The document discusses the simple present tense in English. It provides a chart showing the negative and interrogative forms of the simple present tense. It then explains that the negative is formed with "do/does + not" and the interrogative is formed with "do/does" at the beginning of the question. Examples are given to illustrate how to use the negative and interrogative forms in sentences.

1. 12) Tempos Verbais: Simple Present –
Formas Negativa e Interrogativa
Observe o quadro abaixo!
Nega Tiva Interro gativa
I Do I know?
you do not know you Know?
he he
she does not know Does she know?
it it
we we
you do not know Do you know?
they they

2. Formas negativas:
1) Uso do verbo auxiliar “do + not” antes da forma
básica (infinitivo sem to) do verbo principal, para I,
you we, they.
2) Uso do verbo auxiliar “ does + not ” para he, she,
3) Os auxiliares são geralmente contraídos com not,
formando don’t ou doesn’t.
I go to school by bus. I don’t go to school by subway.
(Eu vou à escola de ônibus. Eu não vou à escola de
metrô.)
She plays the piano. She doesn’t play the guitar.
(Ela toca piano. Ela não toca violão.)

3. Forma interrogativa:
Usam-se do (I, you, we, they) e does (he, she, it ) no início
da pergunta, antes do sujeito, e o verbo principal fica no
infinitivo sem TO.
Do you go to school by bus? Does he go by subway?
(Você vai à escola de ônibus? Ele vai de metrô?
Do they play the piano? Does she play the guitar?
(Eles tocam piano? Ela toca guitarra?)
BobCheck: Do e Does enquanto auxiliares do presente
simples NÃO tem tradução e NÃO permitem flexão verbal.

4. Complete com do, does, don’t ou doesn’t.
1. ___________ you wear a hat when you go to the beach?
2. ___________the Amazon Forest have a future?
3. Consumers __________ accept genetically modified
foods.
4. _________ you like chocolate? ________ apiece of
chocolate satisfy you or isn’t it just enough?
5. ________ you have a list of “little joys”?
6. Fishermen, prostitutes, sailors, and tramps _________
need any pompous philosophy in order to live their lives.
7. An optimist ___________ ignore the dark side of thing,
but he chooses the other side.

5. Complete com do, does, don’t ou doesn’t.
1. Do you wear a hat when you go to the beach?
2. Does the Amazon Forest have a future?
3. Consumers don’t accept genetically modified foods.
4. Do you like chocolate? Does a piece of chocolate
satisfy you or isn’t it just enough?
5. Do you have a list of “little joys”?
6. Fishermen, prostitutes, sailors, and tramps don’t
need any pompous philosophy in order to live their
lives.
7. An optimist doesn’t ignore the dark side of thing, but
he chooses the other side.