SIMPLE PRESENT X PRESENT CONTINUOUS

SIMPLE PRESENT É usado para expressar, principalmente, ações habituais e afirmações universais. Usualmente é acompanhado de um advérbio de frequência.(usually, always, every day, often, frequently,...) Usa-se os auxiliares Do, Don’t (I, You, We, They), Does, Doesn’t (He, She, It)para as formas interrogativa e negativa e também para respostas curtas.

Ex.: A: I like apples, and you? Do you like apples? B: Yes, I do./ No, I don’t. A: What about her? Does she like apples? B: Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.

Ex.: A: Does Karla study in the morning? B: Yes, she does. But my older brothers study at night. A: Oh, really? In which school do they study? B: They study at Externato’s School.

REGRA GERAL DE VERBOS HE / SHE / IT Acrescenta-se -s aos verbos nas frases afirmativas. Ex.: We like pears. > He likes pears. I get up early every day. > She gets up early. You live in S. Paulo. > He lives in S. Paulo. They drink water.> She drinks water. Porém: I have a car. > He has a car.

REGRAS DE VERBOS PARA HE / SHE / IT Se a forma básica do verbo terminar em o , ch , sh, x, ss, z acrescenta-se -es Ex.: I do the homework.> He does the homework. We watch TV.> She watches TV. I wash my hair.> She washes her hair. You mix the vegetables.> He mixes them.

Se a forma básica do verbo terminar em -y com consoante, muda-se o –y para i e acrescenta-se –es. Ex.: I study English on Mondays and Peter studies English on Tuesdays. I usually fry my steak and she fries hers. Porém: nas frases negativas com doesn’t os verbos voltam as suas formas básicas. I don’t like apples. > She doesn’t like apples.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS É usado principalmente para expressar ações que estão acontecendo no momento presente. Em geral, vem acompanhado de advérbios e locuções adverbiais de tempo, tais como: now, at the moment, at present, que ficam geralmente no final da oração. É formado com o presente do verbo be ( am/’m; is/’s; are/’re) seguido da forma -ing do verbo principal. Ex.: Mathew is studying in his room now. They are playing soccer at the moment. I am listening to music now.

Atenção: Verbos oxítonos ou monossílabos tônicos terminados em C – V – C, dobra-se a última consoante. Control >> controlling Admit >> admitting Swim >> swimming Verbos terminados em –e,elimina-se o –e Arrive >> arriving Verbos em –ie, troca-se por –ying. Lie >>lying

Fill in the gaps using the Simple Present. 1- We _______ (live) near the school. 2 – He _______ (go) to school by car. 3 – I ________ (play) volleyball every day. 4 – The dog _______ (drink) much water. 5 – She ________ (kiss) her mom . 6 – My brother ______ (have) a bike. 7 – I _______ (wash) my hair in the morning.

Fill in the gaps using the Present Continuous. 1 – The children _________ (play) in the park at the moment. 2 – Don’t go out! It __________(rain) 3 – My parents ___________(spend) some days in Rio this week. 4 – Jeremy _________ (go) to Bahia by plane next Monday. 5 – Tom and Liz ________ (come) to my party tomorrow. 6 – I’m sure he __________ (lie) now.