Present Continuous - exercício para treinar a compreensão textual e a parte gramatical. Lembre-se de primeiro usar as estratégias de leitura.

Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing?

Today, Abby is visiting her grandparents. She loves her grandparents. At this moment, she is sitting on her grandfather's knee. She is listening to a story. She is smiling. She loves her grandfather's stories.

Jacob is Abby's grandfather. He loves his granddaughter. Right now, he is telling her a story. He is holding her on his knee. He is holding her hands. They are sitting in the living room.

Sarah is Abby's grandmother. At this moment, Sarah is standing in the kitchen. She is baking cookies for Jacob and Abby. She is also listening to Jacob's story.

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1. Whom is Abby visiting today? At this moment, what is Abby doing?

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2. Right now, what is Jacob doing? Where is he sitting?

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3. At this moment, where is Sarah? What is she doing?

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4. Retire do texto os verbos no gerúndio que você encontrar. Não repita os verbos.

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5. Put the verbs from the exercise 4 in the infinitive form.

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6. Translate these verbs.

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7. Retire da frase a seguir: o sujeito, o verbo principal, o verbo auxiliar, uma informação que mostre que o tempo verbal deve ser o presente contínuo. “At this moment, she is sitting on her grandfather's knee.”

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Exercício de interprepretação textual com o tempo verbal Presente Perfeito sendo utilizado. Não se esqueça de que um dos usos deste tempo verbal é em ações que aconteceram no passado, e que não sabemos quando aconteceram estas ações.

Present Perfect Story 1

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Who are they? What have they done? What has happened?

            Linda has just walked outside with Grandmother. She wears an apron. So far, she has finished cleaning and washing. She has also gathered seeds and crumbs.

            Now Linda and Grandmother are outside. Linda has just dropped some seeds on the ground to feed the birds. The birds have not come yet.

            Recently, Grandmother moved in with Linda's family. She now enjoys living with them.

            Grandmother has already sat down on the bench. She also wears an apron. She has just finished cooking.

            Grandmother and Linda wait for the birds. They have seen birds in the yard before. Grandmother has always liked to watch the birds. Linda has always liked to feed them.

Exercises

A. Answer the following questions. Use the Present Perfect tense.

1. What has Linda finished doing so far? What has she just dropped on the ground?

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2. Where has Grandmother moved recently? What has Grandmother just finished doing?

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3. What has Grandmother always liked to do? What has Linda always liked to do?

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