Simple Present (Presente Simples)

São os verbos (ações) que utilizamos no presente.

Ex.: I play soccer. (Eu jogo bola)

I talk tom my mother every day. (Eu falo com minha mãe todos os dias)
I study English. (Eu estudo Inglês.)

Affirmative Form – Estrutura

Sujeito + ação + complemento
Ex.: I live in Brazil. (Eu vivo no Brasil.)

Regra: Somente na Affirmative Form

Na 3ª pessoa do singular (He – She – It) é acrescido –s, -es ou –ies de acordo com os verbos. Em sua
maioria acrescenta-se –s:
Live – lives (viver) Sleep – sleeps (dormir) Drink – drinks (beber)
Like – likes (gostar) Eat – eats (comer) Work – Works (trabalhar)

Nos verbos terminados em –o, -x, -ss, -sh e –ch, acrescenta-se –es:
Do – does (fazer) Kiss – kisses (beijar) Touch – touches (tocar)
Relax – relaxes (relaxar) Finish – finishes (terminar) Watch – watches (assistir)

Nos verbos terminados em –y e que sejam precedidos de consoante, retira-se o –y e acrescenta-se –ies:
Cry – cries (chorar, gritar, clamar) Fly – flies (voar)
Study – studies (estudar)

Nos verbos terminados em –y e que sejam precedidos de vogal, acrescenta-se –s:

Say – says (dizer) Buy – buys (comprar)
Pay – pays (pagar) Play – plays (jogar)

Negative form - Estrutura:

Sujeito + Verbo Auxiliar + Not + Verbo Principal + Complemento
Na forma negativa o verbo “do” é usado como auxiliar.

Ex.: I do not live in Brazil. (Eu não vivo no Brasil.)

She does not (doens’t) live in Brazil. (Ela não vive no Brasil.)

I do not / don’t He does not / doesn’t

You do not / don’t She does not / doesn’t
We do not / don’t It does not / doesn’t
They do not / don’t
Interrogative form - Estrutura:
Verbo Auxiliar + Sujeito + Verbo Principal + Complemento
Da mesma maneira que na forma interrogativa, o verbo “do” é usado como verbo auxiliar.

Ex.: Do you live in Brazil? (Você (s) mora (m) no Brasil?)

Does she live in Brazil? (Ela mora no Brasil?)
Does he go to school today? (Ele vai à escola hoje?)

Exceção aos verbos to be e to have

To Be (ser / estar) To Have (ter / possuir)
I am am notAm I? I have don’t have Do I have?
You are aren’t Are you? You have don’t have Do you have?
He is isn’t Is he? He has doesn’t have Doesn’t he have?
She is isn’t Is she? She has doesn’t have Doesn’t she have?
It is isn’t Is it? It has doesn’t have Doesn’t it have?
We are aren’t Are we? We have don’t have Do we have?
You are aren’t Are you? You have don’t have Do you have?
They are aren’t Are they? They have don’t have Do they have?

Adverbs of frequency
Ao falarmos de ações habituais, é comum nos referirmos à frequência com que as praticamos. Para isso,
usamos os adverbs of frequency. Os mais comuns são:
Never – Nunca Sometimes – às vezes / de vez em quando
Rarely / hardly ever – raramente Normally / often / usually – normalmente
Only / just – somente Always - sempre

Estrutura: Sujeito + adverb of frequency + verbo + complemento

Sujeito + verb to be + adverb of frequency + complemento

Ex.: I’m never late. (Eu nunca estou atrasado)

I usually have lunch with my Family on Sundays. (Eu normalmente almoço com minha família
aos Domingos)

Também podemos usar expressões de frequência para falar sobre saber, muitas vezes, fazemos coisas,
estes geralmente vão no final de uma frase.
every (todo)
Once a (uma vez ao) day / week / month (dia / semana / mês)
Twice a (duas vezes ao)
Three times a (três vezes ao)

Ex.: I eat fish once a week. (Eu como peixe uma vez na semana.)
He plays soccer three time a week. (Ele joga bola três vezes na semana.)

Exercises
Working Life
Charri is form the Tom and Christine Keith
Philippines. She lives in Manila. are American. They live in Wright lives in
She lives with her grandparents, Mexico. They’re teachers London. He’s an
her parentes, her husband and and they work at University actor and he works
children. She Works in a factory. of Oaxaca. Their house is in a restaurant. He
Every day, Charri goes to work on in a small town. The town goes to work by
foot. The factory is two hours from is next to Oaxaca and they train. Keith lives in
her house. go to work by bus. a flat. He lives with
two other actors

1- Read the texts. Who is speaking? Write C (Charri), K (Ketih) and TC (Tom and Christine).
(Leia os textos. De quem estamos falando? Escreva C, K and TC)
a) ( ) We’re teachers. d) ( ) I live in London.
b) ( ) I work in a factory. e) ( )We live next to Oaxaca.
c) ( ) I go to work by train. f) ( ) I go to work on foot.

2- Choose the correct option, a or b: (Marque a opção correta, a ou b)

a) I work in London. b) They live in Japan. a) We lives with our parents.
b) I Works in London. a) He works in a car factory. b) We live with our parentes.
b) He work in a car factory. a) Vanessa goes to school by bus.
a) They lives in Japan. b) Vanessa go to school by bus.

3- Complete the text with verbs from the box in the correct form. (Complete os textos com os verbos na
caixa em sua forma correta.)
live (x2) work (x2) go

I (1) _________________________ with my brother, Josh. We (2) _________________________ in a

house. The house is in the centre of San Francisco. I (3) _________________________ in na office. Josh
is a shop assistant. He (4) _________________________ in a bookshop. The bookshop and the office are
in the centre of San Francisco. We (5) _________________________ to work on foot.

4- Complete the sentences. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form. (Complete as sentenças.
Coloque o verbo dos parênteses na forma correta.)
a) I ___________________________________ (not write) personal emails.
b) I ___________________________________ (not know) anythings about computers or technology.
 c) We ____________________________ (use) the computers a lot. We _________________________
(have) a fax machine, but we ___________________________ (not use) it. Everything is email now.

5- In notebook, put the words in brachets in the correct place in the sentences. (No seu caderno, coloque
as palavras dentro dos parênteses corretamente nas sentenças.)
a) Mike works on Saturday morning. (always) Ex.: Mike always works on Saturday morning.
b) He goes to be late on Friday night. (sometimes) d) He eats a big breakfast. (usually)
c) He hears the alarm clock. (hardly ever) e) He is late for work. (often)

6- Complete the diagram with the time expressions from the box. (Complete o diagrama com as
expressões de tempo na caixa.)
Twice a week every month every year three times a month
never Every day once a week

Never
________________________________________ ________________________________________
________________________________________ ________________________________________
________________________________________ Every day

7- Rearrenge the words to make questions. (Reorganize as palavras para formar questões.)
a) to school go you Do bus by? Ex.: Do you go by bus to shool?
b) in work na office you Do? ___________________________________________________________
c) a car you Do have? _________________________________________________________________
d) Saturday on work you Do? ___________________________________________________________
e) every day your Do work you? _________________________________________________________

8- Read the food words and complete the sentences with foor words. (Leia as palavras de comida e
complete as sentenças com as comidas.)
Eggs (ovos) Milk (leite) Meat (carne) Salad (salada)
Toast (torrada) Soup (sopa) Fish (peixe) Ice cream (sorvete)
Fruit (fruta) Chicken (frango) Pasta (macarrão) Vegetables (vegetais)

a) I often have _______________________________________ for breakfast.

b) I usually have _______________________________________ for lunch.
c) I never have _______________________________________________________ for dinner.
d) I like ________________________________, but I don’t like ______________________________.
(breakfast= café da manhã lunch= almoço dinner= jantar)