Understanding Present Simple and Present Continuous

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PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINIUS

• PRESENT JIMPLE (Rutins)

POSITIVE
I/you/we/ They/work
Hel She/I/work

• I / you/ we / they/ dont work
NEGATI

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

El present simple lo usas para hablar de rutinas y cosas que haces habitualmente. Por ejemplo, "I work every day" (trabajo todos los días). Es como tu día a día normal.

En positivo es súper fácil: con I/you/we/they solo añades el verbo normal (work), pero con he/she/it tienes que añadir una 's' al final (works). Para el negativo, usas don't con I/you/we/they y doesn't con he/she/it.

Las preguntas empiezan con Do para I/you/we/they ("Do you work?") y Does para he/she/it ("Does she work?"). ¡Fíjate que cuando usas does, el verbo principal vuelve a su forma normal sin 's'!

El present continuous es diferente: lo usas para cosas que están pasando ahora mismo. Siempre lleva el verbo "to be" $am/is/are$ + verbo con -ing. Por ejemplo: "I am working now" (estoy trabajando ahora).

Truco clave: Si puedes añadir "right now" (ahora mismo) a tu frase, usa present continuous. Si hablas de algo que haces siempre, usa present simple.

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