Habits and lifestyles

A Working life I try to have a good

I commute work-life balance: I I often go
WORKERS I make calls I write reports
to work four get a lot of exercise away at
to customers. for my boss.
days a week. and eat organic food. weekends.

male male male male male

healthy, busy
I drive to I check my emai- I don’t often I have meetings
work every ls first thing in have a with important I rarely have
morning. the morning. coffee break. customers. a day off!

female female female female female

stressed

B Student life I catch the I attend lectures In the evening I have a I want to get a
bus to go to three times a I revise for part-time job at scholarship for a year
STUDENTS college. week. exams. a bookshop. abroad at Harvard.

male male male male

I text
Lecturers set a classmates if I use social
I sometimes have lot of homework I have questions networking sites
I cycle to
to present projects and I do it in the when I’m doing to keep in touch
university.
to the class. evening. my homework. with friends.

C Retirement
I often meet
PENSIONERS I don’t exercise I sometimes I watch the friends to play
I lie in bed much: I only cut have a nap 6 o’clock cards, smoke
until 9 most the grass once a in the news every and drink
days. week. afternoon. evening. whisky.

bored, unhealthy,
sedentary
I do voluntary I sometimes
I do the I do exercise work for a After dinner eat out with
crossword every children’s I surf the friends at the
after breakfast. morning. charity. Internet. weekend.

relaxed, active
Present simple / Present continuous

A Present simple
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS

We don’t have Do you commute to work? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

I / you / we / they I cycle to work. breakfast at home. When do you start work?

Does he travel a lot? Yes, he does. /

He / she / it She gets up at six. He doesn’t drive. No, he doesn’t.
Where does she live?

• Recuerda las reglas ortográficas de la terminación -s (3ª persona de singular).

most verbs � -s -s, -sh, -ch, -x � -es -o � -es consonant + y � -ies
drink – drinks eat – eats kiss – kisses finish – finishes go – goes fly – flies try – tries
play – plays teach – teaches mix – mixes do – does

• Usamos el present simple para hablar de hábitos y rutinas que suceden continua o regularmente.
I work for a food company.
I play volleyball for the company team every Sunday morning.
• También usamos el present simple para hechos que son siempre ciertos
(“verdades universales”).
Oil floats on water. The Sun rises in the east. Water boils at
100º. The water is
• Expresiones de tiempo con el present simple: introducidas por boiling now. Put the
preposiciones (on Sunday, at 3 o’clock, in the morning), adverbios de spaghetti in.
frecuencia (always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, never…) y otras
expresiones de frecuencia (every day, twice a month, three times a year).
I go to the pub with my friends once a week. We usually meet on
Saturdays at about 9:00, and I’m never late.
Raymond and Lily meet every weekend, on Sunday afternoon.
They hardly ever park their car in the street in the evenings.
Recuerda: coloca los adverbios de frecuencia delante del verbo principal, pero detrás del verbo to be.

B Present continuous
AFFIRMATIVE
I’m having some coffee.
I / you / we / they
We’re doing homework.
He / she / it She’s listening to music.
NEGATIVE QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
I’m not feeling well. Are you going home? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
You aren’t listening. Why am I feeling so tired?
He isn’t talking. Is she waiting? Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t.

• Recuerda las reglas ortográficas de -ing según la terminación del infinitivo.

work – working cry – crying
la mayoría de verbos + -ing
do – doing
consonante + -e pierden la -e + -ing come – coming write – writing
una vocal acentuada + una consonante doblan la consonante + -ing get – getting prefer – preferring
-ie -ie cambia a -y + -ing lie – lying die – dying

• Con el present continuous hablamos de algo que está sucediendo en el momento de hablar (o en
los días en torno al momento de hablar) o de algo que se considera temporal, no habitual:
It’s raining now. He’s working very hard these days. He’s living in Cambridge this year.
• Expresiones de tiempo con el present continuous: (right) now, at the moment, these days, at the
present time.
What are you doing at the moment? – Right now I’m watching a series on TV. These days there
are good shows on.
• El present continuous no se suele utilizar con verbos sobre preferencias y sentimientos (like love
hate want prefer), pensamiento (know understand believe remember forget think [= have
an opinion]), sentidos (see hear) y otros (need).
Where does Tammy live? – I don’t know and Bill doesn’t remember the address.
Leslie loves fish. Can you cook it for her? – I’m sorry, I don’t see any fish in the fridge.
 Exercises

1 Completa los textos sobre Phil y Gladys con las expresiones de los recuadros.
have a good work-life balance has a meeting commute to work
has a coffee break goes away has Friday off makes calls checks his emails

Phil works for a company in Newcastle, 25 kilometres from where he lives, so he has to (1) ............
every day. When he gets to the office, he first (2) ............ . He answers the important ones.
Then he (3) ............ to customers. He usually (4) ............ with his boss as well. At 10 a.m., he
(5) ............ and can relax a little. After that, it’s back to work. He tries to (6) ............ so he sometimes
(7) ............ and (8) ............ for a long weekend with his wife.

does exercise does the crossword does voluntary work watches the news lie in bed eat out

Gladys is a pensioner. She retired five years ago. Now she can (9) ............ until ten in
the morning if she is tired. She likes to keep fit, so before breakfast she (10) ............ for
about thirty minutes. Then, after breakfast, she reads the newspaper and (11) ............ .
Some afternoons she (12) ............ : she helps at a charity for homeless people. She usually
(13) ............ on TV at 6:00 and then she and her husband sometimes (14) ............ in a local restaurant.

2 Mira los dibujos y completa el diálogo con ayuda de las expresiones.

1 2 3 4 5 6

Ivan: How does Maribel get to university?

Cynthia: (1) …………………………………………………….…………….…
attend Ivan: What does she do in the morning?
lectur
revise es Cynthia: (2) …………………………………………………….…………….…
for ex
cycle ams Ivan: Do her lecturers set any work to do every month?
use s Cynthia: (3) ……………………………………………………..…………….
ocial
sites netwo
rking Ivan: What does she do if she has questions about her homework?
prese
nt a p
roject
Cynthia: (4) ……………………………………………………..…………….
text a
classm Ivan: Why is she so busy in May?
ate
Cynthia: (5) ……………………………………………………..…………….
Ivan: Does she keep in touch with her friends and family?
Cynthia: (6) ……………………………………………………………………

3 Une los verbos (1-9) con las expresiones adecuadas (a-i).

... 1 drive ... 4 write ... 7 have a homework d a nap g out
... 2 eat ... 5 catch ... 8 surf b the grass e a report h a day off
... 3 have ... 6 do ... 9 cut c to work f the Internet i a bus

4 Describe tus actividades cotidianas usando las expresiones del ejercicio 3. Puedes usar
oraciones afirmativas o negativas.
1 Example: I never drive to work / I drive to work everyday / twice a week / on Fridays …
2 ....……………………........…………….........…… 6 ....……………........…………….........……
3 ....……………………........…………….........…… 7 ....……………........…………….........……
4 ....……………………........…………….........…… 8 ....……………........…………….........……
5 ....……………………........…………….........…… 9 ....……………........…………….........……
Exercises

1 Asocia preguntas y respuestas.

1 What does your family usually do at Christmas? a I love it here.
2 What are you doing right now? b We have a special meal in our parents’ house.
3 Are you a sporty person? c Not really. The hotel isn’t very nice and it
rains every day.
4 Are you having a good time?
d It freezes at 0 ºC.
5 What do you do?
e Yes, I do exercise three or four times a week.
6 What do you think of New York? f I’m cooking lunch for my daughter.
7 Does it snow a lot in the Arctic? g Yes, it’s very cold there.
8 What temperature does water freeze at? h I work in a restaurant. I’m a chef.

2 C
 ompleta las preguntas con los verbos del recuadro en el present simple o el present
continuous.
eat prefer work look for like do

‘Where (1) .................. you .................. at the moment?’ ‘In a restaurant on High Street, but only for
the summer.’
‘(2) .................. you .................. the job?’ ‘Yes, the hours are long but the money’s not bad.’
‘(3) .................. you .................. at the restaurant?’ ‘Yes, the food’s great and it’s free for the staff!’
‘What (4) .................. Kate .................. right now?’ ‘Well, it’s her boyfriend’s birthday tomorrow...’
‘(5) .................. she .................. a present?’ ‘That’s right.’
‘(6) ................. he ................. reading or watching DVD’s?’ ‘He loves reading. A book is a good idea.’

3 A
 lgunos verbos de estas frases están en una forma incorrecta. Corrige la parte subrayada
cuando sea necesario.
Example: Jim usually gets up at 8 o’clock. OK
What do you do at the moment? are you doing
1 Look at that boy. He runs very fast. ……………………………......…
2 Sue is never eating meat. She’s a vegetarian. ……………………………......…
3 Paul sometimes goes to the pub after work. ……………………………......…
4 What are you usually doing on Friday evenings? ……………………………......…
5 We can go out. It doesn’t rain now. ……………………………......…
6 I’ve got enough money at the moment. I’m not needing any more. ……………………………......…
7 Harry says he prefers apples to pears. …………………………….........
8 The English team doesn’t play very well these days. …………………………….........

4 C
 ompleta con los verbos en el presente simple o el presente continuous.
Hi everybody, I (1) ....... (sit) here at a café on the
Ramblas in Barcelona. The sun (2) ....... (shine) and
it’s quite warm. It’s Monday today and museums
here (3) ....... (not open) on Mondays. Joe (4) .......
(want) to visit the cathedral. He (5) ....... (shop) for
some shoes at the moment. He (6) ....... (need)
them because his feet are sore. We (7) ....... (walk)
everywhere here. This is a beautiful city. We (8) .......
(not want) to go home! How is the weather there?
(9) ....... it ....... (rain)?
Reply Exit
I (10) ....... (feel) really bored at the
moment! My flatmates aren’t here – Joel
(11) ....... (play) tennis and Tammy (12)
....... (work) late. Fridays are her busy day –
she (13) ....... (never get) home before 10. I (14) .......
(not want) to watch TV – there’s nothing good on. I
can hear a lot of people in the street – they (15) .......
(have) a great time! I (16) ....... (hate) going out alone.
I (17) ...... (wait) for a call from Fran but she (18) .......
(usually stay) at home on Fridays. Please write me a
message!
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 Answer Key

VOCABULARY GRAMMAR

Habits and lifestyles Present simple / Present continuous

Exercise 1 Exercise 1
1 commute to work 2 checks his emails 1b 2f 3e 4c 5h 6a 7g 8d
3 makes calls 4 has a meeting 5 has a coffee
break 6 have a good work-life balance 7 has Exercise 2
Friday off 8 goes away 9 lie in bed 10 does 1 are you working 2 Do you like 3 Do you eat
exercise 11 does the crossword 12 does 4 is Kate doing 5 Is she looking for 6 Does he
voluntary work 13 watches the news 14 eat out prefer

Exercise 2 Exercise 3
1 Maribel cycles to university. 1 is running 2 never eats 3 OK 4 do you
2 She attends lectures. usually do
3 Yes, she has to present a project to the class. 5 isn’t raining 6 don’t need 7 OK 8 isn’t
4 She texts a classmate. playing
5 Because she has to revise for exams in May.
6 Yes, she uses social networking sites to keep in Exercise 4
touch. 1 am sitting 2 is shining 3 don’t open 4 wants
5 is shopping 6 needs 7 walk 8 don’t want
Exercise 3 9 Is it raining 10 ´m feeling 11 is playing 12 is
1c 2g 3h/d 4e 5i 6a 7h/d 8f 9b working 13 never gets 14 don’t want
15 are having 16 hate 17 ’m waiting
Exercise 4 (suggested answers) 18 usually stays
2 I don’t eat out on Mondays
I eat out at weekends / once a month / every
Sunday, etc.
3 I never / don’t have a nap in the afternoons
I have a nap every day / at weekends / only on
Fridays, etc.
4 I never write reports / I sometimes write reports
I write reports once a year / at the end of the
week, etc.
5 I never / hardly ever / don’t usually / don’t often,
etc. catch a bus
I catch a bus everyday / only on weekdays, etc.
6 I never do homework
I do homework every evening / at weekends, etc.
7 I never have a day off
I have a day off once a week / twice a month /
every month, etc.
8 I never / don’t usually surf the Internet
I surf the Internet every morning / at night / at
weekends, etc.
9 I never cut the grass
I cut the grass every day / once a week / very
rarely, etc.