Saber utilizar os tempos verbais é essencial para se comunicar em inglês desde os primeiros dias de estudo. Por isso, você precisa praticar o simple present.
Logo abaixo, você vai encontrar explicações, exemplos e cinco exercícios para praticar esse tempo verbal. Confira:
O que é o simple present?
O simple present é o tempo verbal utilizado para falar de ações habituais que ocorrem no presente.
Ele também pode ser usado para expressar verdades universais ou caracterizar pessoas, seja de modo físico ou emocional.
Também se usa o simple present para expressar desejos, opiniões, sentimentos e preferências no presente.
Conjugação do simple present
A conjugação do simple present é fácil quando os verbos são regulares. Porém, mesmo a conjugação dos verbos irregulares não é complicada de aprender.
Confira, a seguir, alguns exemplos:
To work (trabalhar)
I work
you work
he/she/it works
we work
you work
they work
To fly (voar)
I fly
you fly
he/she/it flies
we fly
you fly
they fly
To be (ser/estar)
I am
you are
he/she/it is
we are
you are
they are
Entenda os tempos verbais
Exemplos de uso do simple present
Para que você compreenda melhor o uso do simple present, aqui está uma lista de frases que utilizam esse tempo verbal:
He plays basketball at school. = Ele joga basquete na escola.
She loves candy. = Ela ama doces.
I always see my social media in the morning. = Eu sempre vejo minhas redes sociais de manhã.
They go to school in the afternoon. = Eles vão para a escola à tarde.
I live in Brazil. = Eu moro no Brasil.
She teaches French at the university. = Ela ensina francês na universidade.
We like to go to the beach during the summer. = Nós gostamos de ir à praia durante o verão.
He watches old movies. = Ele assiste a filmes antigos.
They prefer Italian food. = Eles preferem comida italiana.
You always arrive late. = Você sempre chega atrasado.
I fix my car by myself. = Eu conserto meu carro sozinho.
Exercícios para praticar o simple present
Abaixo, você vai encontrar 5 exercícios para praticar o simple present. Eles têm formatos variados e vão ajudá-lo a fixar as regras gramaticais enquanto aprende novas palavras.
Depois dos exercícios, você também vai encontrar as respostas. Mas não vale espiar!
Sublinhe as alternativas corretas:
Hi! My name am/is/are David and I am/is/are 25 years old. I live/lives in Sydney, Australia. I am/is/are a biologist and I work/works in a zoo with my sister Alice. She am/is/are 27 years old and she am/is/are a veterinarian. She help/helps the animals there. I go/goes to work at 7 am and she go/goes to work at 8 am. I don’t/doesn’t work on Saturdays and she don’t/doesn’t work on Sundays.
Complete as frases com a conjugação correta dos verbos em parênteses:
a) Cayo __ to the college tonight. (to go)
b) My parents __ Italian and French classes on Thursdays every week. (to have)
c) Louise __ at the Brad's (to work)
d) I __ bread with nuts jelly every morning. (to eat)
e) The plane __ at 08:00 in the city. (to arrive)
Passe as frases para o negativo:
a) Why do you want to be here?
b) What's your favourite kind of movie?
c) Do you like your mother?
d) Does he live alone?
e) Does she like you?
Complete as frases com os verbos abaixo conjugados:
buy - come - have - have - live - show - study - visit
a) Egypt ______ a population of around 80 million.
b) 17 million people _______ in Cairo.
c) The name 'Egypt' ______ from the Greek word Egyptos.
d) Around 6,000,000 tourists _______ Egypt every year.
e) Every tourist _______ presents from a night market.
f) Egypt _______ about 100 pyramids.
g) Tourist guides _______ people the pyramids of
h) An egyptologist is a person who ________ Egyptian history from a long time ago.
Sublinhe a forma correta colocando-a em negrito:
a) I don't know /doesn't know the answer.
b) Most trees don't grow/doesn't grow very quickly.
c) Do/Does Sara understand this?
d) Do/Does you want to talk about it?
e) The price don't include/doesn't include service.
f) I don't think/doesn't think he's very nice.
g) We don't see/doesn't see our grandparents very often.
h) They don't live/doesn't live very near.
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Respostas dos exercícios
Sublinhe as alternativas corretas:
Hi! My name am/is/are David and I am/is/are 25 years old. I live/lives in Sydney, Australia. I am/is/are a biologist and I work/works in a zoo with my sister Alice. She am/is/are 27 years old and she am/is/are a veterinarian. She help/helps the animals there. I go/goes to work at 7 am and she go/goes to work at 8 am. I don’t/doesn’t work on Saturdays and she don’t/doesn’t work on Sundays.
Complete as frases com a conjugação certa dos verbos em parênteses:
a) Cayo goes to the College tonight.
b) My parents have Italian and French classes on Thursdays every week.
c) Louise works at the Brad's
d) I eat bread with nuts jelly every morning.
e) The plane arrives at 08:00 in the Respostas dos exercícios
Passe as frases para o negative:
a) You don't want to be here
b) You don't have a favorite kind of movie.
c) You don't like your mother.
d) He doesn't live alone.
e) She doesn't like you.
Complete as frases com os verbos abaixo conjugados:
a) Egypt has a population of around 80 million.
b) 17 million people live in Cairo.
c) The name 'Egypt' comes from the Greek word Egyptos.
d) Around 6,000,000 tourists visit Egypt every year.
e) Every tourist buys presents from a night market.
f) Egypt has about 100 pyramids.
g) Tourist guides show people the pyramids of
h) An egyptologist is a person who studies Egyptian history from a long time ago.
Sublinhe a forma correta em negrito.
a) I don't know /doesn't know the answer.
b) Most trees don't grow/doesn't grow very quickly.
c) Do/Does Sara understand this?
d) Do/Does you want to talk about it?
e) The price don't include/doesn't include service.
f) I don't think/doesn't think he's very nice.
g) We don't see/doesn't see our grandparents very often.
h) They don't live/doesn't live very near.
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