O Presente Simples
O Presente Simples
O Presente Simples
1- uma ao habitual, ou seja, aquilo que costumamos fazer sempre: I always leave home at 7:00. (Eu sempre saio de casa s 7h). They generally have lunch at the shopping mall. (Eles geralmente almoam no shopping). I never work on Sundays. (Eu nunca trabalho aos domingos). 2- uma verdade universal: Babies cry. (Bebs choram). Dogs bark. (Cachorros latem). Birds sing. (Pssaros cantam). Odo e o does so os dois auxiliares do presente simples, e eles sempre devem ser usados em frases negativas e interrogativas, conforme a tabela abaixo: Negativas I do not / I dont You do not / you dont He does not / he doesnt She does not / she doesnt It does not / it doesnt We do not / we dont You do not/ you dont They do not / they dont Ex.: I dont have to work today. (Eu no tenho que trabalhar hoje). She doesnt have to wash the dishes. (Ela no tem que lavar a loua). They dont go to school on the weekends. (Eles no vo escola nos finais de semana). Do you generally wake up at seven? (Voc geralmente acorda s 7h?). Does the dog bark a lot during the night? (O co late muito durante a noite?). Does he work as a waiter at that new restaurant? (Ele trabalha como garom naquele novo restaurante?). No necessrio o uso dos auxiliares do e does nas frases afirmativas, no entanto, os verbos sofrem algumas alteraes nas terceiras pessoas do singular (he, she, it). Como regra geral, deve-se acrescentar um s no verbo para essas pessoas. Ex.: Interrogativas Do I ? Do you ? Does he.? Does she? Does it? Do we? Do you ? Do they...?
Mary lives downtown. (A Mary mora no centro da cidade). Bob loves chocolate. (Bob ama chocolate). Susans dog sleeps a lot during the day. (O cachorro da Susan dorme muito durante o dia). No entanto, existem algumas excees que se referem s terceiras pessoas do singular (he, she, it). So elas: 1- Quando o verbo terminar em y precedido de consoante, tira-se o y e acrescenta-se ies. Carol studies at a good college. (A Carol estuda numa boa universidade). Mom fries eggs in a pan. (Mame frita ovos numa panela). 2- Quando os verbos terminarem em ss, sh, ch, x e o, acrescenta-se es. Bob fixes everything at his house. (Bob conserta tudo na casa dele). Daniel watches cartoon every morning. (Daniel assiste desenho todas as manhs). Every day after the meals, my mom washes the dishes. (Todo dia aps as refeies, minha me lava a loua). Jack does his homework at night. (Jack faz seu dever de casa noite). Cindy kisses her parents every day. (Cindy beija seus pais todos os dias).
2.Preencha os espaos com o verbo correto no Presente Simples na conjugao certa. As possibilidades so:
TALK - LEAVE (2 vezes) - GO OUT - TAKE - WRITE - BRUSH - WAIT CHECK - GO - HAVE - WALK - WATCH - DISCUSS - WAKE UP
Jessica every morning at 6:30. She a shower and her teeth, and then to the kitchen to make her breakfast. She usually just a cup of tea and some toasted bread. She home at about 7:40, to the bus stop and for her bus to arrive. When she gets to work, she her e-mails on the computer, and then she usually goes to a meeting with other employees. During the meeting, they all what they have to do that day. Jessica lots of reports for her boss, and she also to clients to try and solve their problems.
At 6, Jessica the office and takes another bus to go home. She a little TV every night, and sometimes she also with friends to have drinks somewhere.
I __________ (read) a very interesting book now. 2. Joanne __________ (work) eight hours a day. 3. Tonight we __________ (see) a play at the thereatre. 4. Who __________ you __________ (speak) to just now? 5. I __________ (not know) him very well. 6. What will you do if she __________ (come) late? 7. My wife __________ (like) coffee for breakfast. 8. What __________ Tom usually __________(have) for breakfast? 9. Your train __________ (leave) at 17.25 from platform 3. 10. What __________ Mary __________ (do) ? She's a student. 11. My whole family _____________(go) to church once a week. 12. My wife and I _______________(go) to the beach in the summer. 13. Listen! The phone ______________(ring) in the other room. 14. Rain seldom ______________(fall) in the Sahara. 15. He is thirteen years old now, and his voice ___________________(change). 16. Let's change the conversation. It _______________(get) too serious. 17. Leap year ________________(come) every four years. 18. My grandfather ______________(grow) tomatoes in his garden this summer. 19. He ______________(grow) them every summer . 20. The children ____________________(leave) for school right now. 21. The children ________________(leave) at 8:30 every morning of the week. 22. Shu! The baby ____________________(take) her nap. 23. In the north the season __________________(change) four times a year .
24. Unfortunately, the patient ____________________ (die). 25. The monsoon ___________________(come) once or twice a year. 26. It's spring and the days ___________________(get) longer. 27. The weather ___________(get) very cold in Moscow in the winter. 28. It _______________(rain) hard, and I don't have an umbrella. 29. It's November and the birds _________________(fly) south.