Simple Present - Signal words

Simple Present
Summary
Use
Signal words
Form of affirmative, negative sentences and questions
Spelling
Special verbs
Diagram
Long forms and short forms
Simple Present - Complex Test 1 Complex Test 2
Exercises - Simple Present

Simple Present - Signal words

These words tell you what tense you have to use. For the Simple Present these are adverbs
of frequency:

always
often
usually
sometimes
seldom
never

Other phrases of time can occur, like:

every day
every week
every year
on Mondays
after school

Simple Present, Exercise on Signal WordsWhich is a signal word for the

simple present?
seldom right now in 1999

already next week normally

never last year up to now

the other day sometimes soon

since 2001 every year in a year

Present Progressive - Signal Words

Actions taking place at the moment of speaking (now)
 at the moment
now / just now / right now
Listen!
Look!

Arrangements for the near future

in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening

at noon / tonight
tomorrow
next ...

Actions taking place only for a limited period of time

this week / this month / this year

Actions taking place around now (but not at the moment of speaking)

at the moment
now / just now / right now

Present Progressive - Signal Words

Exercise on Signal Words

1. Which of the words is a signal word for actions taking place at the moment of speaking?
now never sometimes

2. Which of the words is a signal word for actions taking place at the moment of speaking?
yesterday tomorrow at the moment

3. Which of the words is a signal word for actions taking place at the moment of speaking?
Listen! last night next week

4. Which of the words is not a signal word for actions taking place at the moment of
speaking?
right now just now every day

5. Which of the words is not a signal word for actions taking place at the moment of
speaking?
 Listen! usually Look!

6. Which of the words can be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
yesterday in the afternoon last week

7. Which of the words can be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
tomorrow every week usually

8. Which of the words can be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
last Sunday every Sunday next Sunday

9. Which of the words cannot be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
next week last week next Friday

10. Which of the words cannot be a signal word for an arrangement for the near future?
never at noon in the morning

Read the text below - leiam o texto abaixo

A dedicated teenager

Jane is a very intelligent teenager. She is fifteen years old and has two brothers. She goes
to school in the morning and helps her parents in the afternoon. In the evening, she studies
English at a school. She loves ice cream and barbecue; she eats an ice cream every day
and, on the weekend, she eats barbecue. Her brothers dont like to study but they help their
parents too. They want to open a small restaurant because they like to work with food. Jane
likes science and she wants to be a doctor. Her father tells her that it is necessary to study
a lot to be a doctor. Jane tells her father: Yes, you are correct. This is my dream and I know
it is possible because I am dedicated.

Janes family has problems but they believe there are solutions and they never give up.
Jane doesnt have everything she wants but she works hard.

Vocabulary:

- Teenager: adolescente
- Has(have na terceira pessoa, forma afirmativa): tem
- Want: querer
- Open: abrir
- Tell: dizer, contar
- A lot: muito
- Dedicated: dedicado(a)
- Give up: desistir
- Everything: tudo
- Works hard: trabalha duro, se esfora bastante.

2. Answer the questions - respondam as perguntas

a. How old is Jane?

__________________________________________________

b. When does she go to school?

__________________________________________________

c. Does Jane have everything she wants?

__________________________________________________

3. True or False - Verdadeiro ou Falso

a. Jane doesn't help her mother in the afternoon. (........)

b. Jane studies English at a university. (........)
c. She doesn't like meat. (........)
d. Her brothers love to study.(........)
e. Jane wants to be a doctor.(........)

Aqui esto as respostas / Here are the answers

2.

a. She is fifteen years old.

b. She goes to school in the morning.
c. No, she doesn't.

3.

a. False
b. False
c. False
d. False
e. True

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