grammar 8º6

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Student– Ana

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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.

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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.

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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

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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; 