Simple Present
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O Simple Present é usado para expressar eventos, ações ou condições rotineiras, permanentes.
Luiz is my brother.
I go to the gym everyday.
We leave for school at 7 a.m.
They don't know each other.
She always remembers my birthday.
His situation doesn't look good.
Podemos usar o Simple Present para afirmar ou negar uma opinião, algo que acreditamos ser verdadeiro ou não.
You look great in this dress.
I don't think it's a good idea to lie.
Italians eat lots of pasta.
In Canada, the houses are not made of bricks.
O Simple Present pode também transmitir a idéia de que algo está acontecendo ou não no presente momento, ou uma condição em geral.
I don't have a car.
He is at home now.
We need help with our homework.
Existem algumas expressões indicadoras deste tempo verbal, que normalmente são: usually, frequently, often, every day, all the time.
Para formar sentenças no Simple Present, usamos as seguintes regras:
Afirmativa: I verb, You verb, He/She/it verbs (terceira pessoa do singular: adicione S ou ES)
I have a new house.
She has a new apartment.
I do social work sometimes.
She does voluntary work.
I wash my car every weekend.
He washes the car very well.
Interrogativa: Use o verbo auxiliar "to do" e não modifique o verbo.
Do you like to play cards?
Where do you live?
Does she work with you?
How does he go to school every day?
Negativa: do not, don't, does not, doesn't
I do not like that kind of food.
I don't have any money.
Jack does not work here.
Mary doesn't care about us.
Atenção: Não use o verbo auxiliar "to do" com o verbo "to be". Inverta o sujeito e o verbo para a forma interrogativa e acrescente "not" para a forma negativa.
Are you sad?
Is she here?
I am not sad.
She isn't here.
Exercises on the above theory
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