One of the uses of presente continuous is “When you are in the middle of doing something, when you start an action and haven’t finished it (not necessarily in progress at the time of speaking) […]” (KIMINAMI, 2018, p. 20). KIMINAMI, Aline Yuri. Práticas Discursivas da Língua Inglesa. Maringá-Pr.: UniCesumar, 2018. Read the following excerpt of “A Chameleon” by Anton Chekhov. “THE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square wearing a new overcoat and carrying a parcel under his arm. A red-haired policeman strides after him with a sieve full of confiscated gooseberries in his hands. There is silence all around. Not a soul in the square […]”. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 02 de out. 2019. Taking the excerpts into account, analyze the following statements. I. The sentence “THE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square […]” has “is walking” as an example of the present continuous tense. II. The sentence “THE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square wearing a new overcoat and carrying a parcel under his arm […]” has three verbs following the present continuous tense rules: walking, wearing and carrying. III. The sentence “A red-haired policeman strides after him with a sieve full of confiscated gooseberries in his hands […]” if written in the present continuous tense could be “A red-haired policeman is striding after him with a sieve full of confiscated gooseberries in his hands […]”. IV. “THE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square wearing a new overcoat and carrying a parcel under his arm […]” has the verbs “wearing” and “carrying” inadequately used because they have no subject with them. It is correct what is stated in: Alternativas Alternativa 1: I and II, only. Alternativa 2: I, II and III, only. Alternativa 3: I, II and IV, only. Alternativa 4: I, III and IV, only. Alternativa 5: I, II, III, IV.
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I. The sentence “THE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square […]” has “is walking” as an example of the present continuous tense. CORRECT
II. The sentence “THE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square wearing a new overcoat and carrying a parcel under his arm […]” has three verbs following the present continuous tense rules: walking, wearing and carrying. CORRECT
III. The sentence “A red-haired policeman strides after him with a sieve full of confiscated gooseberries in his hands […]” if written in the present continuous tense could be “A red-haired policeman is striding after him with a sieve full of confiscated gooseberries in his hands […]”. CORRECT
IV. “THE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square wearing a new overcoat and carrying a parcel under his arm […]” has the verbs “wearing” and “carrying” inadequately used because they have no subject with them. WRONG (a new overcoat and a parcel are the subjects)
It is correct what is stated in:
Alternativa 2: I, II and III, only.
Explicação:
Present continuous - expressa algo que está acontecendo no momento em que se fala. Normalmente, usamos ''now'' - agora , ''at the moment'' - no momento - no final da sentença.
I am doing my homework.
Eu estou fazendo minha lição de casa.
They are playing soccer now.
Eles estão jogando futebol agora.
Estrutura do Present Continuous
Sujeito + verbo to be + verbo -ing + complemento + now/at the moment
They are going home now.
I am ---- ing >>>> I am studying
You are ---- ing >>>> You are playing piano.
He is ---- ing >>>> He is driving home
She is ---- ing >>>> She is painting her room.
It is ---- ing >>>> It is barking
We are ---- ing >>>> We are dancing
You are ---- ing >>>> You are teaching Greek.
They are -- ing >>>> They are listening to the teacher.