SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE FORMS AFFIRMATI VE I drink

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

FORMS AFFIRMATI VE I drink You drink He drinks She drinks It drinks We drink You drink They drink NEGATIVE 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 INTERROGATIVE Do I drink? Do you drink? Does he drink? Does she drink? Does it drink? Do we drink? Do you drink? Do they drink?

AUXILIARY VERBS DO I YOU WE YOU THEY DOES HE SHE IT

Affirmative form Subject + verb (S/ES/IES) Carol drinks milk • Contraction: do + not = don’t / does + not = doesn’t Negative form Interrogative form Subject +auxiliary verb + not+ verb Carol doesn’t drink milk Auxiliary verb +Subject + verb? Does Carol drink milk ?

SPELLING v Acrescenta-se S ao final do verbo Exemplo: He walks v Acrescenta-se ES quando os verbos terminarem em: O, X, SS, CH, SH. Exemplos: She goes He fixes He kisses Carol watches TV Peter washes the dishes v Acrescenta-se IES ao verbo terminado em Y precedido de consoante. Exemplo: Douglas studies

O simple present é usado para descrever ações habituais e também para expressar verdades gerais: n n n A regra do S/ES/IES serve apenas para os verbos no presente simples, na forma afirmativa na terceira pessoa do singular HE/SHE/IT. Na forma negativa utiliza-se o verbo auxiliar DO / DOES mais a partícula negativa NOT e o verbo principal volta para a forma infinitiva sem o TO. Na forma interrogativa utiliza-se o verbo auxiliar DO / DOES antes do sujeito da oração e o verbo principal volta para a forma infinitiva sem o TO.

EXERCISES A) John. . . . with his parents in a country town. (Live) B) That guy. . . . a lot of important information. (Have) C) Our great grandfather. . . . a pension. (Get) D) She. . . . English well but her brother. . it. (Know/hate) E) Ronaldo. . goals when he´s in good shape. (Score) F) We. . . . control of our lives due to bad habits. (Lose) G) Mary and Anna. . to college in the evening. (Go)