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Simple Present
Aula 01
FRASE AFIRMATIVA

Sujeito + Infinitivo sem to + complementos

Exemplos:
We work every day. (Ns trabalhamos todo dia)
Nas pessoas he, she e it, acrescentamos s ao verbo.
He works every day.

(Ele trabalha todo dia)

Ateno
1) Acrescentamos es quando o verbo terminar em s, ss, sh, ch, x, z e o
She misses her boyfriend. (Ela sente saudades de seu namorado)
He teaches math. (Ele ensina matemtica.)
2) Quando o verbo terminar em consoante + y, tiramos o y e acrescentamos ies.
He tries to be a good student. (Ele tenta ser um bom aluno)
She cries during all the night. (Ela chora durante toda a noite)
VERBOS AUXILIARES
Toda frase interrogativa da lngua inglesa inicia-se com um verbo auxiliar.
No Simple Present, os verbos auxiliares so:

Veja a tabela abaixo:

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I like chocolate

Do I like chocolate?

I dont like chocolate.

You like chocolate

Do you like chocolate?

You dont like chocolate.

He likes chocolate

Does he like chocolate?

He doesnt like chocolate.

She likes chocolate

Does she like chocolate?

She doesnt like chocolate.

It likes chocolate

Does it like chocolate?

It doesnt like chocolate.

We like chocolate.

Do we like chocolate?

We dont like chocolate.

You like chocolate

Do you like chocolate?

You dont like chocolate.

They like chocolate

Do they like chocolate?

They dont like chocolate.

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DICAS DO "SIMPLE PRESENT"

always (sempre)
never (nunca)
on sundays (aos domingos)
on tuesdays (s teras)
every day (todo dia)

every week (toda semana)

usually (usualmente)
generally (geralmente)
sometimes (s vezes)
often (frequentemente)

seldom (raramente)
every other day (dia sim, dia no)
now and then / once in a while (de
vez em quando)

Exercises
A) Complete the sentences below with the Simple Present of the following verbs:
BOIL CLOSE COST LIKE MEET OPEN SPEAK TEACH WASH
1) Jennifer __________________ five languages fluently.
2) ln England the shops usually __________________ at 9.30 in the morning.
3) The City Museum __________________ at 5 o'clock in the evening.
4) My job is very interestig. I often __________________ a lot of people.
5) Jane is an excellent teacher. She __________________ mathematics to young children.
6) Sylvia __________________ her hair three times a week.
7) ln some places water is expensive. It __________________ a lot of money.
8) Those shoes are very expensive. They __________________ a lot of money.
9) Water __________________ at 100 degrees Celsius.
10) Marta and I are very old friends. I __________________ her and she likes me.
11) Jack __________________ Meg at school every day.
12) John and David __________________ Physics. They are good teachers.
13) My neighbors __________________ their car on Saturdays.
14) ln Brazil many shops __________________ on Sundays.
15) Nancy is from Spain. She __________________ Spanish.
16) Many bacteria die when milk __________________.
17) I __________________ apple-pie. It's delicious!
B) Rewrite the sentences below in the interrogative and negative forms:
1) John drives his father's car.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
2) They work from Monday to Saturday.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
3) She needs help.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
4) We study at night.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
5) Mr. Howard earns a lot of money.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)

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C) Read the text below carefully and answer the questions in Portuguese:
(UNICAMP/2000) Para responder s questes 1 e 2, leia a pergunta feita por um leitor revista Popular Science
(outubro de 1999), bem como a resposta dada a ele pela revista.
Why are we taller in the morning than we are at night?
WE ARE in fact taller in the moming, but only slightly. It's because the horizontal position most of us sleep in
relieves gravity's pressure on our spines, so the soft cartilage between our 26 vertebral bones expands. Throughout the
day, as we move in an upright position, these doughnut-shaped discs of cartilage compress under the weight of gravity.
So we're a bit taller in the morning than we are at night.
Vertebral discs are composed of a fairly high percentage of water, says Jerome McAndrews of the American
Chiropractic Association. When you lie down you take the weight bearing off, and the discs expand. When your weight's
on them, they squeeze.
Such differences are more pronounced in young people. As we age we shrink less throughout the day because
theres less resilience or flexibility in our tissues.
Vocabulary:
1) taller: _________________________

13) fairly _________________________

2) than: _________________________

14) chiropractic: _________________________

3) in fact: _________________________

15) lie down: _________________________

4) slightly: _________________________

16) take off: _________________________

5) relieve: _________________________

17) bearing: _________________________

6) spine: _________________________

18) squeeze: _________________________

7) throughout: _________________________

19) such: _________________________

8) upright: _________________________

20) age: _________________________

9) doughnut: _________________________

21) shrink: _________________________

10) shape: _________________________

22) resilience: _________________________

11) weight: _________________________

23) tissue: _________________________

12) a bit: _________________________

1) Qual a explicao dada pela revista para a afirmao ...we are a bit talter in the morning than we are at night?
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
2) O fenmeno em questo se manifesta igualmente em toda a populao? Por qu?
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Homework
A) Fill in with the Simple Present of the verbs in parentheses. After rewrite all the sentences of the previous exercise in
the interrogative and negative forms.

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1) She always __________________ (to go) to school on foot.

______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
2) The students sometimes __________________ (to write) their compositions in ink.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
3) I __________________ (to get) up at six every morning.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
4) He __________________ (to come) from Canada.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
5) Ann __________________ (to speak) German.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
6) The club __________________ (to open) at 8 oclock.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
7) My parents __________________ (to live) in a very small flat.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
8) The Olympic Games __________________ (to take place) every four years.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
9) Jane __________________ (to drink) tea every morning.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
10) The Earth Planet__________________ (to go) round the sun.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
11) The River Amazon __________________ (to flow) into the Atlantic Ocean.
______________________________________________________________________________________ (interrogativa)
______________________________________________________________________________________ (negativa)
B) Choose the right alternative.
1) Marta and I never __________________ out on Sunday evemngs.
a) go

b) goes

c) to go

2) The children sometimes __________________ attention to the explanation.

a) pays

b) paies

c) pay

3)Mr. and Mrs. Brown __________________ abroad every year.

a) travel

b) travels

c) to travel