O "SIMPLE PRESENT" É UTILIZADO:

 Para expressar hábitos e fatos gerais, ações repetidas ou situações, emoções e

desejos permanentes:

I smoke (hábito);
I work in London (situação permanente);
London is a large city (fato geral).

 Para dar instruções ou indicações:

You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.

 Para expressar eventos programados, presentes ou futuros:

Your exam starts at 09.00.

 Para se referir ao futuro, depois de algumas conjunções: after, when, before,

as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.

NOTA: Simple Present is not used to talk about actions that are happening at the
moment.

EXEMPLOS
 Hábitos
He drinks tea at breakfast every day.
They watch television regularly.

 Ações ou eventos repetidos

We catch the bus every morning.
It rains every afternoon in the hot season.

 Factos gerais
Water freezes at zero degrees.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.

 Instruções ou orientações
You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.

 Eventos programados
His mother arrives tomorrow.

 Construções no futuro
She'll see you before she leaves.
O "SIMPLE PRESENT" É UTILIZADO:

FORMAÇÃO DO "SIMPLE PRESENT": TO THINK (PENSAR)

Afirmativa Interrogativa Negativa

I think Do I think? I do not think

You think Do you think? You do not think

He thinks Does he think? He does not think

She thinks Does she think? She does not think

It thinks Does it think? It does not think

We think Do we think? We do not think.

They think Do they think? They do not think.

NOTAS SOBRE A TERCEIRA PESSOA DO SINGULAR NO "SIMPLE

PRESENT"
 Na terceira pessoa do singular, o verbo sempre termina em -s:
he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.

 As formas negativas e interrogativas utilizam DOES (= terceira pessoa do

auxiliar "DO") + infinitivo do verbo.
He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.

 Verbos terminados em -y: na terceira pessoa do singular, troca-se o -y por -ies:

fly --> flies, cry --> cries
Exceção: quando houver uma vogal antes do -y:
play --> plays, pray --> prays

 Adicione -es aos verbos terminados em:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch:

he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes