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Tempo Usa-se para algo que Padro Palavras chave Exemplos
Present simple
acontece
repetidamente
uma verdade
universal
V1 (s)
every day
never
always
nowadays
usually

I cook dinner every day.

She always cooks dinner.
Water boils at 90 C.
Present
continuous
acontece no
momento
V1 do verbo
to be
+ Ving
now
at the moment
at present

I am cooking dinner now.

At this moment he is cooking
dinner.
Past simple
aconteceu num
tempo especfico
do passado
V2
yesterday
last Tuesday
ago
in 1990

I cooked dinner yesterday.

Past
continuous
estava a acontecer
no passado
representa aces
passadas simultneas
ou uma aco
interrompida por outra
V2 do verbo
to be
+ Ving
when
while
I was cooking while my
brother was watching TV.
They were cooking when I
called.
Present
perfect simple
aconteceu no passado,
sendo a prpria aco
mais importante do
que o tempo ou outras
referncias adicionais
aconteceu no passado,
sem indicao
especfica de tempo
Has ou Have
+ V3
how long yet
ever for
never since
just recently
already still
I have eaten two hamburgers.
I have just cooked dinner.
Have you ever cooked a
Chinese dinner?
Yes, I have cooked a
Chinese dinner several
times.
Present
perfect
continuous
tem estado a
acontecer
Has ou Have
+ been + Ving
how long
for
since
all morning/week
She has been cooking for
two hours.
We have been cooking since
6 oclock.
Past perfect
simple
j passou e
aconteceu antes de
outra coisa
Had + V3
before
when
by the time
I had finished cooking when
you called.
By the time you called I had
finished cooking.
Past perfect
continuous
tinha passado e tinha
estado a acontecer
antes de outra coisa
Had + been +
Ving
before
when
I had been cooking for two
hours when you called.
Future
decidi no momento
acontecer
independentemente
da minha vontade
Will + V1
soon
tomorrow
next week
in hours
I think/hope
as mesmas do
future excepto I
think
I will cook dinner tonight.
Dinner will be ready in 2
hours.
I think I will cook some
hamburgers.
Going to /
Present
continuous
(com sentido de
futuro)
j decidi h algum
tempo
j combinei (uma
hora)
V1 do verbo
to be + going
to + V1
I am going to cook dinner
tonight.
I am cooking dinner tonight.
Legenda: V1 = forma verbal da primeira coluna numa lista de verbos; leva s na 3. pessoa do singular do present
simple (a V1 do verbo to be be; no entanto, para a leitura desta tabela, quando surgir a indicao V1 do
verbo to be (em que utilizado como auxiliar) estamos a referir-nos a am/is/are)
Ving = verbo no infinitivo + ing
V2 = forma verbal da segunda coluna numa lista de verbos, isto , o past simple
V3 = forma verbal da terceira coluna, isto , o particpio passado