GRAMMAR

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3 Present Continuous

am/is/are + talking/playing/leaving
Usamos o Present Continuous para falar de:
aes que esto a decorrer no momento em que se fala:
I cant go out now. Its raining a lot.
(No posso sair agora. Est a chover muito.)

coisas que esto a acontecer por um perodo de tempo curto:

Where are you staying this week? In a hotel.
(Onde que ests hospedado esta semana? Num hotel.)

planos pessoais num futuro prximo:

Hes going to England next month.
(Ele vai para a Inglaterra no prximo ms.)

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I am (Im) reading
You are (youre) studying
He is (hes) writing
She is (shes) cooking
It is (its) eating
We are (were) talking
You are (youre) swimming
They are (theyre) running

I am not (Im not) reading

You are not (arent) studying
He is not (isnt) writing
She is not (isnt) cooking
It is not (isnt) eating
We are not (arent) talking
You are not (arent) swimming
They are not (arent) running

Am I reading?
Are you studying?
Is he writing?
Is she cooking?
Is it eating?
Are we talking?
Are you swimming?
Are they running?

-ing form
-ing form

Regra geral: infinitivo + ing

do doing

Verbos terminados em consoante + e

write writing

Verbos terminados em -ee

see seeing

Verbos que terminam em -ie, mudam -ie para -ying.

lie lying
die dying

Verbos monossilbicos que terminam numa nica vogal

+ consoante dobram a consoante.

get getting
jog jogging

Verbos polissilbicos com a ltima slaba acentuada que

terminam em vogal + consoante dobram a consoante.

begin beginning
prefer preferring

Em ingls britnico o l dobra sempre, mesmo quando a

ltima slaba no acentuada.

cancel cancelling
travel travelling

Nota: o y e o w nunca dobram.

buy buying
draw drawing

Time expressions (Expresses de tempo)

 now at the moment today tonight tomorrow these
days at present, etc.
What are you doing tonight? (O que vais fazer hoje noite?)
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Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Present Simple

Present Continuous

Usamos o Present Simple para

falar de hbitos, rotinas, situaes
permanentes, horrios e verdades
universais.

Usamos o Present Continuous para falar

de aes que esto a decorrer no momento
em que se fala, situaes temporrias ou
planos pessoais num futuro prximo.

Jane never goes to school by bus.

Jane is doing her homework now.

(A Jane nunca vai para a escola de

autocarro.)

(Agora a Jane est a fazer o trabalho de casa.)

She lives in Dublin.

(O Alan est a dar aulas em Portugal este ano.)

Alan is teaching in Portugal this year.

(Ela vive em Dublin.)

The school year starts in September.

Paul is coming round to see me this

afternoon.

(O ano escolar comea em setembro.)

(O Paul vem ver-me esta tarde.)

Time expressions (Expresses de tempo)

always
(sempre)
often
(frequentemente)
normally, usually (normalmente, habitualmente)
sometimes
(s vezes)
seldom, rarely
(raramente)
never
(nunca)
every day/month/ (todos os dias/meses/)

at the moment (neste momento)

today
(hoje)
now
(agora)
these days
(hoje em dia)

5 Past Simple
Regular verbs


A: Did you stay at home yesterday?
(Ontem ficaste em casa?)

B: Yes, I did. I watched TV, but I didnt watch it for a long time.

(Sim, fiquei. Vi televiso, mas no vi durante muito tempo.)

Affirmative

I/You
He/She/It
We/You/
They

stayed

Negative

I/You
He/She/It
We/You/
They

did not
(didnt)

Interrogative

stay Did

Short answers (Respostas curtas)

A: Did Sally arrive late for school yesterday?

I/you
he/she/it
we/you/
they

stay?

(Ontem a Sally chegou tarde escola?)

B: Yes, she did./No, she didnt.

(Sim, chegou./No, no chegou.)
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GRAMMAR

UNIT 1

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