Question

Complete the sentences by using the Present Simple or Present Continuous: (1,2)





a) Help me. The dog __________________________________________________ ( to die).



b) Mr. Johnson always _______________ (open) his shop at 7.30 but this morning he___________ (open) it at 9 because he’s late.



c)The children _______________________ (cry) for help at this moment.



d)(EFOMM-RJ) I ______________ (to refuse) to go to that restaurant! Everything _______________ (to taste) of soap there.



e)Mr. Hopp usually ____________ ( go) to work by subway.



Write the interrogative: (1,6)



a)I play the piano very well.

Do you play the piano very well?( example)

b) Tommy plays the piano very well.

______________________________________________________________________________

c) We know the answer.

______________________________________________________________________________

d)He works very hard.

______________________________________________________________________________

e)They do the same thing every day.

______________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

1-

a) Help me. The dog is dying.

Como a pessoa está pedindo ajuda no exato momento, o ato de morrer do cachorro está acontecendo, então deve-se usar o present continuos.

b) Mr. Johnson always opens his shop at 7.30, but this morning he is opening it at 9 because he’s late.

Como abrir a loja é um fato cotidiano para Mr. Johnsons, opens é a conjugação correta para o verbo to open. No segundo caso, na manhã em que o fato é relatado, Mr. Johnsons atrasou, então se refere a um presente que está acontecendo agora e deve-se utilizar o present continuos.

c) The children cries for help at this moment.

d)(EFOMM-RJ) I am refusing to go to that restaurant! Everything tastes of soap there.

e)Mr. Hopp usually goes to work by subway.

2- Write the interrogative:  

a) I play the piano very well.

Do you play the piano very well?

b) Tommy plays the piano very well.

Does Tommy plays the piano very well?

Para he/she/it, a conjugação do verbo no presente simples não é "do", mas "does".

c) We know the answer.

Do we know the awnser?

d) He works very hard.

Does he works very hard?

e) They do the same thing every day.

Do they do the same thing every day?