WH-WORDS TYPES OF QUESTIONS

ENGLISH PORTUGUESE 1. Wh-questions 2. Yes/No questions

What? O quê?

They start with a wh-word:

what, when, where, why,

who, how, how

many/much, how long, etc;

They start with a verb (usually the auxiliary verb);

When? Quando?

Where? Onde?

Who? Quem?

Which? Qual?

Why? Porquê?

Answer: new information;

Answer: Yes / No. ATENÇÃO: o sujeito e o verbo

que surgem no início desta

pergunta terão de ser

(geralmente) utilizados na

resposta.

How? Como?

How many/much? Quanto?

How long? Quanto tempo?

PERSONAL PRONOUNS POSSESSIVE

SUBJECT FORM (before the verb)

pronoun + verb

OBJECT FORM (after the verb)

verb + pronoun

DETERMINERS (followed by a noun)

determiner + noun

PRONOUNS (instead of a noun)

pronoun + verb

I (eu) me my mine

you (tu) you your yours

he (ele), she (ela), it him, her, it his, her, its his, hers, its

we (nós) us our ours

you (vós) you your yours

they (eles) them their theirs

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

PRESENT SIMPLE

I play

you play

he, she, it plays

we play

you play

they play

I don’t play

you don’t play

he, she, it doesn’t play

we don’t play

you don’t play

they don’t play

do I play?

do you play?

does he, she, it play?

do we play?

do you play?

do they play?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I am playing

you are playing

he, she, it is playing

we are playing

you are playing

they are playing

I am not playing

you are not playing

he, she, it is not playing

we are not playing

you are not playing

they are not playing

am I playing?

are you playing?

is he, she, it playing?

are we playing?

are you playing?

are they playing?

PAST SIMPLE

I played

you played

he, she, it played

we played

you played

they played

I didn’t play

you didn’t play

he, she, it didn’t play

we didn’t play

you didn’t play

they didn’t play

did I play?

did you play?

did he, she, it play?

did we play?

did you play?

did they play?

NOTE: The verbs to be, there to be and have got don’t need the auxiliary verb do to form the negative and interrogative.

In the past simple there are regular verbs (verbs that end in -ed) and irregular verbs (verbs that don’t end in -ed).