ( )e) Schools are near homes. ( )f) The bus takes the students to school. ( )g) Students don´t send emails to teachers ( )

c) Answer the questions below.

a) Would you like to study in a school like this?____________________________________

b) Is your school far from your home?____________________________________

c) Do you go to school every day?____________________________________

d) Do you send email?____________________________________

e) Do your parents help you with homework?____________________________________

d) Make a sentence with the following words.

a) Away from: my house is away from San José. _________________________

b) Live: __________________________________________________________________

c) Often: __________________________________________________________________

d) Many children: ___________________________________________________________

e) Different: _______________________________________________________________

f) It is: ____________________________________________________________________

g) Because: ________________________________________________________________

h) Students: _______________________________________________________________

i) Have to: _______________________________________________________________

j) With: __________________________________________________________________

k) Each: ___________________________________________________________________

l) About: __________________________________________________________________

m) Also: ___________________________________________________________________

n) Send: __________________________________________________________________

o) Prepare: ________________________________________________________________

p) Help: ___________________________________________________________________

q) Visit: ___________________________________________________________________Name: ______________________________Date: _____________- Grade: ___________