Question

Vamos praticar algumas situações envolvendo o Present Continuous?


1 - Qual alternativa está incorreta?

   a) I am being evil with my son.

   b) Do I being evil with your son?

   c) Am I being evil with my son?

   d) I am not being evil with my son.

2 - Preencha as lacunas das frases abaixo com verbo "to play" no present continuous.

a) She_is playing is_ video games.

b) You _____are playing___the piano.

c) I ______am playing______football.

d) We _______are playing_______the guitar.

e) It ____is playing_______ball.

f) They ____are playing_______ basketball.

g) You ___are playing_______golf.

h) He _______is playing_______ rugby.

3 - Identifique nos trechos das canções abaixo os verbos que estão no Present Continuous

Tense: Grife-os

a) "We're all just for connection

     Yeah, we all want to be seen

     I'm looking for someone who speaks my language

     Someone to ride this ride with me... "

     (Kate Perry - Witness)

b) "You're me a million reasons to let you go

      You're giving me a million reasons to quit the show

      You're givin' me a million reasons..."

      (Kat Dahlia - I Think I'm In Love Again)

c) "We're out of time

     Chasing our lies

     Everyday a small piece of you dies

     Always somebody..."

     (Selena Gomez - Kill 'em With Kindness)


d) "My head's under water

     But I'm fine

     You're crazy and I'm out of my mind..."

     (John Legend - All of Me)


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5- Escolha a opção correta: de acordo com as regras do Present Contínuos

1) She is ____Running_______ away from the police. (Run)

    a) Running

    b) Runing

    c) Runying

2) We're not ___LYing______ to our parents. (Lie)

    a) Lieing

    b) Lying

    c) Ling

3) Animals are __Dieing_______ in Amazonia. (Die)

    a) Dying

    b) Dieing

    c) Ding

4) They're _____Makeyng_____ lots of money (Make)

     a) Making

     b) Makeing

     c) Makeyng

5) They're ___makeyng_______ lots of money (Make)

     a) Making

     b) Makeing

     c) Makeyng

    c) Feling


6- Text

A busy family

John is watching TV and talking with Anna, his sister. John and Anna are watching a cartoon on TV

now. They are on vacation, so they are having a lot of fun.

Their mother, Juliet, is cooking and talking with a friend on the cellphone. Juliet is very busy

at the moment.

Their father, Bryan, is working in a big store and will come home to have lunch with his family.

As you can see, John, Anna, Juliet and Bryan are doing different things right now. But at lunchtime

they will do the same thing: to eat.

When they are eating, they don't like to talk a lot or make jokes. Juliet and Bryan are very serious

parents.

But this ordinary family is always doing new things whenever it's possible.

Choose the correct alternative de acordo co o texto


A. John isn't watching a cartoon.

B. Juliet is working.

C. Bryan is having a lot of fun.

D. Anna is sleeping.

E. Bryan isn't working.


Atividades - Past Continuous - Passado Contínuo

Atividades que podem contribuir para melhor entendimento sobre a utilização do Past

Continuous.

1. Preencha as lacunas com o Past Continuous dos verbos em parênteses:

a) She _______ (watch) TV when he called.

b) When the phone rang, they _______ (write) a letter.

c) He ______ (study) while she _______ (make) dinner.

d) ______ (you/speak) English?

e) He _______ (play/not) football.

2. Qual das frases abaixo está no Past Continuous?

a) I was not at home when she arrived.

b) My father was worried about your job.

c) Melissa and Juan are happy.

d) We have been being lovers.

e) I was being evil with my mom.


3 - Complete as frases abaixo com o Past Continuous ou com o Simple Past:

a) Tom ________ (to get) ready when Gina _______ (to arrive).

b) When I _______ (to get) home last night my mother ___________ (to prepare) dinner.

c) We ____________ (to watch) a movie when the doorbell _______ (to ring).

d) He ___________ (to walk) the dog when he _______ (to meet) his sister.

e) They ________ (to leave) the concert while the singer ______ still _______ (to sing).


4 - Segundo o estudo sobre “Past continuous”, qual das alternativas a seguir está nesse tempo

verbal da língua inglesa?

a) She was think his all day long.

b) I'm studying for maths this morning.

c) Maysa was playing video game when I left.

d) We all were very confuse with this mess.

e) My mother was cook some bread.


5 - Qual das alternativas apresenta a estrutura correta do “Past continuous”?

a) verb to be (presente) + main verb + ing

b) verb to be (past) + to + main verb

c) verb to be (past) + main verb + ing

d) verb to be (present) + to + ing

e) verb to be (past) + ing


6) Complete as alternativas abaixo passando o verbo em parênteses para o “Past

continuous”:

a) I _________________a very pleasant book last night. (to read)

b) He _________________ TV when his mother arrived. (to watch)

c) My father and my little brother ______________________ soccer yesterday. (to play)

d) My mother ___________________lunch with her friends last week. (to have)

e) They _____________________hard in their College project. (to work)

Answer 1

Resposta:

1b, 3a) i am looking.. b) you're giving.. c) chasing.. 5 1a) 2b) 3a) 4a) 5a) 6 A, 1a) was watching, b) were writing c) was studing. was making, d) you were speaking, wasn't playing.2a)