Verb tenses I

SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST

Simple past
O Simple Present tem

a mesma forma do
Infinitive
partcula

sem

Infinitive

Simple present

To live

Mary lives here.

To go

Pedro goes to the beach.

To teach

I teach English.

To look

They look always sad.

To play

She plays the guitar.

a
to,

acrescentas-se s ou
es terceira pessoas
do singular na forma
afirmativa.

Simple present
O Simple Present

a forma negativa

Forma afirmativa

Forma negativa

Mary lives here.

Mary does not live here.

Pedro goes to the beach

Pedro does not go to the

beach.

I teach English

I do not teach English.

They look always sad

They do not look always

sad.

She plays the guitar.

She does not play the

guitar.

feita colocando-se
do ou does + not
antes do verbo
principal e o verbo
fica na forma
simples.

Simple present
O Simple Present a

forma interrogativa,
do/does colocado
antes do sujeito e o
verbo fica na forma
simples (Infitive
sem to)

Forma
afirmativa

Forma
negativa

Forma
interrogativa

Mary lives here.

Mary does not

live here.

Does Mary live

here?

Pedro goes to the Pedro does not Does Pedro go to

beach
go to the beach. the beach?
I teach English

I do not teach
English.

Do I teach English?

They look
always sad

They do not
look always
sad.

Do they look
always sad?

She plays the

guitar.

She does not

play the guitar.

Does She play the

guitar?

Simple present
1.

Verbos terminados em ss,sh,ch,z ou o acrescenta-se es nas

terceiras pessoas do singular (he, she e it).

. She watches tv.

. He kisses me.

2.

Verbos terminados em y precedidos de consoante cai y

acrescenta-se ies nas terceiras pessoas do singular (he, she e
it).

. He studies hard.

3.

Verbos terminados em y precedidos de vogal acrescenta-se

s nas terceiras pessoas do singular (he, she e it).

. She plays cards.

Simple present
1. Usos
a) Fatos que sempre so verdadeiros:
. The English love tradition.

b) Hbitos ou repetio de aes no presente:

. Every night the Governor locks the doors.

c) Usualmente utiliza-se advrbios de tempo tais como:

. Always
. Never
. Often
. Sometimes
. Everyday,
. on Sundays

Simple past
O Simple Past dos verbos

regulares

formado

acrescentando-se ed ao

Infinitive

Simple present

To live

Mary lived here.

To look

They looked say

yesterday.

To play

She played the guitar.

Infinitive sem a partcula

to.

Simple past
O Simple Past dos

verbos

irregulares

apresenta uma grande

Infinitive

Simple present

To go

Pedro went to the beach.

To teach

I taught English.

To choose

We chose this card.

To cut

She cut my hair.

variedade de formas.

Simple past
O Simple Past a

forma negativa

Forma afirmativa

Forma negativa

Mary lived here.

Mary did not live here.

Pedro went to the beach

Pedro did not go to the

beach.

I taught English.

I did not teach English.

feita colocando-se
did+ not antes do
verbo principal e o
verbo volta a
forma simples.

They looked sad yesterday. They did not look sad

yesterday.
She played the guitar.

She did not play the

guitar.

Simple past
O Simple Past a

forma interrogativa,
did colocado antes
do sujeito e o verbo
fica na forma
simples (Infitive
sem to)

Forma
afirmativa

Forma
negativa

Forma
interrogativa

Mary lived here.

Mary did not

live here.

Did Mary live

here?

Pedro went to
the beach

Pedro did not

Did Pedro go to the
go to the beach. beach?

I taught
English.

I did not teach

English.

Did I teach
English?

They looked sad They did not

yesterday.
look sad
yesterday.

Did they look sad

yesterday?

She played the

guitar.

Did she play the

guitar?

She did not

play the guitar.

Simple past
1. usado para expressar atividades que ocorreram ou

existiram em um tempo definido no passado.

a)

Especificado na frase. Nesse caso, expresses ou oraes que

denotam tempo passado geralmente acompanham o verbo.

. She left for Italy last night.

b)

Sugerido por uma expresso de lugar.

. They saw this play in New York.

c)

usado com advrbios de freqncia como always (sempre),

seldom (raramente), never (nunca), etc. para indicar hbito no
passado.

. He always drove sports cars.