The document discusses the difference between the present continuous and simple present tenses in Spanish. The present continuous uses "estar + -ndo" and refers to temporary actions happening now, while the simple present uses the base verb form and refers to habitual or repeated actions. Examples are provided to illustrate using each tense to talk about what someone is doing now versus what they regularly do.

1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS &
SIMPLE PRESENT

2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS & SIMPLE
PRESENT
PRESENTE CONTINUO PRESENTE SIMPLE
• Acciones que se están ejecutando • Acciones que se ejecutan
en ese momento. cotidianamente.
• Be + Ving • Verbo en presente
• Time words: now, right now, • Time words: always, usually,
today every day
They are playing soccer right now.
(They’re playing soccer right now.) They play soccer every Saturday.
SATURDAY

3. PRESENTE CONTINUO PRESENTE SIMPLE
She is eating vegetables She usually eats
now. vegetables.
(She´s eating vegetables
MONDAY TUESDAY
now.)
FRIDAY SUNDAY

4. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHAT DO YOU DO EVERY
RIGHT NOW? FRIDAY?
I’m watching TV. I usually watch TV.
I am studying Math. I study Math.
I’m cleaning my bedroom. I always clean my bedroom.
WHAT IS HE WEARING WHAT DOES HE WEAR TO PLAY
TODAY? EVERY DAY?
He is wearing pants and a He always wears pants and a shirt.
shirt. He always wears plaid shorts.
He’s wearing a striped tie.

5. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWERS
• What do you usually do on weekends?
I visit my sister.
I am visiting my sister.
• What is Rose drinking now?
She’s drinking a soda.
She drinks a soda.
She drinking a soda.
• What does she usually do at 7:30?
She read a book.
She is reading a book.
She reads a book.
She is my mother.

6. • Gracias