Cual es la diferencia entre el Presente Simple y el Presente Continuo? Cual uso para hablar de la Rutina Diaria (Daily Routine)?

Hoy te daré una pequeña explicación y luego un ejemplo y ejercicio.

Si estamos hablando de algo EN GENERAL – la rutina diaria es un muy buen ejemplo – se utiliza el presente simple.

El Presente Simple, al contrario, es para cosas que van a pasar AHORA O PRONTO.

En el texto debajo el presente continuo se utiliza sólo una vez (“Tomorrow for example, we’re going to a Rolling Stones concert”) porque está hablando de algo que generalmente no ocurre ( ‘mañana’). Si necesita más ayuda con esto, haga clic aquí.

Como siempre, los adverbios de frecuencia son muy comunes cuando hablamos de las rutinas diarias. Estos son los más comunes. Haga doble clic sobre cualquier palabra para su significado y pronunciación:

Always
Usually
(very) Often
Sometimes
Occasionally
Hardly ever
Never

Lee el artículo y elige un verbo que corresponde. Las respuestas estan abajo.

My Daily Routine

I always (1) _____ up at about quarter past seven on weekdays – that’s Monday to Friday. First I (2) _____ a shower and then I (3) _____ dressed and have a quick breakfast, which is normally toast with marmalade and milky coffee.

I usually (4) _____ the train to work, but I sometimes drive if I have a meeting or if I need the car. I (5) _____ home at about eight o’clock and I (6) _____ to work at about twenty to or quarter to nine. I (7) _____ from nine o’clock to half past five, although I occasionally leave a bit earlier. I never work after six o’clock.

When I (8) _____ work I don’t always go home. Sometimes I (9) _____ friends in a pub and we (10) _____ a drink, or I (11) _____ in a restaurant with my girlfriend. She (12) _____ in London too, so I (13) _____ her very often.

On Saturday I hardly ever get up before ten o’clock. I usually relax and have an English breakfast late morning – bacon, eggs, sausages, fried bread and lots of cholesterol! In the afternoon, if West Ham have a match at home, my friend Dave calls me and we walk to the stadium. The match almost always (14) _____ at half past three. We never go home after the match – we stay and have a few drinks and then my girlfriend usually (15) _____ and we eat in a restaurant and then (16) _____ out together or with friends.

On Sunday I (17) _____ in bed until eleven o’clock or even later. I don’t often have plans for a Sunday, but if the weather’s nice we sometimes go down to Kent or to Brighton. If not, there are lots of things to do in London, and even if you live here, you don’t get bored. Tomorrow for example, we’re going to a Rolling Stones concert in Hyde Park!

What does my girlfriend (18) _____ ? She (19) _____ for a bank in the City. She says that she doesn’t (20) _____ her job very much because it’s very stressful, but she doesn’t want to leave at the moment because London is very expensive, and if you want to buy a house or flat you have to work hard. We want to stay in London because we are both from here, and all our friends (21) _____ here. It’s our city!

Estos son los verbos. Pudes repetir, y no tienes porque usarlos todos. Recuerda que en muchos casos tendrás que añadir el ‘-s’ o ‘-es’: