WEEK 6

TEACHER OZÉIAS

PRESENT SIMPLE

Structure:
EXAMPLE
Auxiliary verbs:
? = Do you work on Saturdays?
Interrogative and Negative forms ( ? ) / ( - ) + = Yes, I work on Saturdays.
DO (I / you / we / they) - = No, I don’t work on Saturdays.
+ = Yes, I do. (Short answer)
DOES (he / she /it) - = No, I don’t. (Short answer)
Affirmative Forms ( + )
? = Does your best friend go to church?
Inflection “0” (I / you / we / they) + = Yes, my best friend goes to church.
- = No, she doesn’t go to church.
Inflection “S” (he / she /it)
+ = Yes, she does. (Short answer)
SITUATIONS - = No, she doesn’t. (Short answer)
 Routines
 Every________, Always, Sometimes, On Mondays
= I wake up at 7 am every day. TO BE in Present Simple (AM – ARE – IS)
= Carlos works until 6 pm on Fridays
- it is not possible to use with verbs
 Personal information
= I am work (incorrect)
= I live in Éden.
= Rogério lives in São Paulo. - it is not possible to use with auxiliary verbs
= I am from Brazil.
= I am don’t (incorrect)
 Personal opinion - the correct form is to use ALONE.
= I like coffee > coffee is good.
= I am from Brazil. (correct)
= Ozéias doesn’t like coffee > coffee is not good.

 Facts
= Brazil’s capital city is Brasilia

IN – ON – AT

In = general idea

 I was born in 1999/May.

On = more specific ideas

 I was born on May 28th

At = very specific idea

 I was born on May 28th at 11 pm.

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TEACHER OZÉIAS

TELLING THE TIME (HOURS)

08:12

= it is eight-twelve We use past and after when the minutes are from >>> 01 – 29

= it is twelve PAST/AFTER eight

10:38

= it is ten thirty-eight We use to and before THE NEXT/FUTURE HOUR when

the minutes are from >>> 31 – 59
= it is twenty-two TO/BEFORE eleven

03:15

= it is three fifteen

= it is a quarter PAST three

03:45

= it is three forty-five

= it is a quarter TO four

2:30

= it is two thirty

= HALF PAST two

04:00

= it is four o’clock

12:00

= it is twelve o’clock

Am = MIDNIGHT

Pm = MIDDAY / NOON