Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

Have you got problems using present simple and present continuous? Do you need some practice with them? Here you have some activities to help you with these two tenses.

• Present Simple
• Present Continuous
• Present Simple and Present Continuous

For some more grammatical explanation or activities, you can go to the English Page

Life lesson

This is Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. He didn't know how deep his words would be, specially after his death. R.I.P



After watching this video, answer the following questions:

1. What can we learn from the three stories he tells?
2. What can we learn in general from his address?

Día de la Hispanidad, Día de la Raza, Columbus day?

Columbus Day / Día de la Raza The date of Columbus' arrival in the Americas is celebrated in many countries in Latin America, as the Día de la Raza ("day of the race"), commemorating the first encounters of Europeans and Native Americans. The day was first celebrated in Argentina in 1917. The day was also celebrated under this title in Spain until 1957, when it was changed to the Día de la Hispanidad ("Hispanity Day"). Día de la Raza in many countries is seen as a counter to Columbus Day. It is used to resist the arrival of Europeans to the Americas and is used to celebrate the native races. In the U.S. Día de la Raza has served as a time of mobilization for pan-ethnic Latino activists, particularly in the 1960s. Since then, La Raza has served as a periodic rallying cry for Hispanic activists. The first Hispanic March on Washington occurred on Columbus Day in 1996. The name has remained in the largest Hispanic social justice organization, the National Council of La Raza.

Conditionals with Norah Jones

There are a lot of conditional sentences in this song, but they are broken. Can you match them to make full sentences?

Hide & seek

It's the beginning of the summer, so it's time to relax and play. One of the most famous games for children is "hide and seek". In this game, the players have to hide and one of them has to find where they are. Now it is your time to find me, when you do it, will be your time to hide.

"I'm in the south of Spain, in one of the so called "white towns". The town was founded by the romans with the name of "Ocuri". It is very famous for their leather goods. This is a very famous place of the town: "La Plaza de la Estrella". Do yo know where am I?

Order of adjectives

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Grammar for everyone (Present Simple, weak verbs)

Today we are talking about Present Simple tense, "weak verbs". We are trying to describe it using everyday language with the hope that it can be easily understood.

Hoy hablaremos sobre los "verbos débiles" del presente simple. Intentamos explicarlos utilizando un vocabulario cotidiano para que sea más fácil de comprender.