Exercício
1)Mude as frases usando o Presente Contínuo nas 3 formas.
a) He opens the windows. ______________________________________________
b) She works hard. _____________________________________________________
c) He studies English. ___________________________________________________
d) She swims at night . __________________________________________________
e) He carries the boxes. __________________________________________________
f) She goes to school on foot.
Ig) We read the magazine. ________________________________________________
h)They correct the exercises. _____________________________________________
i) I close the doors. _____________________________________________________
k)You drink water. _____________________________________________________
l)We sweep the floor. ___________________________________________________
m) They sleep late ._____________________________________________________
Respostas
O presente contínuo é formado dessa maneira (forma afirmativa):
Sujeito + verbo to be + verbo com “ing” + complemento
Na forma negativa, acrescenta-se o “not” depois do verbo “to be” (am, is, are).
Na forma interrogativa, o verbo “to be” fica no início da frase e adiciona-se o sinal de interrogação no final.
Respostas:
a) He is opening the windows.
He is not/isn't opening the windows.
Is he opening the windows?
b) She is working hard.
She is not/isn't working hard.
Is she working hard?
c) He is studying English.
He is not/isn't studying English.
Is he studying English?
d) She is swimming at night.
She is not/isn't swimming at night.
Is she swimming at night?
e) He is carrying the boxes.
He is not/isn't carrying the boxes.
Is he carrying the boxes.
f) She is going to school on foot.
She is not/isn't going to school on foot.
Is she going to school on foot?
g) We are reading the magazine.
We are not/aren't reading the magazine.
Are we reading the magazine?
h) They are correcting the exercises.
They are not/aren't correcting the exercises.
Are they correcting the exercises?
i) I am closing the doors.
I am not/ I'm not closing the doors.
Am I closing the doors?
k) You are drinking water.
You are not/aren't drinking water.
Are you drinking water?
l) We are sweeping the floor.
We are not/aren't sweeping the floor.
Are we sweeping the floor?
m) They are sleeping late.
They are not/aren't sleeping late.
Are they sleeping late?
OBS.:
- Deve-se retirar o “e” dos verbos terminados com essa letra antes de se acrescentar o “ing”.
To close -> I am closing the doors.
- Deve-se dobrar a última letra dos verbos monossílabos terminados em CVC (consoante, vogal, consoante) antes de se acrescentar o “ing”.
To swim -> She is swimming at night.