verb tense review 1.present continuous 2.past continuous 3.simple present 4.simple past 5.future –...
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VERB TENSE VERB TENSE REVIEWREVIEW
1. Present Continuous2. Past Continuous3. Simple Present4. Simple Past5. Future – Going to
¹SIMPLE PRESENT¹SIMPLE PRESENTTalk about habits and routine
Tom studies every day.
*Affirmative sentences: add ‘s’, ‘es, ‘ies for he, she, it.auxiliaries: Do / Does
SIMPLE PRESENTSIMPLE PRESENTADVERBSADVERBS
ALWAYS (sempre)USUALLY / GENERALLY (geralmente)SOMETIMES (às vezes)NORMALLY (normalmente)NEVER (nunca)OFTEN / FREQUENTLY (frequentemente)EVERY... (day, week) (todo...)ON + day of the week (Saturday, Monday...)
²PRESENT CONTINUOUS²PRESENT CONTINUOUSTalk about actions that are still in progress
at the moment we are speaking
Tom is studying right now.
•auxiliary: am/is/are
PRESENT CONTINUOUSPRESENT CONTINUOUSADVERBSADVERBS
AT THE/THIS MOMENT ( nesse momento)TODAY (hoje)NOW / RIGHT NOW (agora)LISTEN! (Escute!)LOOK! (Olhe!)
³PAST ³PAST CONTINUOUSCONTINUOUS
Talk about an action that were in progress in certain moment in the past when another
action happened or at the same moment of another action (while)
Tom was studying when they arrived.
•auxiliary: was/were
PAST CONTINUOUSPAST CONTINUOUSADVERBSADVERBS
• when another action happenedTom was studying when they arrived.
• at the same moment of another actionTom was studying while they were playing
soccer.
44Simple PastSimple PastTalk about actions that happened in a certain
moment in the past and they’re already finished
Tom studied last night.
*Affirmative sentences: verb in the 2nd column.auxiliary: Did
SIMPLE PASTSIMPLE PASTADVERBSADVERBS
YESTERDAY (ontem)LAST .... (NIGHT / WEEK / MONTH / YEAR) (passado(a)...).... AGO (TWO DAYS AGO) (atrás)WHEN .... (WHEN YOU ARRIVED) (quando...)
55Future (plans) – Future (plans) – ‘GOING TO’‘GOING TO’
Talk about an action that is going to happen in the future
Tom is going to study in Canada next month.
auxiliary: am/is/are + going to + verb
FUTURE ‘GOING TO’ FUTURE ‘GOING TO’ ADVERBSADVERBS
TOMORROW (amanhã)NEXT .... (WEEK / MONTH / YEAR) (próximo...)SOON (em breve)THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (depois de amanhã)IN ... (TWO DAYS / 2015) (em...)