New vocabulary
- sightseeing
Refuerza tus habilidades
Uso de "will" y estructura de oraciones en inglés
Usos de "will", Infinitivos y Preposiciones
Futuro Simple: Uso y Ejemplos Cotidianos
Predicciones con futuro simple: práctica y ejemplos
Combinaciones de adjetivos y preposiciones en inglés
Quiz: Usos de "will", Infinitivos y Preposiciones
Adjetivos, Adverbios y Presente Continuo
Adjetivos -ed vs -ing: Diferencias y Usos en Inglés
Uso de "Some" y "Any" en Oraciones Afirmativas y Negativas
Adverbios y frases adverbiales de lugar: uso y ejemplos
Uso del Presente Continuo en Situaciones Temporales
Quiz: Adjetivos, Adverbios y Presente Continuo
Preposiciones y Conectores
Uso de "by" en Expresiones de Tiempo y Lugar
Uso de "in" para Tiempos y Fechas en Inglés
Uso de "so" para Expresar Resultados y Consecuencias
Uso de Adjetivos Irregulares en Comparativos y Superlativos
Quiz: Preposiciones y Conectores
Vocabulario y Expresiones
Uso de Adjetivos Comparativos en Español
Preguntas WH: Identificación del sujeto en oraciones
Estructura de Preguntas con "Do You Know?" en Inglés
Quiz: Vocabulario y Expresiones
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Uso de "will" en oraciones futuras en inglés
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Uso del Presente Continuo en Situaciones Temporales
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¿Cómo se utiliza el presente continuo en situaciones temporales?
El presente continuo es una herramienta poderosa en el idioma inglés, especialmente al hablar de situaciones temporales. Imagínate en uno de esos momentos efímeros en los que estás experimentando algo nuevo o emocionante, como hacer turismo por primera vez en una ciudad vibrante. Esta clase se centra en cómo utilizar esta estructura para comunicar esas vivencias temporales. Por ejemplo, nuestra protagonista Rose podría decir: "I am sightseeing." Aquí, el uso del presente continuo indica que esta actividad está ocurriendo ahora, aunque comenzó en el pasado reciente y probablemente continuará por un tiempo más.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre situaciones temporales y permanentes?
Para entender la distinción entre situaciones temporales y permanentes, consideremos dos oraciones sobre Andrea. La frase "Andrea cena con una amiga" sugiere una situación permanente, algo que ella hace regularmente, como parte de su rutina. En cambio, "Andrea está cenando con una amiga" indica que esta actividad está ocurriendo en este momento específico y no necesariamente es parte de su rutina diaria. Esta es una expresión de un evento temporal, lo que destaca la flexibilidad y riqueza del presente continuo.
¿Cómo se aplican ejemplos prácticos del presente continuo?
Practicar el uso del presente continuo puede solidificar tu comprensión de cómo comunicar eventos temporales. Imagina un hombre trabajando en su computadora. Puedes decir que "él está trabajando desde casa", lo cual puede ser una situación temporal hasta que vuelva a su oficina. De manera similar, al observar a una mujer escribiendo en su portátil, podrías afirmar que "ella está escribiendo un libro," una actividad que podría estar realizando solo durante un periodo específico. Estos ejemplos prácticos refuerzan tu habilidad para usar el presente continuo en distintos contextos.
¿Qué le ocurre a Rose durante sus aventuras?
Rose sigue su emocionante viaje donde encuentra nuevos amigos y experiencias. En un extracto de su historia, ella se encuentra con Joshua, un nuevo amigo que está en plena aventura al tomarse un año sabático. Durante este tiempo, Joshua planea viajar por Tailandia, Indonesia, Filipinas y Vietnam, una situación temporal llena de aprendizajes y memorias únicas. Rose y Joshua coinciden en estar disfrutando del descubrimiento de Tailandia, en una clara muestra de cómo las experiencias temporales pueden enriquecer vidas.
¿Cómo practicar y mejorar el uso del presente continuo?
Para dominar el presente continuo, sigue estos consejos prácticos:
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Practica con ejemplos personales: narra tus actividades diarias en presente continuo, enfocándote en situaciones temporales.
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Responde preguntas en tiempo real: al hablar con alguien, intenta responder usando este tiempo verbal para referirte a acciones que están ocurriendo en ese momento.
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Describe imágenes o escenas cotidianas: elige fotografías de la vida diaria y describe lo que las personas están haciendo, empleando el presente continuo.
Con dedicación y práctica, el presente continuo podrás ser usado naturalmente, reflejando situaciones temporales de manera clara y efectiva. ¡Sigue aprendiendo y expandiendo tus conocimientos en el próximo módulo!
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Preguntas 1
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- He’s working from home, that’s the remote work clothes 😅. He’s designing the entire mark for a big food company.
- She’s going by train to an important conference about computer science and she’s preparing because she’ll be the expositor. That’s why she’s very well dressed.
Temporary vs Permanent Situations
Temporary Situation
Las situaciones temporales son aquellas que ocurren solo por un período limitado de tiempo. Para hablar sobre ellas, utilizamos el presente continuo (present continuous) o el pasado continuo (past continuous). Estos tiempos verbales indican una acción en progreso o un estado en un momento específico del pasado o presente.
Examples:
- I’m studying English this semester.
- She was working on a project yesterday.
- They are staying at a hotel for the weekend.
En estos casos, las acciones o situaciones son temporales y no se espera que continúen en el futuro de manera constante.
Permanent Situation
Las situaciones permanentes son aquellas que son duraderas o continúan a lo largo del tiempo. Para hablar sobre ellas, utilizamos el presente simple (present simple) o el pasado simple (past simple). Estos tiempos verbales indican una acción o un estado general y habitual.
Examples:
- I live in New York.
- She worked at that company for five years.
- They own a house in the countryside.
En estos casos, las acciones o situaciones son permanentes y es probable que continúen en el futuro.
- He´s programming a calculator with python and html.
- She´s is learning how to use a new feature in her favorite programming language.
- He is checking an email in the computer
- She is writing a letter for her mother
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Andrea is having a date with her crush
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I’m seeing this class right now
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You are reading this comment, aren’t you?
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He is working in his laptop
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The woman is typing to send an email
Joshua is taking a sabbatical year.
Is true.
What is happening?
- He is chill out at home, working via internet creating a new software for his client.
- She is at the cafeteria tipping to doctor about her pregnancy and what is develop and confirm there are no problems and everything is ok.
* He's working from home and is now developing a new application with ruby and react.
* She's writing an email to her boss, she needs to meet with him
* Antonio is talking with his friends.
* She's doing a math exercise for tomorrow.
The man is working at home
The woman is doing some office work
* He is writing a email for his boss
* She is searching something in internet
* He works from home, relaxing on the couch while programming a solution for a bug.
* She's typing her final report for the company before leaving.
joshua is taking a sabbatical year
R:true
The boy is searching car' sales in the laptop
The girl is writing an e-mail
* He is working in her house
* She is writing an email
Me ha gustado el formato del resumen de cada clase:
1. Destacar el logro personal que significa aprender cada tema específico.
2. Mencionar el significado o la utilidad vital de cada tema.
3. Brindar recomendaciones para mejorar el dominio de cada tema.
Personalmente, creo que hay un valioso enfoque de la enseñanza-aprendizaje del Inglés.
* He’s sitting right now.
* She is typing in this moment.
He is watching a movie in the laptop.
She is writing an email.
* He is writing an email to his boss.
* She is searching a new house on the internet.
He is man wrtitting a book
She is writting a email to her boss
* He is typing on his computer.
* She is searching a job in the Internet.
* Carlos is working in his computer
* Carlos works in his computer
* She is writing a letter
* She writes a letter
* He is talking with his coworker on a Google meet because he is working remote
* She is writing an email to her boss to request vacation in Chrismat.
* He is working in his living room.
* She is writing an email to her boss.
1.- He's writing an email in the computer.
2.- She's writing a book of cats
he is working in the living room
she is doing a homework
he is working in his
laptop
she is writing
**|** My sentences:
He's watching a music video on his computer.
She's studying English at Platzi on her computer.
I am learning new topic.
Review of what was learned in the module:
Temporary situations
I am ***sightseeing***
Andrea is **having** dinner with friend
Alec is **living** in Tokyo
He is **working** form home
She is **writing** a book
Joshua is **taking** a sabbatical year
I think happening in this pictures:
1\. He's watching a tv show in the computer in a weekend
2\. she's buying a fly tickets for a trip vacations.
* He is searching the internet for his next travel accommodation, comparing prices, accessibility, and more.
* She is posting a new entry on her "Finding Good Food" website; this new entry is about vegetable options.
* Carlos is working in his computer
* Carlos works in his computer
* She is writing a letter
* She writes a letter
This man is searching something in his laptop.
She's typing in her laptop.
*He is working from home while entertaining himself by listening to music.*
*She is writing an email to her boss detailing the plan for the next week.*
* He is ***working*** from home at the same time he is relaxing listen music.
* She is ***redacting*** an email to her boss where she details the plan for next week.
1. He's looking a movie to wacth
2. She's writing your new book
He is checking your email.
She is working remotely from home.
He is studying for her math exam.
She is sending an email
1. He's working from the couch because the table is being used by her wife.
2. She's writing a new script, she hopes to finish at night.
He is writing a letter.
She is sending an email.
What is happening?
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He is working remotely from his sofa because he forgot the meeting and he did not get to the desk.
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She is typing so fast because she needs to finish the report in one hour.
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Joshua is taking a sabbatical year? Yes.
1. He is playing GTAV online on his sofa.
2. She is writing an article for her job.
She works for a big company.
He is working in a new book.
He´s writing a song, because he falled in love 2 months ago.
She´s a teacher and is working in platzi.
He's writing a letter for his boss
He writes a message for his girlfriend
He's working from home
He designs a logo
She's writing a book for kids
She's sending an email
She writes everyday
Why we use "sabbatical", sábado is Saturday en spanish, why in English we don't say "satudaytiical" ? jeje
He is working at home office this week.
She is connecting at job remonte conference while traveling by train.
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Carlos is working from his home.
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She is watching a movie on her laptop.
Joshua is taking a sabbatical year.
For example in the two picture:
- Carlos is watching some emails in his laptop.
- Gabriela is writing a message to his boyfriend
- He is programming a new feature
- She is chatting with her friends
He´s watching a movie on his computer.
She´s trying to finish her homework before the next class begins.
true
1. Marco is using his laptop to watch videos.
2. Lily is typing an email to her friend.
Maybe he is writing a document for his boss, because his boss say, send me please.
She is programming a project
What is happening ?
* Carlos is **working** from home this month
* Ana is **learning** english on Platzi
Presente continuo.
Practice:
- He is sending some emails.
- She is working from home with his laptop.
he writes in his laptod to finish the dealy job that he always has
she is writing on her lapdtop for an important project of her company
He is answering emails
She is designing in Canva.
The man is writing to work.
She is answering the email
Alex… don’t come back, please! 😅
He is sending a mail.
She is useding internet.
1.- Emma is working from home
2.- Jose is writing a letter for his girlfriend
Felix has playing a video game with friends
Sara traveling to asia from date of bussines of two weeks this year
- He is working at home.
- She is writing a book of adventure!
- He is sitting in the cough.
- He is working with his computer
- He is searching something on google
- He is chatting to his girlfriend
- I am sightseeing.
- I am seeing.
- I’m observing.
- I am going to these incredible sights and attractions.
- I am observing all of it.
- This action is happening now.
- This is what I am doing at this moment.
- I started sightseeing 30 minutes ago.
- I will continue doing this activity in the near future.
- I will continue sightseeing for the next hour.
- Andrea has dinner with a friend.
- Andrea is having dinner with a friend.
- She meets to have dinner with her friend every week.
- They do this every single month.
- What is she doing tonight?
- She’s having dinner with a friend.
- Alex lives in Tokyo.
- That is where Alex is planning to live in the future.
- But if I am wondering, where is Alex these days …
- Alex is living in Tokyo for one semester.
- He’s living in Tokyo this month.
- What is happening?
- You have a man doing something in his computer.
- He is working from home.
- Next week he will go back to the office.
- You have a woman typing something on her laptop.
- She is writing a book.
- Have you been wondering, what is happening to Rose?
- She’s making a new friend.
- I don’t know if I’ll have enough time to see everything.
- Are you working here or are you on vacation?
- I’m actually taking a sabbatical year.
- I hope you paid attention.
- A year where he is not working and only traveling.
My friend is working from home today.
She is typing an important document for her boss.
Practice - What is happening?
- He’s writing on the computer. He’s taking a class in Platzi.
- She’s writing an email on her laptop.
- He’s working from home.
- She’s writing a book.
Present continuous
We should use the present continuous to refer to temporary situations. In summary, we use it to refer to actions that are happening right now, at the present moment. These actions started in the past and will continue into the near future.
For example:
- I am sightseeing.
Temporary vs permanent situations
- Permanent: Andrea has dinner with a friend. (maybe it’s a tradition)
- Temporary: Andrea is having dinner with a friend. (it’s not permanent)
- Permanent: Alec lives in Tokyo. (he lives there)
- Temporary: Alec is living in Tokyo. (he is living there for a limited time, maybe 2 months only)
He is surfing in internet.
She is writing an email for her boss.
He is working from home, today.
he is sending a message to his girlfriend
she is replying to a message to her boyfriend
she is at the airport waiting for her flight, while she studies
he is write a email for he is sick, she is her wife, she is locking for a doctor.
He is checking an email from his boss.
She is receiving a message from her job.
He’s working from home, that’s the remote work clothes 😅. He’s designing the entire mark for a big food company.
She’s going by train to an important conference about computer science and she’s preparing because she’ll be the expositor. That’s why she’s very well dressed.
✓ He is searching information.
✓ She is talking with their mom.
It is TRUE!
1, He is checking the Internet for something that interest him.
2. She is answering an email that came to her.
-Marc works remotely monday to friday.
-Luciana is starting to write her first book while she waitingts her flight.
He’s doing his homework.
She’s answering her work emails.
samuel is texting with her girldfriend
ana is sending all of the documents to her boss
he's writing to his friend
she working
My answers:
Picture 1
George is writing an e-mail to his girlfriend to tell her about his first day in his job in a new city.
Picture 2
Lindsey is looking for information about the University where she wants to study electronic engineering.
He is sending a message on his computer.
She is typing an email.
HI!
My practice:
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
He is going to write a letter to his brother, because he is in Thailand.
She is filling out a form to register at Platzi, she wants to study English.
He is playing a game.
She is practicing for her exam
- He is watching an interesting movie
- She is checking his email
He is playing video games on his day off
She is checking her email
she works when she needs money.
he is playing a game with some friends.
- Tom works at home
- Tom is working at home
- He is looking how to cook something for his children because his wife going to arrive soon.
- She is writing an email for her boss.
Temporary situations: I am sightseeing.
Temporary vs permanent situations: Andrea has dinner with a friend. (present simple, permanent)
Andrea is having dinner with a friend. (temporary)
Alec lives in Tokyo. (permanent)
Alec is living in Tokyo. (temporary)
The man is working on the sofa.
The woman is writing a book.
Joshua: the new friend of Rosa.
He is taking a sabbatical year. He is travelling around the world.
My practice:
- He is watching a movie on Netflix.
- She is writing a blogpost.
- My practice:
- He is working very relaxed.
- She is reading an email from her work.
Question:
Is true or false:
- Joshua is talking a sabbatical year.
- Answer: TRUE
he’s checking his mail from the computer
she’s reading an article
1 he’s checking a hotel to Santa Marta.
2 she is playing videogames with a friend.
He´s working from home.
She´s typing her new book.
Practice:
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He is searching the internet for something specific about his special health condition.
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She is studying a great English course at Platzi.
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