VERB+ING(aaojcomeouecontinuaadecorrer)

COOKING(cook+ing)(emportugus=estaracozinhar/cozinhando)

Usethepresentecontinuoustoexpressactions:

Thatarehappeningnowaswespeak
o Itsraining

Thathavebeenplannedforaspecificday
o Immeetingmyfriendtomorrow

Thepresentcontinuousisformedwiththepresenteoftobeandtheingformoftheverb
thatisconjugated.

Verbswhichendinereplacethisvowelwiththeendinging
o Writewriting
o Dancedancing
Ifaverbendsinie,itlosestheeandtheibecomesaybeforetheing
o Diedying
o Lielying
Shortverbsthatendinconsonante+vowel+consonante,doublethefinal
consonantebeforetheingform
o Getgetting
o Stopstopping

Affirmative

Im(am)drinking

Youre/were/theyre(are)drinking

Shes/hes/its(is)drinking

Interrogative

AmIdrinking?

Areyou/we/theydrinking?

Isshe/he/itdrinking?

Negative

Imnot(amnot)drinking.

You/we/theyarent(arenot)drinking.

She/he/itisnt(isnot)drinking.

Shortanswers

Yes,Iam

Yes,you/we/theyare

No,you/we/theyarent(arenot)

Yes,she/he/itis

No,she/he/itisnt(isnot)

No,Imnot(amnot)

Whattimedoyougetup?
Whatdoyoueatforbreakfast?
Whatdoyoudrink?
Howdoyougotoschool?
Whattimedoyoustartlessons?
Wheredoyouhavelunch?

Whatdoyoulikedoingalone?
Whatdontyoulikedoingalone?
Whatdoyoulikedoingwithfriends?
Whatdoyoulikedoingwithyourparents?
Whatdontyoulikedoingwithyourparents?

Thepastcontinuousismadewiththepastoftobeandtheingformoftheverbconjugated

Was/Were+ing

Usethepastcontinuous:

Toexpressnaactionwhichwashappeningatacertainmomentinthepast

o Whatwereyoudoingat8oclock?.Iwashavingdinner

Todescribeasituationinthepast

o Everybodywasdancingandhavingagoodtime

Toexpressnaactionthatwashappeningwhenitwasinterruptedbyanother
action

o Shewashavingbreakfastwhenherbrotherarrived

Toexpress2actionswhichwerehappeningsimultaneuosly

o Shewashavingbreakfastwhileshewaslisteningtotheradio

Affirmative
I/she/he/itwastalking

You/we/theyweretalking

Interrogative

WasI/she/he/ittalking?
ereYou/we/theytalking?

Negative
I/she/he/itwasnt(wasnot)talking
You/we/theywerent(werenot)talking

Shortanswers

Yes,I/she/he/itwas

Nos,I/she/he/itwasnt(wasnot)

Yes,you/we/theywere

No,you/we/theywerent(werenot)

Questions:

Where

What

How

When

Howoften

I
YOU
WE
THEY

HE
SHE
IT

DO

DOES

VERB

Regularverbs:
Theverbs"lived,started,died"areregularpastforms.Theruleisthefollowing:
Verb+ed

Examples:
Theinfinitive

Thesimplepast

live

lived

start

started

die

died

visit

visited

play

played

watch

watched

phone

phoned

Marry

married

Verbswhichendine,addonlyd
o
o

Dancedanced
Arrivearrived

Verbsthatendiny,thelettersometimesbecomesibeforetheed
o
o

trytried
Studystudied

Theshortverbsthatendinconsonante+vowel+consonante,doublethefinal
consonantebeforeedending
o
o

Stopstopped
Planplanned

Irregularverbs:
Someverbsdonotaddanedendingtomakethepaststruture.Theseareirregularvebs.
Theverbs"was,wrote"areirregularpastforms."Was"isthesimplepastof"tobe";"wrote"is
thesimplepastof"write".
Thereisnorulefortheseverbs.Youshouldlearnthembyheart.

tobe
tobeat
tobet
tobite
tobreak

was
beat
bet
bite
broke

tobring
tobuy
tochoose
tocome
todo
todrink
toeat
tofall
tofeel
toforgive
tofreeze
togive
togo
togrow
tohave
tokeep
tolay
tolet
tolike
tomean
toplay
toput
toride
tosee
tosleep
totake
towant

brought
bought
chose
came
did
drunk
ate
felt
felt
forgave
froze
gave
went
grew
had
kept
layed
let
liked
meant
played
put
rode
saw
slept
took
wanted

Auxillaryverb
inthepast

Infinitive

whatdidyoudoyesterday?
YesterdayIwenttoschool.

(go)


YesterdayIsleptatmyfriendshouse.

(sleep)

YesterdayIplayedcards.

(play)

Theaffirmativeformofthesimplepast:

i,you,he,she,it,we,they

played.
wrote.
did.

Examples:

Iplayedtenniswithmyfriendsyesterday.
IfinishedlunchandIdidmyhomework.

Theinterrogativeformofthesimplepast:

Did

I,you,he,she,it,we,they

play?
write?
do?

Examples:

Didyouplaybasketballyesterday?
Didhewatchtelevision?
Didtheydothehomework?


Thenegativeformofthesimplepast:

I,you,he,she,it,we,they

didnot/didn't

play.
write.
do.

Examples:

Ididn'tlikethefoodintheweddinglastSaturday.
shedidn'teatit.

Remember:
didn'tistheshortformofdidnot.Youcansayeither:

Ididnotplaybasketball,or
Ididn'tplaybasketball.

Shortanswers

No,I/you/we/theydidnt(didnot)call

She/he/itdidnt(didnot)call

Yes,I/you/we/theydidcall

She/he/itdidcall

Questionwords

What?

WhatishecapitalofPortugal?

Whyareyoucrying?

Why?

When?

How?

WhendidyouvisitFrance?

Howdoyoudo?
HowdidyoumeetTeresa?

Wheredoyoulive?

Whoisthatgirl?

Where?
Who?

Note:youcanusethewordelseafterthequestionwordsmeaningmoreorother
things/people/places:

Whatelsedoyouwant?

Whoelsedidyousee?

Adverbsofmanner
Adverbsofmannersayhowsomethingisdone.

Ifyouaddlytonaadjective,itoftenbecomesnaadverb:

o Badbadly
o Quickquickly
o Slowslowly

Adjectivesendinginymakenaadverbbyaddingily:

o Angryangrily

Theadverbcorrespondingtotheadjectivegoodiswell

Someadverbsarethesameastheircorrespondingadjective:

o Hard
o Fast
o Early
o Friendly
o Late
o Lonely

Intensifiers

Areusedtoqualifyorintensifynaadverboradjective,theymaketheadverborthe
adjectivemoreorlessstrong:
o
o
o
o
o
o

Quite
Very
Really
Extremelly
Too
Enough

Wordstotalkabouttheweather:

Storm
Thunder
Rain
Snow
Fog
Wind
Itsraining
Thasunisshining
Itsfoggy
Itswindy

CompleteosespaoscomaconjugaocorretadosverbosnoPresenteSimplesdoingls.

SimplePresentorPresentContinuous
Completeosespaoscomaformacorretadosverbos:

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go) ________ to England on holiday.
2. It (be) ________ fantastic.
3. I (visit) ________ lots of interesting places. I (be) ________ with two friends of
mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) ________ in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) ________ to pubs.
6. The weather (be) ________ strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) _______ a lot.
8. But we (see) ________ some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) ________________ your last holiday?

Writethepastformsoftheirregularverbs.

Infinitive
1.

meet

2.

drive

3.

speak

4.

put

5.

write

6.

sing

7.

do

8.

sit

9.

stand

10.

run

Simple Past

Completethetableinsimplepast.

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

He wrote a book.
He did not sing
Was she pretty?

Putthesentencesintosimplepast.
1. Wemovetoanewhouse_________________________________________________
2. Theybringasandwich.___________________________________________________
3. Hedoesn'tdothehomework______________________________________________
4. Theysellcars___________________________________________________________
5. Doeshevisithisfriends?_________________________________________________

Writesentencesinsimplepast.
1. Janet/miss/thebus_____________________________________________________
2. she/tidy/herroom_____________________________________________________
3. Nancy/watch/not/television____________________________________________
4. she/read/abook______________________________________________________

Choose"Wasor"Were:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

The teacher ________ nice.

The students ________ very clever.
But one student ________ in trouble.
We ________ sorry for him.
He ________ nice though.

A. Escolhamaopoquemelhorcompletaassentenasaseguir,fazendousodaforma
maisadequadadeverbosregularesouirregulares.

1.We..........theinformationonthemagazine'swebsite.(Find)
a.Finded
b.Found
c.Founded

2.Shedidn't...............themanfromgoingintothestore.(Stop)
a.Stopped
b.Stop
c.Stoped

3.Didyou..............callinghimthisweek?(Feellike)
a.Feltlike
b.Feellike
c.Feelliked

4.She.................afewmistakesbut,evenso,shewonthegame.(Make)
a.Makes
b.Maked
c.Made

5.Serrawas.................byFernandoHenriqueandDilmawas....................byLula.
(Appoint)
a.Appointed
b.Appoint
c.Appointied

B.Reescrevamasfrasesaseguirusandoaformacorretado'passadosimples'.

1.Ididn'ttalkedtoherbecausesheavoidmeatthelastmeeting.
R:.........................................................................................

2.Wheredidyougotthismoney?
R:.........................................................................................

3.Shecallmeyesterdayandsaidshe'sdoingallright.
R:.........................................................................................


Completethesentencesusingthepastsimpleand/orthepastcontinuous:

Win

ski

park

eat

open read

hit

break live

phone bring wait

see

fly

make

walk

Hebroughtherthenewspaperwhenshewaseatingdinner.
1. Theplane_________________________overtheseawhenit_____________another
plane.
2. WhileFred________________thecar,Joe____________________________abook.
3. He__________________________acakewhemsomeone______________________
thedoor.
4. I_____________________________mylegwhileI_____________________________
intheSierraNevada.
5. Luis

_____________________________________

10,000

dollars

when

he

___________________intheUSA.
6. She ___________________________________ for her boyfriend when he
__________________________herandsaidhedidntloveher.
7. I____________________________alongthestreetwhenI______________________
myfavouritesinger.
Changetheadjectivesinbracketsintoadverbs
1. Dontdotheexam_____________________(bad)ifyouwanttopass.
2. Shelaughed________________________(happy)whenshesawhim.
3. Hesagoodworker.Heworks_________________(good).
4. Think_______________________________(careful)beforeyougivemenaanswer.
5. Sheran_________________________(fast)becauseshewantedtowintherace.
6. Heshouted_______________________(angry)whileIwaswalkingaway.
7. Mymotherworks_______________(hard)everyday.
8. Hespoke_________________________(quick)andIcouldntunderstandhim.