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Magic
Stories 004

SÉRIE MAGIC STORIES

COM O PROFESSOR
LEONARDO LEITE
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Magic Story 004

VERB TENSE PRACTICE

Simplified Story - Meet Jeremy

Jeremy lives in Des Moines WA.
He lives in a nice house with his family.
His father Steve is an entrepreneur.
His mother Anna is a yoga Instructor.
They all live in a house very close to the sea. Jeremy is a student.
He goes to high school.
He is a sophomore.
He loves basketball.
He practices in JV basketball team.
He likes going to the movies, biking around town and playing the guitar. His favorite thing
in the world is ice cream.
Jeremy is a typical teenager.
He gets up at 6.
School starts at 7:10.
Jeremy stays at school until 5. He has basketball practice. His sister picks him up at 5:15.

Now, let’s imagine that this situation

has been the same for 10 years.

MAGIC STORIES 1 COM LEONARDO LEITE

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TYPICAL ADVERBS OF TIME EXAMPLE PORTUGUESE

for (period of time) for 1 year; for 6 months há 1 ano; há 6 meses; há 10

minutos

since (point in time) since 2004; since last desde o ano passado;
Monday; since last year desde segunda passada;
desde 1999

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT - “FOR 10 YEARS”

Jeremy lives in Des Moines WA. Jeremy has lived in Des Moines…

He lives in a nice house with his family. He has lived in a nice house with his family…

His father Steve is an entrepreneur. His father has been an entrepreneur…

His mother Anna is a yoga Instructor. His mother has been a yoga instructor…

Jeremy is a student. Jeremy has been a student…

He goes to high school. He’s gone to high school for 10 years

He is a sophomore. He’s been a sophomore for 6 months.

He loves basketball. He has loved basketball…

He practices in JV basketball team. He has practiced in JV basketball team

He likes going to the movies, biking around He has liked…………………………

town and playing the guitar.

His favorite thing in the world is ice cream. His favorite thing in the world has been
ice cream….

Jeremy is a typical teenager. Jeremy has been a typical teenager…..

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PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT - “FOR 10 YEARS”

He gets up at 6. He has gotten up 6……

School starts at 7:10. School has started at 7:10….

Jeremy stays at school unti 5. He has He has stayed there until 5…….
basketball practice. He’s had basketball practice…….

His sister picks him up at 5:15. She has picked him up at 5:15…………..

TRAINING QUESTIONS:

Q. Where has Jeremy lived for the past 10 years?

Q. How long has Jeremy lived in Des Moines?

Q. Who has Jeremy lived with for the past 10 years?

Q. What has Jeremy done for the past 10 years?

Q. What has his father Steve done for 10 years?

Q. What has his mother done for 10 years?

Q. How long have they lived close to the sea?

Q. What sports has Jeremy liked for the past 10 years?

Q. Where has he practiced basketball for the past 10 years?

Q. What has Jeremy always liked doing?

Q. What has been his favorite thing in the world for 10 years?

Q. How long has Jeremy been a typical teenager?

Q. What time has Jeremy woken up for the past 10 years?

Q. What time has school started for the past 10 years?

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Q. How long has Jeremy stayed at school until 5.

Q. Why has he done that?

Q. Since when has his sister picked him up at 5:15?

EXERCISES

ABOUT YOURSELF HOW LONG? ASK ME!

Where do you live?

What do you do?

Are you married?

Are you single?

Do you go to school?

MAGIC STORIES 4 COM LEONARDO LEITE