Usado para representar o tempo verbal da
ação atual, no momento do discurso.
Situações temporárias, ação contínuas.
Na construção frasal esse tempo verbal segue o seguinte
padrão de formação: Sujeito + verbo to be + verbo com -ing +
complemento
She is watching TV.
Em sua forma negativa, adiciona-se o not
depois do verbo to be: Sujeito + verbo to be +
not + verbo com -ing + complemento
She is not watching TV.
Na forma interrogativa, o verbo auxiliar to be
aparece no início da frase: Verbo to be + sujeito +
verbo com -ing + complemento
Is she watching TV?
Formas contraídas do verbo to be
(afirmativa):
I am – I’m You are – You’re He is – He’s She is –
She’s It is – It’s You are – You’re We are – We’re
They are – They’re
Formas contraídas do verbo to be
(negativa):
I am not You are not – You aren’t She is not –
She isn’t He is not – He isn’t It is not – It isn’t
We are not – We aren’t You are not – You
aren’t They are not – They aren’t