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Simple present tense

Structure:

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
AFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE
I play	I do not/don’t play	Do I play?
You play	You do not/don’t play	Do you play?
He plays	He does not/doesn’t play	Does he play?
She plays	She  does not/doesn’t play	Does she play?
It plays	It does not/doesn’t play	Does it play?
We play	We do not/don’t play	Do we play?
You play	We do not/don’t play	Do we play?
They play	They do not/don’t play	Do they play?

USE 1 Repeated Actions

Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. Examples:

o    I play tennis everyday.

o    Marcos does’t go to the movies every month.

o    Does he play tennis every week?

o    The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.

o    The train doesn’t leave at 9 AM.

o    When does the train usually leave?

o    She always forgets her purse.

o    He never forgets his wallet.

o    Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun.

o    Does the Sun circle the Earth?

Time Markers

We use the following time markers in the simple present tense:

Always, usually, sometimes, often, never, seldom, rarely, every day/week/month, at the weekend, on Sundays, at night, once/twice/three times a month/year.

USE 2 Facts or Generalizations

The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.

Examples:

§  Cats like milk.

§  Birds don’t milk.

§  Do chicken like milk?

§  California is in America.

§  California isn’t in the United Kingdom.

§  Michelle is an English teacher.

Verb to be

The verb to be is also an auxiliary verb that's why we do not have to use do/does to form the interrogative or negative form. 

Structure

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE – Verb to be
AFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE
I am a good student.	I’m not a good student.	Am I a good student??
You are a good student.	You are not/aren’t a good student.	Are you a good student?
He is a good student.	He is not/isn’t a good student.	Is he a good student?
She is a good student.	She  is not/ isn’t a good student.	Is she a good student?
It is good to study.	It is not/isn’t good to study.	Is it good to study?
We are good students.	We are not/aren’t good students.	Are we good students?
You are good students.	We are not/ aren’t good students.	Are you good students?
They are good students.	They are not/aren’t good students.	Are they good students?

Pratique a pronúncia dos verbos irregulares

Pronúncia dos Verbos Regulares - Passado Simples

Olá alunos,

Eu não trabalhei a pronúncia dos verbos regulares do passado simples (aqueles que terminam em -ed). Por isso, estou disponibilizando um pequeno estudo para vocês melhoraram a pronúncia. Aqui vão algumas dicas:

Verbos terminados em p – k – s – ch – sh – f – x têm o som ED com a pronúncia de /t/.

Miss – missed

Stop – stopped

Work – worked

Touch – touched

Push – pushed

Stuff – stuffed

Verbos terminados em som de l – n – m – r – b – v – g – w – y – z e terminados em ditongos têm o som de ED com a pronúncia de /d/

Call – called

Live – lived

Clean – cleaned

Perform – performed

Repair – repaired

Tag – tagged

Allow – allowed

Cry – cried

Buzz – buzzed

 Verbos terminados em T e D, têm o som /id/.

End – ended

Add – added

Hunt – hunted

Need – needed

Fold – folded

Sound – sounded

Count – counted

Fonte:http://www.englishexperts.com.br/2008/01/30/pronuncia-do-passado-terminado-em-ed/
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Alguns casos em que usamos o gerúndio

• Em pequenas proibições:

No smoking.
No waiting.
No fishing.

• Gerúndio após preposições:

Quando o verbo vier logo após a preposição o gerúndio deve ser usado.

He is good at driving.
I am tired of arguing.
After swimming I felt cold.


Fonte: A pratical grammar. A.J Thomsom, A.V. Martinet

A importância da fonética na pronúncia da Língua Inglesa

Aí vão algumas dicas de fonética para melhorar a sua pronúncia:

A maioria dos estudantes brasileiros de Língua Inglesa se confunde na hora de pronunciar o th. Há dois tipos de pronúncia do th: o vozeado (voice) e o desvozeado (voiceless).

Para pronunciar o th desvozeado é necessário colocar a língua entre os dentes soprar sem produzir som (as cordas vocais não vibram). O simbolo fonético que representa esse som é /θ/. As seguintes palavras apresentam o th desvozeado:

thing

something

with

Para pronunciar o th vozeado basta colocar a língua entre os dentes soprar produzindo som (as cordas vocais vibram). O simbolo fonético que representa esse som é /ð/.

As seguintes palavras apresentam o th vozeado:

that

father

this

those

Acesse o site abaixo para ouvir a pronúncia de /θ/ e /ð/.: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#