Simple Present Tense

Macete para o uso do S na terceira pessoa do singular (He, She, It):

Sempre quando vocês forem escrever e não souberem se é “S” ou “ES”, lembre do seguinte macete: O – S – SH – CH – X, adicione ES.

Não adiantou muita coisa? Bom, vamos formar uma frase com essas letras:

O Seu SHampoo CHeiroso da Xuxa EStragou!

Simple Present Exercise

1. Adicione S ou ES aos verbos nas sentenças se necessário. Se não for necessário, coloque um X no espaço em branco.

a) He work___ in a bank.
b) They live___ in France.
c) I watch____ TV every day.
d) She go____ to work by car.
e) The film finish____ at ten o'clock.
f) We play____ tennis every weekend.
g) They go____ on holiday in August.
h) He speak____ Italian and French.
i) She do_____ her homework every night.

2. Escreva frases, usando a forma negativa do Present Simple:

a) (He/not/live/ in Mexico) He doesn't live in Mexico.
b) (She/not//work/in a bank) ________________________________________________
c) (I/not/play golf) ___________________________________________
d) (Paul/not/listen/to teh radio) __________________________________________
e) (We/not/speak/French) ___________________________________________________
f) (You/not/listen/to me!) _________________________________________________
g) (My car/not/work)________________________________________________________
h) (I/not/drink/tea) _____________________________________________________
i) (Sheila/not/eat/meat) _________________________________________________

3. Complete os espaços com a conjugação correta dos verbos no Presente Simples do inglês.

Kristin____________(wake up) everyday at 7. She___________(brush) her teeth and then__________(take) a shower. Then she___________(meet) with her friend Jennifer and together they____________(have) breakfast at a little diner near the office. They_________(get) to the office at around 8:30. Kristin__________(go) to the first floor, where she___________(work), and Jennifer____________(take) the elevator to the 11th floor, where her office___________(be). Later, they____________(meet) again at 12 to have lunch.

4. Complete os espaços com a opção correta: do, does, don't, doesn't, is, isn't, are ou aren't:

a.________you like ice-cream?
Yes I_______. I think everybody_________.

b.________ Kim from Australia?
Nope, she________actually Canadian.

c. We__________like the beach very much this time of the year. We prefer the mountains.
Really? Why_______that?
Beaches_______too crowded in the summer.
_________you always go to the mountains in the summer?
About every two years. It_________a shame that we have more free time to travel.

d. How often__________you go to the movies?
Every week or so. I like to watch all the comedies, but I really___________like horror movies.
Really? Horror movies__________my favorite ones.

e. Rose__________here yet. Where_______she?
Oh, she_______late because of the traffic.
Ok, we can wait.__________she have a car?
No, she_________. She always takes a cab.

f._________those your friends from Spain?
They__________my friends, but they___________Spanish. They__________actually from Argentina.
Oh. __________they go to the same school that you go?
No, they___________students. They________actually Spanish teachers.

Forming Gerunds

Gerunds are nouns formed from verbs: walking, talking, thinking, listening
Gerunds are formed by adding ING to verbs: think + ing thinking

However, there are a few spelling rules that you need to know in order to form gerunds correctly. The spelling of a gerund depends on the vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and consonants (b, c, d etc.) at the end of the verb:

If there is more than one consonant, just add ING:
think + ing - thinking

If there is more than one vowel, just add ING:
beat + ing - beating

If there is one vowel and one consonant, and the syllable is stressed, double the consonant and add ING:
hit + t + ing - hitting

If there are one or more consonants and E, remove the E and add ING:
take + ing - taking

In most other cases, just add ING:
study + ing - studying
see + ing - seeing