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Presente Simples
Antes de apresentar as situações nas quais o Presente Simples pode ser usado, vejamos como reconhecer sua estrutura:

O presente simples é formado a partir da forma básica do verbo.

Infinitivo: to call

Forma básica: call

I call my mom every day. PLAY

Samuel and André work in a sport store. PLAY

We watch TV at night. PLAY

Quando o verbo está na terceira pessoa do singular (he, she, it), acrescenta-se –S ou –ES.

She calls my mom every day. PLAY

Samuel works in a sport store. PLAY

He watches TV at night. PLAY

Observe:

I build PLAY
You build

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He builds
She builds
It builds beautiful houses.
We build
You build
They build

Para verbos terminados em s / ss / z / x / o / ch / sh

I catch
You catch
He catches
She catches
PLAY
It catches the bus at 8 p.m.
We catch
You catch
They catch

Verbos terminados em y precedidos de consoante tem esta letra trocada por i antes do acréscimo do es quando estão na
terceira pessoa do singular.

They study hard to have good grades. PLAY

She studies hard to have good grades. PLAY

Atenção.
Para frases negativas e interrogativas, o presente simples precisa do verbo auxiliar do, que quando está na terceira pessoa
do singular recebe –es (does).

Diego does not visit his parents every week. PLAY

We do not go to the dentist frequently. PLAY

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Do you sell computer devices? PLAY

Does Cinthia wash clothes at home? PLAY

Formas Contractas:

Do not: don’t PLAY

Does not: doesn’t PLAY

Observe que nas frases de terceira pessoa do singular o verbo não necessita das terminações –s ou –es, pois a presença
do does os dispensa.

Atenção.

Advérbios de frequência:

Always - 100% PLAY

Usually - 80% PLAY

Often - 80% PLAY

Sometimes - 50% PLAY

Hardly ever - 10% PLAY

Never - 0% PLAY

Os advérbios de frequência se posicionam entre o sujeito e o verbo.

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People usually stay with the family during Christmas. PLAY

We sometimes go to the beach on Saturdays. PLAY

Dan is always in a good mood. PLAY

They are never at home Friday night. PLAY

Observe que apenas com o to be o advérbio de frequência se posiciona após o verbo.

6.1. Grammar practice

01. It _______ here that the police _________ more trouble in the city. PLAY

a) say - expects PLAY

b) says - expect PLAY

c) say - expect PLAY

d) says - expects PLAY

e) sayes – expect PLAY

02. I ________ this exhibition open. PLAY

a) declare PLAY

b) declares PLAY

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c) declaries PLAY

d) to declare PLAY

e) declaring PLAY

03. A: We ______ in difficult times.

B: I ________. PLAY

a) live / agrees PLAY

b) lives / agrees PLAY

c) live / agree PLAY

d) lives / agree PLAY

e) living / agree PLAY

04. Chris ___________ off his coat when he __________ in. PLAY

a) doesn’t takes / come PLAY

b) doesn’t take / comes PLAY

c) don’t take / comes PLAY

d) don’t take / come PLAY

e) doesn’t takes / comes PLAY

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05. I ______ to the bank on Fridays, but Robert _________. PLAY

a) never goes / always do PLAY

b) never go / does always PLAY

c) go never / always does PLAY

d) never goes / always does PLAY

e) never go / always does PLAY

06. Your father _________ on going with us. PLAY

a) insisties PLAY

b) insists PLAY

c) doesn’t insists PLAY

d) insisting PLAY

e) insist PLAY

07. We _________ the afternoons watching good films. PLAY

a) spend PLAY

b) to spend PLAY
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c) spends PLAY

d) doesn’t spend PLAY

e) does spend PLAY

08. _____ you ______ something wrong? PLAY

a) does / feel PLAY

b) do / feels PLAY

c) do / feel PLAY

d) does/ feels PLAY

e) feel / do PLAY

09. I _________ _________ worried about them. PLAY

a) is / always PLAY

b) always / am PLAY

c) are / never PLAY

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d) am / always PLAY

e) is / never PLAY

10. Tiago _____ _____ _________ his breakfast in ten minutes. PLAY

a) usually / eat PLAY

b) usually / eats PLAY

c) eat / usually PLAY

d) eats / usually PLAY

e) usually / to eat PLAY

6.2. Reading Practice

TEXT 9 -WHY DO WE SLEEP? PLAY

A recent study may have an answer to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in science - what is the purpose of sleep? The
work suggests it’s actually about making animals function more efficiently in their environments.
PLAY
Pythons, bats and giant armadillos are among the longest sleepers at over eighteen hours a day. Human babies need
sixteen hours, and most of us probably feel we need around eight hours sleep to function well.

Professor Jerry Seigel from the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted a study of the sleep times of a broad range PLAY
of animals and found that they vary widely. Some, like migrating birds, can survive long periods without sleeping at all. He
believes that shows sleep evolved to conserve energy. Jerry Seigel: “It’s animals that are needlessly active that will not
survive, but animals that are most efficient and use their waking time to do vital functions, and are otherwise asleep that will
survive.”
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Sleep helps make best use of limited resources. In humans, when we’re awake, our brain accounts for 20% of the energy we
use when just sitting around. Sleeping also makes us less likely to get injured and less likely to be detected by predators.
STEWART, Jon. Why do we sleep? Disponível em:<www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
language/wordsinthenews/2009/09/090911_witn_sleep.shtml>. Acessoem: 10 jul. 2010. “armadillos” (l. 4): tatus.

01. Constituem respostas verdadeiras para a pergunta em destaque aquelas contidas nos seguintes fragmentos: “WHY DO
WE SLEEP?”

(01) “Phytons, bats and giant armadillos are among the longest sleepers” PLAY

(02) “Professor Jerry Seigel […] conducted a study of the sleep times of a broad range of animals and found that they vary
PLAY
widely.”

(04) “that shows sleep evolved to conserve energy.” PLAY

(08) “Sleep helps make best use of limited resources.” PLAY

(16) “Sleeping also makes us less likely to get injured and less likely to be detected by predators.”. PLAY

02. De acordo com o texto, pode-se afirmar:

(01) O tempo de sono é proporcional ao tamanho do animal

(02) Os bebês, geralmente, dormem mais que os morcegos

(04) Os animais que dormem muito geralmente têm vida longa

(08) O tatu gigante é um dos animais mais dorminhocos que existem

(16) “Sleeping also makes us less likely to get injured and less likely to be detected by predators.”.

(32) As aves migratórias conseguem sobreviver, ficando acordadas durante longos períodos

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TEXT 10

PLAY

THAT’s one... Newsweek. New York, p.12, 2009

01. The author of this charge thinks that the NASA space program PLAY

a) should be encouraged PLAY

b) is not worthwhile PLAY

c) is not a waste of time PLAY

d) can improve scientific studies PLAY

e) will surely help mankind PLAY

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