Curso de Inglés Lección 15 Pag 6

1. Con la mayoría de los verbos, sólo hay que añadir 'ing'

Ej. watching, looking, wearing

2. Si el verbo termina con la letra 'e',se quita.

Ej: taketaking comecoming writewriting

3. Si el verbo tiene una sola sílaba y termina por consonante-vocal-consonante, hay que doblar la consonante final.

Ej. Runrunning Sitsitting Swimswimming

Change these sentences from present simple to present continuous. Use contractions and follow the example.
Cambia las siguientes frases de 'presente simple' a 'presente continuo'. Pon las contracciones y sigue el ejemplo.

Ej. I don't usually read books.
I'm reading 'Harry Potter' at the moment because I saw the film.

1. He usually plays football on Saturdays. football at the moment. 2. She usually drinks vodka. Now Martini. 3. They always shop at the supermarket. at the market at the moment. 4. I don’t drive to work. But today to work. 5. He never runs on the beach. But today on the beach. 6. You don’t usually have eggs for breakfast. Why you eggs for breakfast? 7. We usually speak Spanish at home. English because we want to practise. 8. I usually take my wife to work in the car. But today she the bus.	I am = I'm He is = he's She is = She's You are = you're We are = we're They are = they're
	I don't usually read books. I'm reading 'Harry Potter'...
	To shop = hacer la compra Beach = playa Eggs = huevos To practise = practicar The market = el mercado

Check. Listen and repeat

Usually...
¿Has observado que en los ejemplos anteriores, los adverbios de frecuencia (usually, always, never...) aparecen al principio de las frases?
La posición de los adverbios de frecuencia depende del verbo al que acompañen. Con verbos auxiliares y modales (have, can, be, etc) van detrás del verbo y con los demás verbos delante.

I have never visited him / Nunca he ido a visitarle.
We usually speak Spanish at home / Normalmente hablamos español en casa.

Los adverbios usually, sometimes, frequently, normally, often y occasionally pueden aparecer al principio de la frase para darle un mayor énfasis. En cambio, rarely, seldom y ever no suelen aparecer al principio de la frase. Always y never solo aparecen al principio cuando acompañan a un verbo en imperativo.

Estudia El Gerundio (verbos).

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