Simple present

Indica verdades gerais ou o que ocorre com certa frequência ou habitualmente. Equivale ao presente do indicativo.

Exemplos:

They´re looking at their books. Eles estão olhando seus livros. They read a lot. Eles lêem muito. He´s eating an ice-cream. Ele está comendo um sorvete. He likes ice-cream. Ele gosta de sorvete.

I don´t like football Eu não gosto de futebol. He doesn´t like football Ele não gosta de futebol.

Where do they work? Onde eles trabalham? Do you play chess? Você joga xadrez? What sort of films does she like? Que tipo de filmes ela gosta?

I work in a shop. My brother works in a bank.

Linda lives in London. Her parents live in Scotland.

John has a shower every day.

I drink coffee but I don´t drink tea.

Bill doesn´t do his job very well.

Paula doesn´t usually have breakfast.

Do they like music?

Does he work hard?

Does your sister live in London?

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