Present Simple Flashcards
Quando usamos o Present Simple?
- Quando falamos sobre nossos hábitos ou nossas rotinas. É comum usarmos advérbios de frequência (frequency adverbs). I study from Monday to Friday (Eu estudo de segunda à sexta) / I always go to bed before 11 pm (Eu sempre vou para a cama antes das 11 da noite)
- Para falar sobre fatos gerais ou para generalizar. The earth revolves around the sun (A Terra gira em torno do sol)”
Frequency adverb
“100% Always/ I always go to bed before 11 pm
90% Usually / I usually have cereal for breakfast
80% Normally / generally I normally go to the gym
70% Often* / frequently I often surf the internet
50% Sometimes / I sometimes forget my wife’s birthday
30% Occasionally / I occasionally eat junk food
10% Seldom / I seldom read the newspaper
5% Hardly ever / rarely I hardly ever drink alcohol
0% Never / I never swim in the sea”
Verbos conjugados no “present simple” na terceira pessoa (He/She/It)
“Final -s: A maioria dos verbos, ou os verbos que terminam com -e
visit -> visits / walk -> walks / tell -> tells / ride -> rides / write -> writes
Final -es: Os verbos que terminam com -ch, -sh, -s, -x, e -z
catch -> catches / wash -> washes / kiss -> kisses / fix -> fixes / buzz -> buzzes /
Final - ies
Os verbos que terminam com consoante + y, tire o Y e coloque - ies
Os verbos que terminam com vogal + y, coloque -s
fly -> flies / bury -> buries / try -> tries / buy -> buys / pay -> pays
Irregulares
go -> goes / do -> does / have -> has”
O que são os “non-action verbs”
“São verbos sem ação ou verbos que você não usaria no tempo verbal “continuous” com gerúndio.
Como dizer “Está me ouvindo?:
ERRADO “Are you hearing me?” porque “hear” é um non-action verb.
CERTO (Can/Do) you hear me?
Como dizer “Estou vendo você!”
ERRADO “I’m seeing you.” Tem que falar “I see you.” Ou para dizer “Não estou vendo você!”
Tem que falar “I don’t/can’t see you.”
CERTO “I see you.”
Mais comuns hear - ouvir, see - ver, believe - acreditar, know = saber ou conhecer, have = ter, Need = precisar, Remember = Lembrar”
Allie _____ in an apartment. (live)
lives
Dogs ______ and birds ______. (bark, sing)
bark, sing
The teacher ______ a lot of questions. (ask)
asks
Edward ______ Chemistry. (teach)
teaches
The mother ______ her baby. (kiss)
kisses
Sara _____ groceries for her family every week. (buy)
buys
Johnny ____ his books to class every day. (carry)
carries
Mrs. Smith ______ to church every Sunday. (go)
goes
Billy _____ basketball practice in the mornings. (have)
has
Ruth seldom _______ class. (miss)
misses
