Grammar

The Indefinite Article

O artigo indefinido em Inglês é representado por a e na, ambos possui o mesmo significado que é um ou uma sendo que a é usado antes de palavras que começa com vogal e h mudo e an antes de palavras que começa com consoante. Veja exemplo:

 a man an egg                     an honest man
a story                              an opera                            an hour


Pronouns
Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns

I - me
You -  you
He -  him
She -  her
It - it
We - us
You - you
They -  them

To Be (present e past)
O velho conhecido Verbo To Be apesar de muito visto pelos alunos é pouco compreendido por estes. Os estudantes costumam dizer que sempre estudam esse verbo, mas sabe usá-lo?


Esse verbo possui dois significados que é ser ou estar. No presente temos AM, IS e ARE e no passado WAS e WERE. Veja:

 Present

 Afirmative form                      Negative form                Interrogative form


I am                                       I am not                           Am I …?
You are                                 You are not                      Are you …?
He is                                      He is not                           Is he …?
She is                                    She is not                          Is she …?
It is                                        It is not                              Is it …?
We are                                  We are not                       Are we …?
You are                                You are not                       Are you …?
They are                               They are not                     Are they …?



Pode-se usar formas abreviadas como: I’m, He’s, you’re e etc que é a abreviação do pronome com o verbo e também isn’t e aren’t que é a abreviação do verbo com o not.


Ex: I am a teacher. You are a beutiful gir. He is a good man. I am not a teacher. You are not a beautiful girl. He is not a good man. Are you a beautiful girl? Is he a good man?


Past

 Afirmative form           Negative form               Interrogative form

 I was                           I was not                       Was I …?

You were                    You were not                Were you …?

He was                         He was not                  Was he …?
She was                       She was not                  Was she …?
It was                            It was not                   Was it …?
We were                     We were not                 Were we …?
You were                   You were not                 Were you …?
They were                  They were not                Were they …?


Present continuous (present and past)
Este tempo verbal é usado para descrever ações que esteja acontecendo no momento em que estamos falando. Tem o verbo to be como auxiliar e o uso do ing no final do verbo da ação.
Present

Afirmative form                                Negative form                             Interrogative form

I am teaching now.                      I am not teaching now.                           Am I …?
You are teaching now.                You are not …                                      Are you …?
He is teaching now.                     He is not …                                          Is he …?
She is teaching now.                   She is not …                                         Is she …?
It is teaching now.                      It is not …                                             Is it …?
We are teaching now.                We are not …                                      Are we …?
You are teaching now.              You are not …                                     Are you …?
They are teaching now.             They are not …                                   Are they …?




Past


Afirmative form                              Negative form                           Interrogative form


I was teaching now.                     I aws not teaching now.                   Was I …?
You were teaching now.              You were not …                             Were you …?
He was teaching now.                 He was not …                                 Was he …?
She was teaching now.               She was not …                                Was she …?
It was teaching now.                   It was not …                                   Was it …?
We were teaching now.              We were not …                              Were we …?
You were teaching now.           You were not …                              Were you …?
They were teaching now.          They were not …                             Were they …?


SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE – Tempo Verbal que indica ações diárias, que praticamos no dia-a-dia, rotina. Ex.: SHE ALWAYS BRUSHES HER HAIR. ( Ela sempre penteia os cabelos)

FORMAS: 2. Temos duas maneiras de escrever frases no Presente Simples: a. Com os sujeitos: I, YOU, WE, THEY. b. Com os sujeitos da 3ª. Pessoa do Singular: HE, SHE IT. - Observe:

Com: I, YOU, WE, THEY ... - O VERBO NÃO MODIFICA, VEM NA FORMA ESCRITA DO INFINITIVO SEM TO. EXEMPLE: I TRAVEL TO RIO EVERY YEAR. WE STUDY ENGLISH EVERY DAY. THEY NEVER GO TO SCHOOL BY CAR.

- Com: HE, SHE e IT…Veremos um pouco mais a frente. INTERROGATIVE AND NEGATIVE FORMS: - Para fazermos a Interrogativa e Negativa do Simple Present Tense usamos dois auxiliares de interrogação: DO e DOES.

INTERROGATIVE FORM

Formamos a INTERROGATIVE FORM do Simple Present Tense colocando os auxiliares DO ou DOES antes do sujeito da frase. Ex.: I go to school every day. INT.: DO I GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DA

NEGATIVE FORM

Formamos a NEGATIVE FORM do Simple Present Tense colocando os auxiliares DON´T ou DOESN´T depois do sujeito da frase. Ex.: I go to school every day. NEG.: I DON´T GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

3RD. PERSON ( HE, SHE, IT )

Formamos as frases na terceira pessoa do singular, com HE, SHE e IT, usando algumas regras com os verbos: 1. Regra geral – ACRESCENTA-SE “S” AO VERBO. Ex.: WALK = WALKS. SLEEP = SLEEPS.