Empezad con este para calentar.
Y ahora...la diversión!!!
1. This is my house.
How long you (live) here?
I (live) here since 1970.
2. He (live) in London for two years and then (go) to Edinburgh.
3. Shakespeare (write) a lot of plays.
4. My brother (write) several plays. He just (finish) his second tragedy.
5. I (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.
6. He (not smoke) for two weeks. he is trying to give it up.
7. We (walk) ten kilometres.
8. We (walk) for three hours.
9. I (sleep) on every bed in this house and I don't like any of them.
10. The students (work) very well this term.
11. I (grease) my car. That's why my hands are so dirty.
12. He (teach) in this school for five years.
13. I (teach) hundreds of students but I never (meet) such a hopeless class as this.
14. Why you (be) so long in the garage?
The tyres were flat; I (pump) them up.
15. I (look) for mushrooms but I (not find) any.
16. I (try) to finish this letter for the last half-hour. I wish you'd go away or stop talking.
17. It (rain) for two hours and the ground is too wet to play on, so the match (be) postponed.
18. He (hope) for a rise in salary for six months but he (not dare) to ask for it yet.
19. Mr Smith, you (whisper) to the student on your right for the last five minutes. You (help) him with his exam or he (help) you?
20. Why you (make) such a horrible noise?
I (lose) my key and I (try) to wake my wife by throwing stones at her window.
You (throw) stones at the wrong window. You live next door.
Y aquí tenéis otro ejercicio más para practicar el uso del presente perfecto simple o del continuo.
Sólo hay una cosa más que tenéis que tener en cuenta y que, para mí, supone el segundo obstáculo a superar después de aprender a diferenciar cuándo utilizar presente simple o continuo: cuándo utilizar presente perfecto o pasado simple.
Recordad lo que pone en el libro de B1:
Aquí tenéis un test de nivel B1 para preparar la diferencia entre los dos tiempos verbales.
Y ahora, por supuesto, frases para elegir el tiempo verbal. Ya sabéis: o presente perfecto o pasado simple.
1. He just (go) out.
2. He (go) out ten minutes ago.
3. You (have) breakfast yet?
Yes, I (have) it at 8.00.
4. It (be) very cold this year. I wonder when it is going to get warmer.
5. You (be) here before?
Yes, I (spend) my holidays here last year.
You (have) a good time?
No, it never (stop) raining.
6. Where is Tom?
I (not see) him today, but he (tell) Mary that he'd be in for dinner.
7. Where you (find) this knife?
I (find) it in the garden.
8. I (lose) my black gloves. You (see) them anywhere?
No, I'm afraid I...When you last (wear) them?
I (wear) them at the theatre last night.
Perhaps you (leave) them at the theatre.
9. I (not know) that you (know) Mrs Pitt. How long you (know) her?
I (know) her for ten years.
10. You ever (try) to give up smoking?
Yes, I (try) last year, but then I (find) that I was getting fat so I (start) again.
11. Mary (feed) the cat?
Yes, she (feed) him before lunch.
What she (give) him?
She (give) him some fish.
12. I (not see) your aunt recently.
No, She (not be) out of her house since she (buy) her colour TV.
13. Where you (be)?
I (be) out in a yacht.
You (enjoy) it?
Yes, very much. We (take) part in a race.
You (win)?
No, we (come) in last.
14. How long that horrible monument (be) there?
It (be) there six months. Lots of people (write) to the Town Council asking them to take it away but so far nothing (be) done.
15. She (say) that she'd phone me this morning, but it is now 12.30 and she (not phone) yet.
16. How long you (be) out of work?
I'm not out of work now. I just (start) a new job.
How you (find) the job?
I (answer) an advertisement in the paper.
17. What are all those people looking at?
There (be) an accident.
You (see) what happened?
Yes, a motor cycle (run) into a lorry.
18. I (phone) you twice yesterday and (get) no answer.
19. Originally horses used in bull fights (not wear) any protection, but for some time now they (wear) special padding.
20. That house (be) empty for a year. But they just (take) down the 'For Sale' sign, so I suppose someone (buy) it.
Ahora vamos a por el tema 5...alguna vez tenía que llegar. 😉
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