I am doing

(PRESENT CONTINUOUS)
and
I do ( SIMPLE PRESENT )

COMPARE
SIMPLE PRESENT

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS

Ao ocorre com
determinada frequncia :

John is a writer . He
writes interesting books.

Sandra is a teacher. She

teaches English.

Neymar is a soccer
player.
He plays soccer very well.

Ao ocorre no tempo da
fala :

John is writing a book.

Sandra is teaching
English at the moment.

Is Neymar playing
soccer at the moment ?

 Agora observe a seguinte situao :

Tom e Paul esto conversando no intervalo da
escola .Tom diz a Paul :
__ I am reading an interesting book at the
moment. I will lend it to you when Ive finished it .
( Eu estou lendo um livro interessante no momento. Eu o
emprestarei a voc quando eu terminar a leitura.)

Tom no est lendo o livro no momento

em que conversa com Paulo. Ele quis dizer a
Paulo que comeou a ler o livro mas ainda
no terminou de l-lo.

 Concluso : Usamos o Present Continuous

no necessariamente para nos referir apenas a
uma ao que est acontecendo agora , mas
tambm quando queremos nos referir a aes
que esto ocorrendo dentro de um perodo de
tempo. Veja mais exemplos :

You are working hard today. ( Voc est trabalhando

muito hoje.)

Is Susan working this week ? ( Susan est

trabalhando esta semana ?)

The population of the world is rising very fast.

(A populao mundial est crescendo muito rpido.)

Compare
Situao temporria
Present Continuous

He is working hard today

.

( Ele est trabalhando muito hoje.)

I am living with some

friends until I find a flat.
( Eu estou morando com alguns
amigos at encontrar um
apartamento.)

I am not driving this

week because my car
has broken.
( Eu no estou dirigindo esta semana
porque meu carro quebrou.)

Situao
permanente
Simple Present

He is not lazy. He works

very hard most of the
time.
(Ele no preguioso. Ele trabalha
muito a maior parte do tempo.)

My parents live in
London.
( Meus pais moram em Londres.)

I drive every day .

( Eu dirijo todos os dias.)

Confuses com o Present

Continuous e Simple Present
Alguns verbos so erroneamente usados no Present
Continuous quando deveriam ser usados no Simple
Present . Veja :

I am not understanding you.

I do not understand you .

Understand = compreender , entender.

Verbos que NO so
normalmente usados nos tempos
contnuos
Like , love, hate, want, see, hear,
smell , taste, need, prefer, know,
realise, suppose, mean, understand ,
believe, think ( = believe) ,
remember , forget , belong ,own, have
(= possess ), contain, consist ,
depend,seem , appear (= seem), look (
= seem) , feel ( = have the opinion
that) , see (= understand ) .

Erros com o uso do Simple Present

:
Im tired . I am wanting to go home.
Im tired. I want to go home .

This room is smelling . Lets open a window.

This room smells . Lets open a window.

You are seeming worried.

You seem worried .

SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE
USOS :

A) Comunicar aes ou acontecimentos que ocorrem com

certa frequncia :
Exemplos:
My brother always forgets my birthday.
(Meu irmo sempre esquece meu aniversrio.)

She rarely eats meat.

( Ela raramente come carne.)

I go to the movies once a week .

( Eu vou aos cinemas uma vez por semana.)

Adverbs of frequency

Always ---- 100%

Usually ---- 70%

Sometimes ------ 50 %

Rarely

-------- 20 %

Never ---------- 0%

B ) Comunicar verdades universais

Exemplos :
Dogs bark .

(Ces latem.)

Children play .

( Crianas brincam.)

C ) Comunicar aes ou acontecimentos que esto

programados para ocorrer no futuro
( geralmente com tomorrow, next week, next month etc)
Exemplos :
Paul travels to England next week.
( Paulo viaja para Inglaterra prxima semana.)

See you tomorrow.

( Vejo voc amanh.)

Simple Present
Tense
Affirmativ
e

I
You

Negative

Interrogative

You

You
do not /

We

work

We

Do

We

dont work
You

You
You

They

They
They

work ?

Short Answers
Affirmative

Negative

Yes , I do

No, I dont

Yes , you do

No, you dont

Yes, we do

No, we dont

Yes, you do

No, you dont

Yes, they do

No, they dont

SIMPLE PRESENT

You dont talk during my English classes .

Thats good !!!

X
IMPERATIVE
FORM

Dont talk during my English classes,

please !

Third person singular

Affirmative form

Negative form

Interrogative form

He works well.

He does not
( doesnt) work well.

Does he work well ?

She works well.

She does not

( doesnt) work well.

Does she work well ?

It works well.

It does not ( doesnt)

work well.

Does it work well ?

Short Answers
Affirmative

Negative

Yes , he does

No, he doesnt

Yes , she does

No, she doesnt

Yes, it does

No, it doesnt

Forma afirmativa : 3 pessoa

do singular
Regra geral :

Acrescenta-se S maioria dos verbos na 3 pessoa do

singular .

Exemplos :
She reads books about New York.
He works from Monday to Friday.

Particularidades
Verbos terminados em ch,s,sh,x,z e o recebem ES na 3 pessoa do
singular

Exemplos :
brush brushes
watch watches
go goes
dress dresses
fix fixes
buzz buzzes
Dica : regra similar ao plural de substantivos .

Verbos terminados em Y precedido

de consoante, trocam o Y por IES.
Exemplos :
try tries
study studies
dry dries
Dica : regra similar ao plural de substantivos .
Ex : city ( cidade ) - cities ( cidades)

 No tempo presente, o verbo HAVE tem a forma HAS

para a 3s pessoas do singular .

Exemplos :
She has a car.
She has not (hasnt) a car. ( Ingls britnico )
Has she a car ? ( Ingls britnico )

Does she have a car ? ( Ingls americano)

She does not have (doesnt have) a car. (Ingls
americano )

Omisso de auxiliares em negaes e perguntas

Construes erradas :
You not like Brazil.
She speaks Spanish ?

Construes corretas :
You do not like Brazil.
Does she speak Spanish?

Do (fazer) X Do (auxiliar)
A forma do auxiliar DO idntica a do verbo to do no
presente e no passado simples (did ). Por isso, a palavra
DO pode aparecer duas vezes na mesma frase :
What do you do ? ( O que voc faz ? )

Outros exemplos :
Do you do your homework regularly ?
( Voc faz seu dever de casa regularmente?)

I dont do it regularly.
( Eu no o fao regularmente.)

Pronomes interrogativos
Usos de formas interrogativas com o verbo TO BE , Present
Continuous e Simple Present Tense :
What time is it ? (Que horas so?)
Where are you ? ( Onde voc est ? )
Where were you ? ( Onde voc estava? )
Where do you live ? ( Onde voc mora? )
Where are you going ? ( Onde voc est indo ? )
How old are you ? ( Qual a sua idade ? )
How often do you study English ? ( Com que frequncia voc
estuda Ingls ? )
How are you ? /How do you do ? ( Como vai voc ? )