Inglês
Present Simple
Use:
Permanent situations
Daily routine /habits
Timetables
Facts/ universal truths
Form: 3rd person singular: infinitive + s
Present Continuous
Use:
Actions happening at the
Moment of speaking
Temporary actions
Actions in the near future
Form: to be (am, are, is) + ing form
Time expressions may include:
Always, every…, occasionally, often, normally,
usually, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never, etc.
Past Simple
Action started and finished
in the past
Habitual actions of the past
Form:
Regual verbs: infinitive + ed
Irregular verbs make the past form in different ways
Past Continuous
An action that was in the progress in the past
Form: to be (was, were) + infinitive + ing
Time expressions may include:
Yesterday, the day before, then , last week/month/
year, a week/month/year ago.
Noun formation
Verb + suffix
-al
Approve – approval Refuse – refusal
-ance/ -ence
Accept – acceptance Exit – existence
-ion
Discriminate – discrimination Discuss – discussion
-ment
Improve – improvement Develop – development
-ing
Mean – meaning Feel – feeling
Adjective + suffix
-ness
Polite – politeness Happy – happiness
-ity
Generous – generosity Secure – security
-ance
Ignorant – ignorance Important – importance
-cy
Private – privacy Diplomatic – diplomacy
-ence
Violent – violence Obedient – obedience
Noun + suffix
-ship
Friend – friendship Relation – relationship
-hood
Child – childhood
Present perfect
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Present perfect:
have/has + part participle of the main verb
I/We/You/
They
Have(‘v
e)
travell
ed
He/She/It Has (‘s) Been
Presente perfect continuous
Use:
To express na action that started in the past and
still continuing.
Form: have/has + been + verb(+ing)
Time markers:
Double Comparatives
Gradual comparative
Form: comparative + comparative
Ex: better and better
A period until now
Now
Past
How long? for, since, recently, lately, all
day…
