Descreve um fato ou estado permanente, ou uma ação que acontece com freqüência no presente. A forma básica do presente dos verbos principais na afirmativa é a mesma do infinitivo (aquela forma que você encontra no dicionário) sem o to (to smoke ® smoke) com exceção das 3as pessoas do singular (he/she/it) que levam um “s”: I get up at 7 everyday.
She gets up at 7 everyday.
Nas frases negativas do presente usa-se do not = don’t, para I, You, We, They e does not = doesn’t, para He, She, It. O verbo principal seguido do auxiliar sempre fica no infinitivo sem o to:
I don’t like coffee.
She doesn’t like coffee.
Mary and John don’t eat meat. They’re vegetarian.
As frases interrogativas são formadas colocando-se do ou does no início das perguntas sendo precedidos apenas por pronomes interrogativos. O verbo principal sempre fica no infinitivo sem o to. Nas respostas curtas, do-don’t, does-doesn’t substituem o verbo principal:
Do you like hamburguers?
Does it often rain in Bahamas?
What time do you usually go to work?
Where do you go to school?
Do you speak English? Yes, I do.
Does she enjoy parties? Yes, she does.
Does he take the 10:00 am train? No, he doesn’t.
Modelo de conjugação do verbo to work no simple present em inglês |
Positive | Negative | Interrogative |
I work | I don’t work | Do I work? |
You work | You don’t work | Do you work? |
He works | He doesn’t work | Does he work? |
She works | She doesn’t work | Does she work? |
It works | It doesn’t work | Does it work? |
We work | We don’t work | Do we work? |
You work | You don’t work | Do you work? |
They work | They don’t work | Do they work? |