REGULARS
Ex: She worksout everyday
I sleep late every sunday
People like money
I think São Paulo it´s better than Palmeiras
It is used to express routine, habits, general
truth and personal opinion.
3.
GRAMMAR
Observe the thirdpeople on singular. The rest of it won´t
change.
I- work
You-work
He/She/It- works
We-work
You-work
They-work
PLURAL
SINGULAR
Verbs that endin consonant +y, we remove the -y
and add -IES. Verbs that end in vowel +y we add
the -s.
EX: Study- Studies
Play- Plays
REMEMBER: only on third
people on singular.
6.
STRUCTURE
+) Affirmative: SUBJECT+MAIN VERB+ COMPLEMENT
EX: We like to go to the beach
-) Negative: SUBJECT+ AUXILIAR VERB+ NOT+ MAIN VERB+ COMPLEMENT
EX: I do not live in Brazil/ Do not: Don´t - Does: Doesn´t
?) Interrogative: AUXILIAR VERB+SUBJECT+ MAIN VERB+ COMPLEMENT
EX: Does she watch TV every day?
7.
IRREGULARS
In the simplepresent we have only 2 main irregular verbs:
To have/ has - To be
TO HAVE/ HAS:
+) She has eaten all the cake
-) She hasn´t eaten all the cake
?) Has she eaten all the cake?
In irregulars, the verbs have your own change.
EX: Go (ir) - Went (foi) - Gone (ido)
Break (quebrar) - Broke (quebrou) - Broken (quebrado)
TO ASK QUESTIONSIN PRESENT SIMPLE YOU NEED TO USE THE
AUXILIARY VERB DO OR DOES.
Yes/No Questions are questions that start with Do or Does. These are
closed questions, as their answers are short, since the options for
response are limited.
Wh-Questions are questionsthat before using
do or does it is necessary to use a wh-word, or
that is, words that start with wh such as When,
Where, How, What, Why, Who, among others.
WH-QUESTIONS
The
complement
of a
question can
be optional!
12.
HOW TO ANSWERWH-QUESTIONS?
Wh-questions are open-ended questions, as their answers are longer.