SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS FORMAS

ATIVIDADE DE FIXAÇÃO
SIMPLE PRESENT
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
O presente simples pode ser usado para expressar:
Uma ação habitual, ou seja, aquilo que costumamos
fazer sempre:
O presente contínuo deve ser usado para expressar uma
situação que está em progresso, ou seja, uma ação que
ainda está acontecendo.
Todo nosso “ando”, “endo” e “indo” dos verbos em
português devem ser trocados em inglês por “ing”.
I always leave home at 7:00.
(Eu sempre saio de casa às 7h).
She is studying English now.
(Ela está estudando inglês agora).
I never work on Sundays.
(Eu nunca trabalho aos domingos).
We are watching TV at the moment.
(Nós estamos assistindo TV neste momento)
FORMAS
PRONOME + VERBO TO BE + VERBO -ING
INFINITIVO
I am speaking
(3º pessoa do singular: Verbo no infinitive + „s‟)
You are speaking
I speak
You speak
He / She / It speaks
We speak
They speak
He / She / it is speaking
We are speaking
They are speaking
EXCEÇÕES
EXCEÇÕES QUANDO ADICIONAR ‘S’:
EXCEÇÕES QUANDO ADICIONAR ‘ING’
Quando os verbos terminarem em “ss”, “sh”, “ch”, “x” e
“o”, acrescenta-se “es”.
Deve-se retirar o “e” dos verbos terminados com essa
letra, antes de se acrescentar o “ing”.
Bob fixes everything at his house.
Ex: to ride (andar) - to dance (dançar)
(Bob conserta tudo na casa dele).
She is riding a bike now.
Daniel watches cartoon every morning.
(Ela está andando de bicicleta agora).
(Daniel assiste desenho todas as manhãs).
Quando verbo terminar em “y” precedido de consoante,
tira-se o “y” e acrescenta-se “ies”.
Ex: Study (estudar) - Fry (fritar)
She is dancing ballet.
(Ela está dançando balé).
Deve-se dobrar a última letra dos verbos monossílabos
terminados em CVC (consoante, vogal, consoante) antes
de se acrescentar o “ing”.
Carol studies at a good college.
(A Carol estuda numa boa universidade).
Ex: to swim (nadar) - to put (colocar)
Mom fries eggs in a pan.
He is swimming on the lake.
(Mamãe frita ovos numa panela).
(Ele está nadando no lago).
She is putting the folders in the drawer.
(Ela está colocando as pastas na gaveta).
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Always
Usually
Never
Often
Sometimes
First
SIGNAL WORDS
Normally
 At the moment
Seldom
Listen!
Then
Today
Look!
Now
LET’S PRACTICE
Complete the sentences below with the Simple Present Tense or the Present Continuous
Tense of the verbs in parentheses:
a) Jane ______________________ to learn how to swim every day. (to try)
b) They often ______________________ in the club on weekends. (to dance)
c) She ______________________ her mother every day. (to kiss)
d) The children ______________________________ in the park now. (to play)
e) At this moment I ______________________________apples to make a pie. (to cut)
f) I always ______________________ newspaper at the corner. (to buy)
g) The boy ______________________ the bus to school at 10 o‟clock every day. (to catch)
h) We ______________________________ for school now. (to leave)
i) Ted and I __________________________________ in the park at present. (to run)
j) We never ______________________ dinner after 8 o‟clock in the evening. (to have)
k) My friend ____________________________ in London now. (to live)
l) She usually ______________________ her hair before going to sleep. (to brush)
m) Karen and I frequently ______________________ our homework together. (to do)
n) Linda _________________________________ now. (to study)
o) We often ______________________ out of town. (to go)
p) Terry seldom ______________________ her tennis lesson. (to enjoy)
q) The girls _________________________________ now. (to swim)
r) Mr. Taylor ______________________ his shop at 8 o‟clock every day. (to open)