Question

1- Form frase empregando o “Simple Present.” Ex.: students / finish / their activities The students finish their activities. a) Friends / play / at the gym b) Little girl / cry / a lot c) They / like / sports d) Boy / wash / his new bike e) Kate / go / to the club on Sunday f) We / travel / on vacation g) Policeman / help / the old woman h) Frank and Mike / work / at the hospital i) You / dance / very well j) Mechanic / fix / the broken car

Answer 1

Resposta:

a) The friends play at the gym

b) This little girl cries a lot

c) They like sports

d) The boy washes his new bike

e) Kate goes to the club on Sundays

f) We usually travel on vacations

g) The policeman helps the old woman

h) Frank and Mike work at the hospital

i) You dance very well

j) The mechanic fixes the broken can

Explicação:

Para conjugar um verbo no Simple Present, basta usá-lo no infinitivo sem o to no caso dos pronomes I, you, we e they, e acrescentar -s, -es ou -ies no caso dos pronomes he, she e it.

No entanto, há algumas regras específicas para a flexão da terceira pessoa do singular (he, she e it) que estão relacionadas com a terminação dos verbos. São elas:

Verbos terminados em -o, -z, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x

É preciso acrescentar -es no final do verbo.  

Exemplos:  

• to teach (ensinar) - teaches
• to watch (assistir) - watches

Verbos terminados em -y precedido de consoante

Retira-se o -y e acrescenta-se -ies  

Exemplos:  

• to fry (fritar) - fries
• to fly (voar) - flies

Verbos terminados em -y precedido de vogal

Acrescenta-se somente o -s.  

Exemplos:  

• to say (dizer) - says
• to play (brincar; jogar) - plays