grammar 8º6

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Student– Ana


Form:

Verb to be in the present + rain verb + ing  Examples: 

The Present Continuous is used to express the actions we are doing in this moment or what is happening right now. • I am playing tennis with my friend. • She is talking by phone with her mother. • Martha isn´t using the computer. She is taking a break. • Javier is doing exercise in the gym.


Questions: Are you taking a bath? Yes, i am./ No i am not. Is Luis studying for the exam? Yes, he is studying a lot./No, he is watching TV. What are you doing? I am reading na interesting book. Where are they going? They´re going hunting with their friends.


We can also use the Present Continuos to talk about our plans for the future. • I´m working this Saturday.I´m finishing a report. • My mother is baking a cake tomorrow.It´s my birthday. • They aren´t going to the party tonight.They need to study. • James is playing soccer next week.Would you like to come?  • •

Questions. Are you going cycling tomorrow morging? Yes, I´m going. Were are you staying in U.S.A? I´m staying at my mother´s house.


Is your father traveling next weekend? No,he´s working in the garden. When are you finisging classes? I´m finishing next week. Are they going shopping tomorrow? No, they are going swimming.


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We use the Simple Present for things that happens sometimes or all the time.In this tense we need to add to the verbs the termination”s,es” in third person (he, she, it). I exercise in the mornings. I go to the gym every day. The stores open at 9:00 a.m. And close at 7.00 p.m. He works very hard. He cooks in a restaurant. The earth goes around the sun. She always reads interesting books. My mother watches horror movies.


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To form the negative form, we use the auxiliar don´t and doesn´t. I don´t go cycling on weekends. They don´t play video games in their house. She doesn´t go fishing every summer.



Form:  →was/were + -ing  Example:  She was surfing.  I was surfing.  We were surfing. 


Form:  →Regular verbs and Irregular verbs  Example:  I went to an …  If you loved me …  She said she liked the … 



Use  For habitual actions, permanent situations, programmes or timetables and general truths or natural laws.  Exemple: -Luc lives in the province of nova scotia. -The film starts at nine o´clock. -The Earth goes round the sun. 


Use:  For habits or actions wich took place in the past.  Exemple: -I Went to an island in Maine with a group of friends. -If you loved me, you wouldn´t say such cruel things. -She said she liked the island. 



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Compound nouns The Future will going to


ď‚ž

ď‚ž 1. 2. 3.

Compound nous is the junction of two nouns(noun + noun ), also an adjective and noun(adjective + noun) or verb and adjective(adjective +noun) Examples Boyfriend ( noun + noun) Dry-cleaning ( adjective + verb ) Red HEAD ( Adjective + noun )


Decisões – na hora -will will - com plano – going going to

Previsões –sem base – - com base-

Examples : I will probably see you only on Monday . I will help you with your homerhork. Look at those louds it is going to rain (RAIN) tomorrow. It will rain (RAIN) tomorrow . I’m going to your birthday party tomorrow .



Form: verb to be in the present + main verb + ing; Example: - He is leaving. - I am not leaving. - Are we leaving? ď‚ž


Form: Verb (to be) in the past + main verb + ing;  Example: - He was leaving; - I wasn´t leaving; - Were we leaving; 


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