This document provides information and instructions for an English learning workshop. It includes exercises to practice the present simple and present continuous tenses through activities like filling in blanks, choosing the correct tense, and completing sentences and stories. Students are asked to identify grammar elements in sentences and apply different tenses like present, past and modal "can" in various contexts to improve their understanding of written English texts.

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PROCESO: GESTION DE LA FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL INTEGRAL
INTRODUCCIÓN: La lectura es el camino para ampliar el conocimiento, aplique diferentes
estrategias de lectura en inglés para lograr un mejor nivel de comprensión.
Lo invito a leer con atención cada una de ellas a través de diferentes escritos: cartas, e-mails etc.
Y desarrolle cada uno de los ejercicios dados.
ACTIVITY No. 1 REVIEW PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
Organize the sentence in present simple (habits )
INFORMACIÓN GENERAL
TEMA DEL TALLER: PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
Estimado aprendiz, el presente taller le brinda un espacio donde usted:
Realizará una práctica oral y escrita sobre los tiempos gramaticales presente simple y continuo
en un contexto dado.
PROGRAMA DE FORMACIÓN: INGLÉS BÁSICO 1
RESULTADO DE APRENDIZAJE:
• Comprender la idea principal en avisos y
mensajes breves, claros y sencillos en inglés
técnico.
• Encontrar vocabulario y expresiones de
inglés técnico en anuncios, folletos, páginas
web, etc.
COMPETENCIA:
Comprender textos en inglés en forma escrita y
auditiva
ACTIVIDAD DE APRENDIZAJE:
Identificar tiempos y elementos gramaticales en la oración y comprender la idea principal y el
mensaje en diferentes textos.
Aplicar el tiempo presente, pasado y el modal Can/can't en las diferentes formas gramaticales
para comprender textos escritos en inglés.
TECNICA DIDACTICA:
Actividad de escucha, guion de práctica.
Dinámicas de grupo sobre presentación personal.
Ejercicios de afianzamiento de acuerdo a la gramática inglesa trabajada.
Actividad de profundización mediante videos.
Escuchar monólogos, conversaciones, canciones, poemas, trabalenguas para mejorar
pronunciación y fluidez verbal.
NOMBRE DEL INSTRUCTOR- TUTOR: AZUCENA BARAJAS
FECHA DE APLICACIÓN: 06 Julio a 10 de Agosto 2015
DESCRIPCION DEL TALLER
OBJETIVO:
Aplicar diferentes formas gramaticales en ejercicios senillos y un contexto cotidiano.

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1. Never/ she / read / a / book
2. go / the disco / to / we / Saturday/ on
3. my / play / brother / basketball
4. she/ study/ every / day
5. father/ sometimes / my / car / the/ fix
2. Write the sentences in negative (present simple) way. Use don’t or doesn’t
1. I go to school every day.
2. Laura is very tired.
3. Hugh has breakfast at seven.
4. I read a lot of books.
5. The children like ice cream.
3. Write the sentences into questions ( Use Do or Does )
1. You live in London.
2. She usually watches the movie with her mom.
3. Peter goes to school every day.
4. Your mother lives in Houston.
5. you usually go to the theatre
ACTIVITY 2: PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS - EXERCISES
Complete sentences and do the exercises according to the correct gramatical tense.
Present Progressive or Continuous
Grammar
Present Continuous
The Present Continuous is used for actions that are happening around the present time. For
example, "I am studying English" means that I am in the process of studying English now. The
Present Continuous is formed by adding the verb "to be" and the -ing form

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Grammar Exercises
Complete the sentences with the correct conjugation in present continuous.
Example: He is eating an apple. (eat)
1. She_______________________ a book. (read)
2. What _______________________? (she / do)
3. I _________________________a letter. (write)
4. The sun ____________________ (shine)
5. The children _____________in the park. (run)
6. We ______________ breakfast. (eat)
7. He ___________________ to work today. (not / come)
8. How _______________________? (you / do)
9. How's the weather? It ___________________ (rain)
10. You __________________English.( speak)
Escoja la opción correcta de acuerdo al manejo del tiempo grammatical presente simple o continuo
When to use which tense?
1. For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use .
2. For actions happening now, we use .
3. The verbs 'be', 'have', 'like' and 'want' are normally only used in .
4. The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use .
5. The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use .
Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. Look! They (leave) the house.
2. Brian (cycle) 30 km every day.
3. Samantha (do) her homework at the moment.

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4. My parents (shop) right now.
5. He usually (get up) early in the morning.
Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. You (see / not) her every day.
2. The baby (sleep / not) at the moment.
3. The baby (sleep / not) at the moment.
4. I (read / not) a book now.
5. We (go / not) to school on Sundays.
6. He (watch / not) the news every day.
Questions
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. (you / go) on holiday by plane sometimes?
2. (they / play) computer games every day?
3. (she / eat) dinner at the moment?
4. What (they / do) right now?
5. (she / visit) her grandma very often?
Complete the story 1 . Use Simple Present OR Present Progressive.
It (be) early in the morning. Sally (get) out of bed, (open) the window
and (go) into the bathroom.
Then she (have) breakfast. After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle) to school.

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After school, she (go) back home. She usually (eat) her lunch at home.
In the afternoons, she first (do) her homework and then she (meet) her friends in
the park. What (do / she) now?
She (play) the guitar. Her friends (listen)
and some of them (sing) along.
ACTIVITY 3: CONVERSATIONS AND VOCABULARY – PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS
Encontrar vocabulario y expresiones de inglés técnico en conversaciones o anuncios.
ACTIVITY 2: PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS TENSES
Complete the dialogue using the Past Simple tense.
Robert: Hi Alice, what __________ you __________ (do) last weekend?
Alice: I __________ (do) a lot of things. On Saturday, I __________ (go) shopping.
Robert: What __________ you __________ (buy)?
Alice: I __________ (buy) some new clothes. I also __________ (play) tennis.
Robert: Who __________ you __________ (play)?
Alice: I __________ (play) Tom.
Robert: __________ you __________(win)?
Alice: Of course I __________ (win)!
Robert: What __________ you __________ (do) after your tennis match.
Alice: Well, I __________ (go) home and __________ (take) a shower and then __________ (go)
out.
Robert: __________ you __________ (eat) in a restaurant?
Alice: Yes, my friend Jacky and I __________ (eat) at 'The Good Fork'
Robert: __________ you __________ (enjoy) your dinner?
Alice: Yes, we __________ (enjoy) our dinner very much thank you. We also __________ (drink)
some wonderful wine!
Robert: Unfortunately, I __________ __________ (go – NEGATIVE) out this weekend. I

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__________ __________ (eat – NEGATIVE) in a restaurant and I __________ __________ (play –
NEGATIVE) tennis. Alice: What __________ you __________ (do)?
Robert: I __________ (stay) home and __________ (study) for my test!
Alice: Poor you!
2. WAS or WERE? READ THE SENTENCE AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. A man ___ walking his dog. 2. A lot of people ___ shopping.
a. was a. was
b. were b. were
3. Tom and Sarah ___ watching television. 4. Two teenage boys ___ fighting.
a. was a. was
b. were b. were
5. Sally ___ jogging with her friend this morning. 6. Another man ___ watching her.
a. was a. was
b. were b. were
7. The students ___ using the computer lab. 8. The young newly weds __ sleeping.
a. was a. was
b. were b. were
3. Fill in the blanks with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs.
A: Hi, Mary. I ________________ (see/neg.) you at school last Monday.
B: Hello, Bob. I ________________ (come/neg.) on Monday. I wasn't ________________ (feel) well,
so I ________________ (decide) to go to the doctor.
A: Oh! ________________ (be) it serious?
B: No, the doctor ________________ (examine) me and ________________ (tell) me I
________________ (have) the flu. He ________________ (prescribe) some medicine and
________________ (tell) me to go home and rest.
A: _________ you ________ (stay) home all day last Monday?
B: No, only in the morning. I ________________ (have) to work in the afternoon, and guess what?
A: What?
B: When a friend ________________ (drive) me home, he ________________ (crash) his car. He
________________ (see/neg.) the red light.

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A: _________ anyone _________ (get) hurt?
B: Thank God, nobody ________________ (do).
A: I'm happy to hear that. Well, Mary, I have to rush now. While I ________________ (listen) to
your story, I ________________ (remember) that my wife ________________ (ask) me to go to the
mechanic to get our car. See you later. Take care.
A Lovely Day Story.
Chose the correct word and complete the story.
go sunny sit have drive go be be talk stop
Yesterday (1)___________ a lovely day. I (2)___________ on a picnic with my family. We
(3)___________ to Oatly Park. The weather was warm and (4)___________. We (5)___________ on
the grass under a tree and (6)___________ a delicious lunch. It was very pleasant.
After lunch, we (7)___________ for a walk around the park and (8)___________. On the way home
we (9)___________ at a cafe for afternoon tea. It (10)___________ delicious, too. We had a very
nice day.
DESARROLLO DE LA ACTIVIDAD
Actividad 3: STORIES.
Aplique los conocimientos adquiridos realizando los ejercicios de profundización y practíquelos con
sus compañeros.
Procedimiento:
1. In pairs, organize the sequence of events about what the two wizards did last night.
a.____ Marlon met a witch
b.____ Bumblebee thought the party has been cancelled
c.____ Marlon went to cast spells with the other wizards.
d.__1__ Marlon went to the party
e.____ Bumblebee arrived at the party.
f. ____ At the same time, Bumblebee was preparing potions.
g. ____ Marlon transformed his broom into a Harley Davidson.
2. Match the columns to complete the sentences
1._1___ Before I met David, a. something strange happened to me.
2.____ When I was 14 years old, b. they had already started.
3.____ When I met Charlie, c. when I heard a loud noise.
4.____ When I arrived at school. D. I had always had bad luck with love.

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5.____ I was studying e. he was working for a newspaper.
3. Complete the following sentences according to the grammatical tenses.
a. Last night I ___________________________________________________ ( simple past)
b. I couldn’t study because I ___________________________________________ ( past progressive)
c. Before I came to school, all my friends __________________________________ ( past perfect)
d. Yesterday while I ___________________, ____________________ ( past progressive, simple
past)
e. Last Saturday I ___________________________________ simple past.
4. Read and organize the following fable. Pay special attention to the connectors and the verb
tenses.
_____then, she thought that she could sell the eggs and she would get a lot of money.
_____ As she thought this, she tossed her head back, the bucket fell of, and all the milk, along with
her
dreams, was gone.
_____ First, she would buy some hens from Farmer Brown, and the hens would lay eggs every
morning.
_____ At this point, she imagined that the woman of the village would be so jealous of her new
clothes
That she would just toss her head at them.
_____ Once upon a time there was a maid who lived in the countryside. She had a small piece of
land
Where she had a cow that had started to give good milk.
_____ While she was on her way, she began to think what she would do with the money she would
get
for the milk.
_____ As soon as she had the money, she would buy herself a new dress and a hat.
_____ Once she got a bucked of milk from the cow, she put it on her head and decided to take it to
the market.
ACTIVITY 4: MODAL CAN / CAN’T
Para expresar las habilidades, permisos, petición o posibilidad en inglés utilizamos el modal Can
(affirmative) and can´t, cannot or can not) to express the sentence in negative form.
Analice el concepto y los siguientes ejemplos:
"Can" is one of the most commonly used modal verbs in English. It can be used to express ability or
opportunity, to request or offer permission, and to show possibility or impossibility.
Examples:
• I can ride a horse. ABILITY
• She cannot stay out after 10 PM. PERMISSION

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• Can you lend me your notebook? REQUEST (PETICIÓN)
• Any child can grow up to be president. POSSIBILITY
Complete the chart about your facts
ABILITY PERMISSION REQUEST
(PETICIÓN)
POSSIBILITY

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• Can you lend me your notebook? REQUEST (PETICIÓN)
• Any child can grow up to be president. POSSIBILITY
Complete the chart about your facts
ABILITY PERMISSION REQUEST
(PETICIÓN)
POSSIBILITY