Simple present

• The simple present is used to express situations that are happening at that time:
Check:
Eu como. (I eat.)
Você come. (You eat.)
Eles comem. (They eat.)

- We can use it in two ways:

• When we talk about a fact.
Check: I love to travel. (Eu amo viajar.)
I like to study english. (Eu gosto de estudar inglês.)

• When we talk about a routine:

Check: They work there on fridays. (Eles trabalham lá às sextas.)
We study english everyday. (Nós estudamos inglês todos os dias.)
I wake up ate 7 o'clock in the morning. (Eu acordo às 7 horas da manhã.)
 • To learn the affirmative form of simple present we need to split the pronouns
• Affirmative form into two groups:
• Group 1: Nesse caso a estrutura é a mesma para os pronomes I, YOU, WE e
THEY. Podemos usar qualquer verbo ou complemento de frase para qualquer
um dos pronomes.
Sujeito + Verbo Principal + Complemento
(S) (V.P.) (Com)
I
YOU Want to go to school by car.
WE
THEY * Mesma estrutura para pronomes diferentes.

• Group 2: Iremos usar agora os pronomes HE, SHE e IT. Para usarmos o simple
present com esses pronomes, os verbos precisam estar no plural.

HE wants to go to school by car.

SHE wants to go to school by car.
 Pay attention!
• Quando usamos o Simple Present a maioria dos verbos recebe um “s” no
final:
READ- READS
SING- SINGS
RUN- RUNS

• Mas nem sempre essa regrinha funciona, nos verbos terminados em “o”, “s”,
"ss", “sh”, “ch” “x” ou “z” usamos o “es” no final:

GO - GOES
DO - DOES
MISS - MISSES
WASH - WASHES
WATCH - WATCHES
 Pay attention!
• Outra coisa bem simples acontece quando o verbo termina com consoantes e
“y” no final. Como por exemplo, os verbos que têm consoantes antes do “y”.
Nesses casos devemos tirar o “y” e acrescentar “ies”.

EX:
TRY - TRIES
REPLY - REPLIES
HURRY- HURRIES

• Não Confunda: Para os verbos que também terminam com “y” e têm uma vogal
antes, usamos a mesma regra geral da maioria dos verbos: Acrescento apenas o
“s” ao final da palavra.

EX:
STAY- STAYS
PLAY- PLAYS
 Irregular verbs

• Quando nos referimos ao verbo TO DO (fazer), usamos DO

para I, YOU, WE e THEY

e DOES para HE, SHE e IT.

• Quando nos referimos ao verbo TO HAVE (ter), usamos HAVE

para I, YOU, WE e THEY, mas HAS para HE, SHE e IT.
 • The negative form is even easier, again, let's split them into
Negative form two groups:

Sujeito + verbo auxiliar + verbo principal + complemento • Group 1: I, you, we, they
(S) (V.A) (V.P.) (Com)
I I
You need to buy it. You don’t need to buy it.
We We Don't
They They

• Got it? When we use the pronouns I, YOU, WE, and THEY, we
just add the auxiliary verb DO NOT or DON'T before the main
verb.
Negative form • Now, let's learn the negative form of simple present in our
second group of pronouns.

• Group 2: He, she, it:

He Likes to drive. He does not like to drive.

She likes to drive. She doesn’t like to drive.
It Works very well. It Doesn't work very well.

• Quando usamos os pronomes HE, SHE e IT apenas

acrescentamos o verbo auxiliar DOES NOT ou DOESN'T antes
do verbo e este não precisa mais estar no plural.
 Interrogative form
• Let's learn now, how to make questions using simple present. Do
you remember which groups of pronouns we are using?

GROUP 1 GROUP 2

I HE
YOU DO/ DON'T SHE DOES/ DOESN'T
WE IT
THEY
 Interrogative form
• Na forma interrogativa, usamos a seguinte ordem:

Verbo Auxiliar + Sujeito + Verbo Principal + Complemento

(V.A.) (S) (V.P.) (Com)

Check:

Do you study english in the morning?

Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

Does she work on saturdays?

Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
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