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Simple Present 2

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Simple Present  Do / Does


I 
 Do
You 
He 

She  Does
it 
We 

You  Do
They 

Nós usamos o simple present para falar principalmente sobre dois casos: rotinas e fatos.
Rotinas são ações que ocorrem com frequência e são marcadas por alguma palavra que
indique a frequência ou o período na qual elas ocorrem.
Ex.: She teaches Spanish on Wednesdays.
Fatos são marcados pela ausência de marcadores temporais.
Ex.: My mother works at a school.
Ex.: His car is black.
1) Forma afirmativa:
Ex.: You work at a library.
Ex.: My dog barks every day.
2) Forma negativa:
Ex.: You do not / don't work at a library.
Ex.: My dog does not / doesn't bark every day.
3) Forma interrogativa:
Ex.: Do you work at a library?
Ex.: Does my dog bark every day?
Não usamos os auxiliares do / does com o verbo To be:
Ex.: Do your parents are traveling? (wrong)
Are your parents traveling? (correct)

4) Regra de conjugação para 3ª pessoa do singular:


A. Verbos terminados em -SS, -SH, - CH, -X, -Z e -O:
To cross / crosses
To push / pushes
To watch / watches
To fix / fixes
To buzz / buzzes
To go / goes

B. Verbos terminados em -Y:


B1. -Y precedido de consoante:
To try / tries
To dry / dries

B2. -Y precedido de vogal:


To play / plays
To pray / prays
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C. Para os demais verbos:
To dance / dances
To like / likes

Exceção: To have - has

5) Forma enfática:
I do imagine a better world.
She does like her car.

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Exercícios

01. (VUNESP) Many countries ___ with nuclear reactors


a) is experimenting
b) experimenting
c) are experimenting
d) experiments
e) would experimenting

02. (UFSC) The carnival begins on Saturday and ___ until Tuesday.
a) continued
b) continues
c) was ending
d) has continued
e) ends

03. (ITA) John is a good student, so he ___ to school every day.


a) gone
b) go
c)went
d) going
e) goes

04. Anyone who ___ to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
a) go
b) to go
c) goes
d) gone
e) going

05. Jane is an excellent student. At this moment she ___ her lesson.
a) studing
b) studied
c) is studied
d) has studying
e) is studying

06. (UEPA) Do you usually ___ breakfast at seven or eight o'clock?


a) eats
b) is eating
c) will eat
d) eat
e) are eating

07. Ela não gosta de cozinhar.


a) She don't like to cook.
b) She not like to cook.
c) She like not to cook.
d) She doesn't like to cook.
e) She likes not to cook.

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08. Mark the wrong sequence:
a) to dry – drying
b) to prefer - preferring
c) to cut – cutting
d) to teach - teaching
e) to remain – remaining

09. I'm taking my umbrella in case it ________ later on.


a) rains
b) rain
c) raining
d) is rainning
e) rained

10. A: I',m sorry: I forgot to post your letter.


B: Never mind! I'll post it myself when I _________ out.
a) going
b) am go
c) go
d) goes
e) gone

11. As long as I ___________ I'll not move from my home town.


a) lives
b) to lives
c) live
d) am living
e) to live

12. Turn the sentences into interrogative form:


a) It rains for hours.
b) They swim every day.
c) You study because you like to.
d) We study in the same class.
e) He gets up at 7 AM.

13. Find the mistakes:


a) I like don’t to be a child.
b) She never say she’s intelligent.
c) It does bites.

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