The document discusses the simple present tense in Portuguese. It notes that the simple present is used to indicate habitual actions and often appears after time expressions like "often" or "never." It provides the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the simple present, including using "do" and "does" as auxiliary verbs. Examples are given to illustrate using the simple present for habitual daily activities, schedules, and general truths. Exceptions for adding "es" or changing the spelling of verbs ending in certain letters in the third-person singular are also covered.
1. SIMPLE PRESENT – PRESENTE
SIMPLES
• Simple Present - Presente Simples
• SIMPLE PRESENT - PRESENTE SIMPLES (PRESENTE DO INDICATIVO)
• Conceito
Os verbos no simple present são empregados para indicar uma ação habitual.
Normalmente aparece após expressões de tempo como, OFTEN, SELDOM,
ALWAYS, NEVER.
• FORMA AFIRMATIVA:
• Afirmativa: Sujeito + Infinitivo (sem to). Para he, she, it ocorre
acréscimo de –s.
I drink (Eu bebo)
He drinks. (Ele bebe)
2. SIMPLE PRESENT – PRESENTE
SIMPLES
• VERBOS AUXILIARES
• DO E DOES
• DO USADO COM OS PRONOMES
PESSOAIS: I WE YOU THEY
• DOES USADO COM OS PRONOMES
PESSOAIS: HE SHE IT
4. SIMPLE PRESENT
• NEGATIVE FORM
• I don't drink
You don't drink
He doesn't drink
She doesn't drink
It doesn't drink
• We don't drink
You don't drink
They don't drink
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5. SIMPLE PRESENT
• INTERROGATIVE
• I don't drink
You don't drink
He doesn't drink
She doesn't drink
It doesn't drink
• We don't drink
You don't drink
They don't drink
•
6. SIMPLE PRESENT – FORMA
NEGATIVA
• Negativa: Sujeito + Do/Does + Not + Verbo
principal no infinitivo (sem to). Para he, she, it
usa-se does; para as demais usa-se do.
I do not drink = I don’t drink. (Eu não bebo)
He does not drink = He doesn’t drink. (Ele
não bebe)
7. SIMPLE PRESENT – FORMA
INTERROGATIVA
• Interrogativa: Do/Does + Sujeito + Verbo
no infinitivo (sem to)
• EXEMPLOS:
• DO YOU PLAY TENNIS?
• DOES SHE STUDY ENGLISH?
• DOES HE GO TO SCHOOL?
• DO YOU DANCE?
8. SIMPLE PRESENT
• Examples:
• I play tennis.
• She does not play tennis.
• Does he play tennis?
• The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
• The train does not leave at 9 AM.
• When does the train usually leave?
• She always forgets her purse.
• He never forgets his wallet.
• Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun.
• Does the Sun circle the Earth?
9. SIMPLE PRESENT
• Na 3ª. pessoa do singular (he, she, it),
quando o verbo terminar em:
a) o > go (ir), acrescenta-se es.
Exemplo: He goes to school by bus.
Ele vai para a escola de ônibus.
b) s > kiss (beijar), acrescenta-se es.
Exemplo: She kisses her husband.
Ela beija o marido dela.
10. SIMPLE PRESENT
• c) sh/ch > wash / watch, acrescenta-se es.
Exemplo: She washes her hands.
Ela lava suas mãos.
She watches TV every night.
Ela assisti TV todas as noites.
d) x > wax, acrescenta-se es.
Exemplo: He waxes his car.
Ele encera seu carro.
11. SIMPLE PRESENT
• e) y > precedido de consoante > study (estudar),
tira-se o y e acrescenta-se ies.
Exemplo: He studies English at school.
Ele estuda Inglês na escola.
f) y > precedido de vogal > play (tocar, jogar),
acrescenta-se s.
Exemplo: She plays tennis every Sunday.
Ela joga tênis todo Domingo.
He plays the guitar every day.
Ele toca violão todos os dias.