The document discusses when to use the simple past and present perfect tenses in English. The simple past is used to describe actions that happened in the past and will not happen again, like "I did my homework yesterday." The present perfect is used for actions that have been completed recently or are still ongoing, and is formed using "have/has" plus the past participle, like "I have seen a penguin." It provides examples of how to conjugate different verbs in both tenses.

1. SIMPLE PAST

2. When should I use Simple past?
Em inglês, o tempo verbal simple past (passado
simples) é utilizado para expressar hábitos ou
ações que aconteceram no passado e não irão
mais acontecer.

9. I _____________my maths homework yesterday. (to do)
PRACTICING

10. I DID my maths homework yesterday. (to do)
PRACTICING

11. They ________________a farm two weeks ago. (to visit)

12. They VISITED a farm two weeks ago. (to visit)

13. Maria ____________my books with her yesterday. (to
take)

14. Maria TOOK my books with her yesterday. (to take)

15. My grandparents ___________by my house earlier this
morning. (to come)

16. My grandparents CAME by my house earlier this
morning. (to come)

17. I love pizza! I _________it last night. (to eat)

18. I love pizza! I ATE it last night. (to eat)

19. I __________ so early yesterday. (to sleep)

20. I SLEPT so early yesterday. (to sleep)

21. She _______ sick. (to be)

22. She WAS sick. (to be)

23. Daiana and Camila ________ friends. (to be)

24. Daiana and Camila WERE friends. (to be)

25. - Why didn’t you call me yesterday?
- I’m sorry, I _________ (to forget)

26. - Why didn’t you call me yesterday?
- I’m sorry, I FORGOT (to forget)

27. - _________you brush your teeth?
- Yes, I ____. (to do)

28. - DID you brush your teeth?
- Yes, I DID (to do)

29. - _________you brush your teeth?
- Yes, I ____. (not/to do)

30. - DID you brush your teeth?
- Yes, I DIDN’T (not/to do)

31. PRESENT PERFECT

32. O Present Perfect Simple é usado para indicar
ações influenciadas pelo presente e que foram
concluídas recentemente ou que ainda estão em
curso. Esse tempo verbal é formado pelo verbo
auxiliar to have (have/has) conjugado no
Simple Present (presente simples) + o Past
Participle (particípio passado) do verbo
principal.

39. I ________ _________ A PENGUIM. (TO SEE)

40. I HAVE SEEN A PENGUIM. (TO SEE)

41. JULIA ______ ________ SICK SINCE SHE
WAS FIVE. (TO BE)

42. JULIA HAS BEEN SICK SINCE SHE WAS
FIVE. (TO BE)

43. MY FATHER ______ JUST _______ TO BED.
(TO GO)

44. MY FATHER HAS JUST GONE TO BED. (TO
GO)

45. WE ________ _______ IN THIS HOUSE SINCE
2015. (TO LIVE)

46. WE HAVE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE SINCE
2015. (TO LIVE)

47. _______ YOU EVER ________ ANARM? (TO
BREAK))

48. HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN AN ARM? (TO
BREAK))

49. MARK _______ _________ TWO FOREIGN
LANGUAGES. (TO STUDY)

50. MARK HAS STUDIED TWO FOREIGN
LANGUAGES. (TO STUDY)

51. “The issue is the cultivated fruits have been genetically modified
to be much higher in sugar content than their natural, ancestral
fruits,” Michael Lynch, the zoo’s head veterinarian, told the
Sydney Morning Herald.
On Sunday, the Sydney
Morning Herald reported that
zookeepers at the Melbourne
Zoo are weening some animals
off of fruits because they were
too sweet for the animals’ own
good. Red pandas and primates
had been gaining weight, and
some had signs of tooth decay
as well.

52. “The issue is the cultivated fruits have been genetically modified
to be much higher in sugar content than their natural, ancestral
fruits,” Michael Lynch, the zoo’s head veterinarian, told the
Sydney Morning Herald.
On Sunday, the Sydney
Morning Herald reported that
zookeepers at the Melbourne
Zoo are weening some animals
off of fruits because they were
too sweet for the animals’ own
good. Red pandas and primates
had been gaining weight, and
some had signs of tooth decay
as well.
https://qz.com/1408469/humans-have-bred-fruits-to-be-so-high-in-sugar-a-zoo-had-to-stop-feeding-them-to-some-animals/