Indica uma ação que está acontecendo no momento.
Affirmative (Afirmativo)
-I work hard
-He works hard
-She works hard
Negative (Negativo)
-I do not (don’t) work hard
-He does not (doesn’t) work hard
-They don’t work hard
Interrogative (Interrogativo)
-Do you work hard?
-Does she works hard?
-Do they work hard?
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Descreve algo que começou no passado, mas que continua até o presente momento da fala. Verbo auxilar “”to be no simple presente (presente simples) + o gerúndio (ing) do verbo principal.
Affirmative (Afirmativo)
-She is working there yet
-You are working there yet
-They are working there yet
Negative (Negativo)
-It is not working there yet
-You are not working there yet
-They is not working there yet
Interrogative (Interrogativo)
-Am I working there yet?
-Are you working there yet?
-Is she working there yet?
Expressa ações que estavam acontecendo no passado. Verbo auxilar “to be” no simple past (passado simples) + o gerúndio (ing) do verbo principal.
Affirmative (Afirmativo)
-I was working hard
-It was working hard
-We were working hard
-They were working hard
Negative (Negativo)
-I was not working hard
-You were not working hard
-He was not working hard
-We were not working hard
-You were not working hard
Interrogative (Interrogativo)
-Were you working hard?
-Was he working hard?
-Were you working hard?
Ações que ainda não aconteceram, mas que irão ocorrer no futuro. Will + o infinitivo do verbo principal sem “to”.
-He will work there
-We will work there
-They will work there
-I will not work there
-You will not work there
-She will not work there
-Will I work there?
-Will it work there?
-Will we work there?
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Expressa uma ação que ainda não ocorreu, mas que já tem uma data certa para acontecer. Simple future do verbo to be (will be) + gerúndio (ing) do verbo principal:
Affirmative (Afirmativo)
-I will be working there tomorrow.
-You will be working there tomorrow.
-It will be working there tomorrow.
Negative (Negativo)
-I will be not working there tomorrow.
-He will be not working there tomorrow.
-It will be not working there tomorrow.
Interrogative (Interrogativo)
-Will I working there tomorrow?
-Will you working there tomorrow?
-Will you working there tomorrow?
Usado para expressar ações que aconteceram no passado e que continuam no presente ou algo que ocorreu no passado em um momento não específico ou ainda que aconteceu recentemente. have/has (no presente) + “past participle” do verbo principal.
Affirmative (Afirmativo)
-I have worked
-You have worked
-She has worked
Negative (Negativo)
-It has not worked
-We have not worked
-You have not worked
Interrogative (Interrogativo)
-Has it worked?
-Have we worked?
-Have they worked?
Expressa atividades que já ocorreram antes de outras ações que também já aconteceram. Verbo auxiliar to have (had) conjugado no simple past (passado simples) + past participle (particípio passado) do verbo principal.
Affirmative (Afirmativo)
-He had worked
-We had worked
-You had worked
Negative (Negativo)
-I had not worked
-You had not worked
-They had not worked
Interrogative (Interrogativo)
-Had I worked?
-Had it worked?
-Had they worked?
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Fala sobre situações que ainda serão terminadas no futuro. “Will have” conjugado no simple future (futuro simples) + o particípio do verbo principal:
Affirmative (Afirmativo)
-I will have worked
-We will have worked
-You will haveworked
Negative (Negativo)
-I will have not worked
-You will have not worked
-They will have not worked
Interrogative (Interrogativo)
-Will she have worked?
-Will they have worked?
-Will we have worked?
*Ana Lígia é jornalista e professora de inglês