Tag Archives: Artigos: Gramática
Você está ouvindo isso? Posted by Adir on Oct 20, 2009
Usamos o tempo verbal Present Continuous (que é formado com o verbo to be no presente e o verbo principal com a terminação –ing) para indicar algo que está acontecendo agora: I am writing this article now. (Eu estou escrevendo este artigo agora.) Are you studying English? (Você está estudando inglês?) Porém, há alguns verbos…
The Article “the” – Part I Posted by Adir on Aug 24, 2009
The use of the article the is different in English and in Portuguese. Let me show you some really useful rules for using the article the correctly. 1. We don’t usually use the with people’s names and with countries, continents, regions, states, provinces, islands, cities, towns and mountains. Examples: Africa, Europe, South America, New York…
Verbs and Prepositions Posted by Adir on Aug 24, 2009
Our intermediate English posts are going to be written only in English and our first topic is going to be verbs and prepositions. Many students think that speaking English is like speaking Portuguese in other words but that is not the case. Let’s see some examples: We talked about the problem. He apologized for what…
Simple Present Posted by Adir on Aug 24, 2009
Hello, there! Hoje vamos revisar um assunto muito comum mas que ainda causa um pouco de confusão quando vamos escrever em inglês: o Simple Present. O Simple Present é um tempo verbal que indica uma rotina, verdades universais e até mesmo o tempo futuro. Veja alguns exemplos: I always go to school by bus. (Eu…