Question

O Present Continuous Tense é formado pelo presente do verbo to be (am, is, are), seguido por um verbo acrescido da terminação –ing. Este tempo verbal expressa uma ação que está ocorrendo agora.

Observe> we are studying. (nós estamos estudando.)

 Gerund

Forma-se o gerúndio, em inglês, acrescentando  a terminação –ing ao verbo.

Ex: play + ing =playing (jogando);

Os verbos terminados em e perdem o e: dance + ing =dancing (dançando);

 Exercises

1) Escreva os verbos a seguir no gerúndio: Ex: To go: going

a) to take:

b) to sleep:

c) to work:

d) to study:

e) to speak:

f) to sing:

g) to play:

h) to dance:

i) to go:

j) to eat:

 

2) Complete os espaços com os verbos nos parênteses no “present continuous tense”

She……………video games. (to play)

 You…………English (to study)

I.......................In Brazil (to live)

They................................ very much (To work)
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Answer 1

a) to take: =to taking

b) to sleep: -to slepping

c) to work: =to working

d) to study: =to studying

e) to speak: = to speaking

f) to sing: =to singing

g) to play: =to playing

h) to dance: to dancing

i) to go: to going

j) to eat: to eating

2)She…is playing…………video games. (to play)

You…are studying………English (to study)

I'm ..living..................In Brazil (to live)

They....are working............................ very much (To work)

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