PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

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Student: ________________________________________________
Teacher: ___________________________________________
Date: ____/_____/_______
Grade: __________
Subject: English
Discipline: English
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
 Expressa uma ação que está acontecendo no presente momento. FORMAÇÃO: to be + verbo principal com
"ing"
Exemplo: I am studying. (Eu estou estudando)
Para usá-lo corretamente, você vai precisar lembrar: A conjugação do verbo to be no presente.
REVIEW VERB TO BE (SER OU ESTAR) / VERB TO BE – CONTRACTED FORM
Affirmative
I am (I’m)
You are (You’re )
He is (He’s)
She is (She’s )
It is (It’s)
We are (We’re)
You are (You’re )
They are (They’re)
Negative
I am not (I’m not)
You are not (You aren’t )
He is not (He isn’t)
She is not (She isn’t)
It is not (It isn’t )
We are not (We aren’t)
You are not (You aren’t)
They are not (They aren’t )
Interrogative
Am I?
Are you?
Is he?
Is she?
Is It?
Are we?
Are You?
Are they?
Translation
Eu sou / Eu estou
Você é / Você está
Ele é / Ele está
Ela é / ela está
Ele(a) é / Ele(a) está
Nós somos / Nós estamos
Vocês são / vocês estão
Eles(as) são / Eles(as) estão
 AS ALTERAÇÕES ORTOGRÁFICAS DOS VERBOS NA FORMA ING
 Muita atenção ao adicionar ing aos verbos, pois alguns sofrem alterações ortográficas:
1. Verbos terminados em e: retirar o e e adicionar ing, por exemplo:
To make – making (fazer – fazendo)
To take – To take – taking (levar – levando)
2. Verbos monossilábicos terminados com a estrutura consoante + vogal + consoante - antes
deadicionar o ing, duplique a última. Por exemplo:
To run – running (correr – correndo)
To swim – swimming (nadar – nadando)
3. Verbos com duas sílabas e acento tônico na primeira sílaba da direita para a esquerda – antes de
©adicionar o ing, duplique a última consoante, se a estrutura final for consoante + vogal +consoante.
Por exemplo:
To beGIN – beginning (começar – começando)
3. Adicionar somente o ing aos demais verbos:
To play – playing (jogar – jogando)
To go – going (ir – indo)
To do – doing (fazer – fazendo)
To laugh – laughing (rir – rindo)
To push – pushing (empurrar – empurrando)
To scream – screaming (gritar – gritando)
To study – studying (estudar – estudando)
To talk – talking (falar – falando)
To think – thinking (pensar – pensando)
To work – working (trabalhar – trabalhando
ATENÇÃO
 Não há alterações ortográficas em verbos terminados em I e Y.
To ski – skiing (esquiar – esquiando)
To try – trying (experimentar, tentar – experimentando – tentando)
 Não se dobra a consoante final de verbos terminados em X e W:
To fix – fixing (consertar – consertando)
To show – showing (mostrar – mostrando)
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AFIRMATIVA , INTERROGATIVA E NEGATIVA
Affirmative
You are studying English
Negative
You are not studying English?
Interrogative
Are you studying English?
 Forma afirmativa é formado pelo pronome pessoal + to be +verbo principal+ ing.
 E para formar a negativa, acrescenta-se not após o verbo to be.
 Como o present continuous é formado pelo verbo to be, para formar a interrogativa, coloca-se o
verbo to be na frente da frase.
EXERCISES
1) Rewrite the verbs bellow adding –ing. Pay attention to the rule 1. (Reescreva os verbos abaixo acrescentando –ing.
Preste atenção na regra 1).
a) to love:
b) to take:
c) to celebrate:
d) to come:
e) to write:
f) to drive:
2) Rewrite the verbs bellow adding –ing. Pay attention to the rules 2 and 3. (Reescreva os verbos abaixo acrescentando –
ing. Preste atenção nas regras 2 e 3).
a) to run:
b) to stop:
c) to sit:
d) to get:
e) to swim:
f) to begin:
3) Rewrite the verbs bellow adding –ing. Pay attention to the rule 4. (Reescreva os verbos abaixo
acrescentando –ing. Preste atenção na regra 4).
a) to read:
c) to go:
e) to walk:
g) to drink:
i) to relax:
b) to eat:
d) to fly:
f) to study:
h) to watch:
j) to show:
4) write the present continuous tense of the verbs in parentheses. (escreva o present continuous tense dos verbos
entre parênteses).
a) I ______________________________________________________ now. (to walk)
b) He _________________________________________ the newspaper now. (to read)
c) We _____________________________________________Christmas. (to celebrate)
d) The baby ___________________________________________ with a toy. (to play)
e) You ________________________________________________ this book. (to read)
f) Alice ___________________________________________her bicycle now. (to ride)
5) Change to the INTERROGATIVE FORM. (Mude para a forma interrogativa)
a) He is drinking a Coke. __________________________________________________________________________
b) They are celebrating Halloween._________________________________________________________________
c) They are studying now._________________________________________________________________________
d) Mary is wearing a new dress. ____________________________________________________________________
6) Change to the NEGATIVE FORM. (Mude para a forma negativa)
a) You are walking now._________________________________________________________________
b) She is listening to music.______________________________________________________________
c) He is reading the newspaper now. ______________________________________________________
d) John is driving a yellow car. ___________________________________________________________
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THERE TO BE - VERBO HAVER
O verbo HAVER em inglês é representado pela palavra THERE (que normalmente significa LÁ, ALI,
mas que neste caso fica sem significado) e o verbo TO BE. Daí ser chamado THERE TO BE.
THERE TO BE – SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
SINGULAR
PLURAL
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
There is
There are
There is not
There are not
CONTRACTED
NEGATIVE
There isn’t
There aren’t
INTERROGATIVE
Is there?
Are there?
There is – há (singular)
There are – há (plural)
There is a boy in the car. (Há um garoto no carro.)
There are boys in the car. (Há garotos no carro.)
THERE TO BE – SIMPLE PAST TENSE
SINGULAR
PLURAL
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
CONTRACTED
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
There was
There were
There was not
There were not
There wasn’t
There weren’t
Was there?
Were there?
There was – havia, houve (singular)
There was a bird on the tree.
(Havia/Existia um pássaro na árvore).
There were – havia, houve (plural)
There were five birds on the tree. (Havia/
Existiam 5 pássaros na árvore).
EXERCISES
1) Complete using THERE IS or THERE ARE. (Complete usando THERE IS ou THERE ARE)
a) _____________________ books on the table.
b) __________________ many cars in the street.
c) ___________________ a picture on the wall.
d) __________________ a pencil near the book.
e) _________________ many trees in the forest.
f) ____________________ a cat under the table.
g) ________________ seven apples in the fridge.
h) ______________________ a dog in the house.
i) ____________________ a monkey on the tree.
j) ________________ many rooms in my house.
k) ____________________ an opera in our city?
l) _________________ many girls in your class?
m) __________a police-station near the hospital?
n) ________________ any bananas in the basket.
2) Complete with THERE WAS or THERE WERE. (Complete with THERE WAS or THERE WERE).
a) ____________________ a monkey on the tree.
g) ____________________ a bag on the table.
b) ________________ many rooms in my house.
h) ________________ two posters in my room.
c) ____________________ an opera in our city?
i) _______________ lots of books in the shelf.
d) ________________ many girls in your class?
j) ________________ six chairs in the kitchen.
e) __________ a police-station near the hospital?
k) ___________________ children in the yard.
f) _______________ any bananas in the basket?
l) __________________a calendar on the wall.
3) Change to the Interrogative and Negative FORM. (Mude para a forma interrogativa)
a) There is someone looking at me._____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
b) There is a magazine in her room._____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
c) There is a magazine in her room. ____________________________________________
e) There is any soccer stadium here._______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
d) There is any soccer stadium here.____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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e) There is a refrigerator in my house.
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
f)
There was a ghost in the house.
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
g)
There are many cups on the table.
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
PREPOSITIONS
Observe o emprego de algumas preposições em Inglês:
In:
On:
Under:
With:
There are pencils in the box. (Há lápis dentro da caixa.)
There are papers on the table. (Há papéis sobre a mesa.)
There is a basket under the table. (Há um cesto embaixo da mesa.)
I am with my friends. (Eu estou com meus amigos.)
About:
Near:
Of:
To:
We are talking about business. (Eu estou conversando sobre negócios.)
Mr. Peterson is near the door. (Sr. Peterson está perto da porta.)
This is a book of English. (Isto é um livro de Inglês.)
I am going to school. (Eu estou indo para a escola.)
EXERCISES
1) Complete according to the pictures, using the prepositions from the box. (Complete de acordo com as figuras,
usando as preposições do quadro).
in
on
under
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oe:
TEXTO 1
Joe: Laura, what are you going to do today?
Laura: I'm going shopping.
Joe: What time are you leaving?
Laura: I'm going to leave around 4 O'clock.
Joe: Will you buy a ham sandwich for me at the store?
Laura: Ok
Joe: Do you have enough money?
Laura: I'm not sure.
Joe: How much do you need?
Laura: 25 dollars. Do you think that's enough?
Joe: That's not very much.
Você me compraria um sanduiche de presunto na loja?
Joe: it's OK. I also have two credit cards.
Laura: I think
Joe: Let me give you another ten dollars.
Laura: Thanks. See you later.
Joe: Bye.
(http://www.englishspeak.com/pt/english-lessons.cfm).
TEXTO II
A Place to Eat
Jenna was at the airport. She was waiting for her plane. Her plane would leave at 7 p.m. It was
only 2 p.m. She had time to eat. She had time to study. She went to the airport restaurant. The
restaurant was on the third floor. The restaurant was full. There were no empty seats. There
were no empty tables. She didn't want to stand in line. She didn't want to wait. There was
another restaurant in the airport. It was on the first floor. She went down to the first floor. That
restaurant was almost empty. There were many seats and many tables.
(http://www.englishspeak.com/pt/english-lessons.cfm).
TEXTO III
THE SILVA'S HOUSE The Silvas have a very beautiful house in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Their house is
near the beach and there are many rooms in the house. There is a big kitchen and a very comfortable
living-room. There are five bedrooms. In each bedroom there is a bathroom. There isn't a front yard but
there is a backyard and there is a big garage where there are four cars.
(http://www.supportiveenglish.com/2011/07/verbo-haver-there-to-be-there-is-there.html)
TEXTO IV
A large farm Charles has a large farm. Many people work there. Men and women work dayli in all
of jobs. There are big animals in the farm like cows, oxen, horses and small animals like hens,
geese and pigs. Charles has many buffaloes and sheep. He is a rich farmer. Every year he sells
thousands of skins for shoe factories in many cities. There are also five large lakes in farm with
tons of fish. And there is a beautiful orchard with many kinds of fruit. It is really a very nice farm.
http://inglestradutorportugues.com/dicionario260991-a-large-farm-charles-has-a-large-farm-many-people-work-there-men-en-pt.html
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REVIEW ( Plural of the words)
1. O acréscimo de s ao singular é a norma geral: animal – animals; book – books; car - cars ; cow - cows (vaca –
vacas) hen - hens (galinha – galinhas) horse - horses (cavalo – cavalos) lake - lakes (lago – lagos) pig - pigs
(porco – porcos) plum - plums (ameixa – ameixas).
2. Os substantivos terminados em o, s, ch sh e x recebem o acréscimo de es: bufallo - bufalloes (búfalo – búfalos)
mango - mangoes (manga- mangas - fruta) bus - buses (ônibus – ônibus) peach - peaches (pêssego – pêssegos)
brush - brushes (escova – escovas) box - boxes (caixa- caixas).
3. Nas palavras abaixo, os dois oo são substituídos por dois ee: goose - geese (ganso – gansos) foot - feet (pé –
pés) tooth – teeth.
4. As palavras terminadas em f ou fe, geralmente trocam o f e o fe por v e recebem es: leaf - leaves ( folha – folhas)
wolf - wolves (lobo – lobos) life - lives (vida – vidas) knife - knives (faca – facas) wife - wives (esposa – esposas).
5. Substantivos terminados em y precedido de consoante, perdem o y e recebem o acréscimo de ies: mulberry mulberries (amora – amoras strawberry - strawberries (morango – morangos) lady - ladies (senhora – senhoras).
6. Substantivos terminados em y precedido de vogal fazem o plural normal, com acréscimo de s: boys - boys (menino
– meninos) key - keys (chave – chaves);
7. Plural especial de alguns substantivos: man - men (homen – homens) woman - women (mulher – mulheres) child children (criança – crianças) ox - oxen ( boi – bois) louse - lice ( piolho – piolhos) mouse - mice (camundongo –
camundongos) die - dice (dado – dados).
8. Os substantivos abaixo não têm plural, permanecem igual ao singular: fish - fish (peixe – peixes) fruit - fruit (fruta –
frutas) sheep - sheep (ovelha – ovelhas).
Let`s practice
1. Passe as palavras para o plural:
man
toy
rabbit
house
baby
farm
tomato
watch
child
dress
fruit
leaf
2. Passe a frase para o plural, como no exemplo dado:
Ex: There was a goose in the lake. There were geese in the lakes.
a) There is an ox on the farm. ____________________________________________________________________
b) He works on Sunday. ________________________________________________________________________
c) The woman takes a knife to cut a potato. _______________________________________________________
d) The fox is in the forest. ______________________________________________________________________
e) There was a mouse in the bag. _______________________________________________________________
f) A white tooth. _____________________________________________________________________________
g) A green leaf. _____________ ________________________________________________________________
h) b) A wild wolf. d) A nice lady.________________________________________________________________
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
 In front of: Em frente
A band plays their music in front of an audience.
The teacher stands in front of the students.
 Between= Entre
There are mountains between Chile and
Argentina.
The number 5 is between the number 4 and 6.
 Behind: Atrás
Who is that person behind the mask?
I slowly down because there was a police car behind me.

Next to / Beside = Próximo/ ao lado
Guards stand next to the entrance of the bank.
He walked beside me as we went down the street.
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EXERCISES
1) Observe as imagens e complete the sentences with the prepositions.
a)
b)
c)
d)
The dog sat ________________________ the woman.
There is a child ______________________ his parents.
He is sitting ________________________ the computer.
The boy is hiding ________________________ the fence.
2) Answer about the cat, using the prepositions. (Responda sobre o gato, usando as preposições):
Where is the Cat?
a)
_____________________________________________________
b) _____________________________________________________
c)
_____________________________________________________
3) Complete the sentences with the prepositions. (Complete as frases com as preposições):
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
The cat is ___________________________the armchair.
The table is _________________________ the chair and the armchair.
The carpet is ________________________ the table.
The clock is _________________________the table.
The lamp is__________________________ the book and the vase
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Leia com bastante atenção e responda as questões
.
Today is Sunday. There are many people at park at
moment. My name is Carol. Peter, my friend, is
reading o good book, Michael, my brother, is drink
orange juice. July, my sister, is listening music. Bill,
my father is preparing a barbecue. The sun is shining,
and I, I am very happy today, because my family is
united.
http://www.supletivounicanto.com.br/docs/ingles/Interpreta%E7%E3o%20de%20Text
o%20e%20gram%E1tica%20II.pdf
De acordo com esse tempo verbal e o processo de
formação dele, julgue os itens:
QUESTÃO 1
a) ( ) Há muitas pessoas brincando no parque.
b) ( ) Todos estão muito tristes.
c) ( ) Os personagens vão sempre ao parque
aos domingos.
d) ( ) A família de Carol está reunida.
QUESTÃO 2
a) (
) “Today is Sunday”, na negativa ficará:
“Today not is Sunday”.
b) (
) “There are many people at park”, o
elemento grifado é um pronome.
c) (
) “My name is Carol” o pronome grifado
pode ser usado somente no singular.
d) ( ) O texto é narrativo..
QUESTÃO 3
Peter é o irmão de July.
a) (
) Bill é o pai de Carol.
b) (
) “Peter is reading a good book”.
c) ( ) “Peter is reading a good book”. Na
forma interrogativa ficará: “Is Peter read a good
book?”.
d) ( ) “My sister is listening music”. Na
negativa ficará: “My sister isn’t listen music”.
QUESTÃO 4
a) ( ) (...) preparing a barbecue. Se trocarmos
o elemento grifado por “egg”, o artigo
indefinido continuará sendo “a”... a egg.
b) ( ) os verbos DRINK, SHINE, PREPARE,
obedecem o mesmo processo de formação
para o presente contínuo.
c) ( ) o verbo READ cai na regra geral.
d) (
) “The sun is shining”, na negativa ficará:
“The sun isn’t shining”.
TEXT 2
Place a new, dry filter into the plastic
cup. - Scoop four or five spoons of coffee into
the filter. - Now the pot of coffee is ready to
brew when you turn on the coffee maker. - As
the water boils, it will buble up the small tube
and drip on the basket coffee. - It will take five
to ten minutes for all the water to boil and drip
through the coffee in the filter.
He waited his whole damn life to take
that flight And as the plane crashed down he
thought "Well, isn't this nice." And isn't it
ironic ... don't you think .
(Alanis Morissete)
QUESTÃO 7
a) (
) “An old man turned
ninetyeight”, o article (artigo) pode
ser trocado por “a” sem que ocorra
erro gramatical na frase.
b) (
)
“An old man turned
ninetyeight”, o antônimo do adjetivo
grifado é NEW.
c) (
) “t's a black fly in your
Chardonna”, o elemento grifado é
um verbo.
d) (
) don't you think (…) a frase
grifada está na forma negativa.
QUESTÃO 8
Mr. Play it Safe was afraid to fly
a) (
) Mr. é um pronome de
tratamento.
b) (
) Was, o verbo está no simple
present.
c) ( ) “good-bye” também serve para
dizer “até logo”.
d. ( ) “He waited his whole damn life
to take that flight”. O pronome grifado
é possessivo masculino, pode ser
usado no singular e no plural.
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