Chapter 4

Simple • He gets up at 6 a.m.

• She works in Japan.

• The sun rises in the east.

• The movie starts at 7pm.

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Continuous • Look!! He is getting up now!

• She is working in Japan nowadays.

• She is still working on her Portuguese essay.

• She is driving to the beach this weekend.

Present Simple

Always; Never;Often; Usually; Generally; Normally; Seldom; Frequently; Every day; As a rule; As soon as; Until; Before; After; When; In case.

Present Continuous

Now; Right now; At this moment; At present; These days; This week; Nowadays; Tonight; Tomorrow

Present Simple I work hard.

You work on Tuesdays.

-ch, -sh, -ss, -o, -z e –x sofrem o acréscimo de es:

He works everyday.

Catch-catches Buzz-buzzes

She works day and night.

Fish-fishes

Fix-fixes

It works properly.

Kiss-kisses

Go-goes

We work together.

You work too much.

They work at VW.

Study- studies Play – plays

Fly- flies

Obey- obeys

Present Continuous s. present verb to be + verb + ing

Hit

hitting

Stop

stopping

See

seeing

Flee

fleeing

Dance

dancing

Make

making

Begin beginning Prefer preferring Listen listening

Tie tying

Die dying

Dye dyeing Study studying Play playing

Verbs • Dynamic Verbs Describe actions, e.g. go, ask, walk, explain...

He is walking towards the girl.

• Stative Verbs • A state of being and not an activity.

Stative Verbs • Estado Mental: know, believe, imagine, want, feel, understand, need, forget, mean.

• Estado Emocional:love, hate, fear, mind, like.

• Posse:have, belong.

• Sentidos:taste,hear,see, smell, feel • Seem, cost, weigh, appear, be, look.

• I have a car.

We are having fun.

• He thinks she is nice.

He’s thinking about the problem.

• I see dead people.

He’s seeing someone.

I love you !

Estado existente X Em progresso He thinks she is great.

We are having fun.

They are thinking about it.

This soup tastes good.

The cook is tasting the meat.

I have a new car.

I see a couple of friends.

Dr. Smith is seeing the patient.

The flowers smell good.

She is smelling the roses.

She’s feeling the cat’s fur.

This carpet feels soft.

You look cold, put on the coat.

John appears to be restless.

This box weighs a lot.

He is polite.

He’s looking at the picture.

She’s appearing on the stage now.

The butcher is weighing the meat.

He’s being impolite.

Hands on!

1. They don’t really like it here. (think) are thinking of moving to another town.

They _______ represents (represent) 2. The snake in this picture _______ the forces of evil.

Can see 3. ____ you ____ that man over there with the grey suit on? He’s my brother. (see)

is looking 4. He’s been in his room for ages. He ______ at all his old photographs. (look)

is being 5. Look at Nick out in the garden. He _____ really nice with the younger children. (be)

do have 6. I’ll do it if I can but I ____ not ____ much time today. (have)