Present Perfect

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O Present Perfect é um tempo verbal que conecta o passado com o presente. Ele é usado para expressar ações ou situações que:

✅ Começaram no passado e continuam até o presente;

👉🏻 Normalmente usado com for (há) e since (desde).

I have lived here for five years.

She has worked there since 2010.

✅ Experiências de vida que aconteceram em um passado indefinido (sem mencionar o momento exato);

👉🏻 Foco na experiência, não no momento específico.

I have visited Japan. (Eu visitei o Japão.)

✅ Resultados ou consequências no presente

👉🏻 Algo que aconteceu no passado, mas tem efeito agora.

I have lost my keys. (Perdi minhas chaves.) → Não consigo entrar em casa agora.

He has broken his arm. (Ele quebrou o braço.) → Está com o braço imobilizado agora.

🌟 FORMAÇÃO DO PRESENT PERFECT

👉🏻 [Sujeito] + have/has + past participle (particípio passado)

TipoEstruturaExemplo
✅ AfirmativaSujeito + have/has + past participleI have visited Japan. (Eu visitei o Japão.)
❌ NegativaSujeito + have/has + not + past participleI have not (haven’t) visited Japan. (Eu não visitei o Japão.)
❓ InterrogativaHave/Has + sujeito + past participle?Have you visited Japan? (Você já visitou o Japão?)

🛠 MARCADORES COMUNS DO PRESENT PERFECT

Just (acabou de) – I have just finished my homework.

Already (já) – She has already seen that movie.

Yet (ainda/não) – Have you finished yet? (Você já terminou?) She hasn’t arrived yet.

Ever (alguma vez) – Have you ever been to London?

Never (nunca) – I have never eaten sushi.

For (há/por) – I have known him for 10 years.

Since (desde) – We have lived here since 2015.

🚨 ERROS COMUNS NO PRESENT PERFECT

❌ ❌ Não usar o Present Perfect com tempo definido (yesterday, last week, in 2010…)

✔ I visited Japan in 2010. (Simple Past)

❌ I have visited Japan in 2010.

❌ ❌ Usar o Simple Past quando o impacto da ação ainda é relevante

✔  I have lost my wallet. (Importa agora porque ainda está perdida.)

❌ I lost my wallet. (Só usamos o Simple Past se o foco for no momento em que perdeu.)

🎯 EXERCÍCIOS

  1. Cheque seu conhecimento através deste teste online, mas faça anotações no seu caderno para maior retensão do conteúdo.

2. Complete com o Present Perfect:

  1. I (not / work)  ____________________ today.
  2. She (finish) ____________________ her homework already.
  3. We (buy)  ____________________ a new lamp.
  4. We (not / plan)  ____________________ our holiday yet.
  5. Have you ever (try) __________ sushi?
  6. Where (be / you) ____________________ ?
  7. He (write)  ____________________ five letters.
  8. They (live) ____________________ in this house since 2018.
  9. He ______ just (arrive) __________.
  10. She (not / see)  ____________________ him for a long time.
  11. (be / you)  ____________________ at school?
  12. School (not / start) ____________________  yet.
  13. (speak / he) ____________________ to his boss?
  14. No, he (have / not) ____________________  the time yet.

RESPOSTAS EXERCÍCIO 2

  1. have not worked
  2. has finished
  3. have bought
  4. have not planned
  5. tried
  6. have you been
  7. has written 
  8. have lived
  9. has just
  10. has not seen
  11. Have you been
  12. has not started
  13. Has he spoken
  14. he hasn’t had

🌟 BONUS

Assista a este vídeo, que mostra o caminho inverso, a visão de Gavin, um falante nativo de inglês, aprendendo português.

Daily routine 3

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What do you do every day? What’s a typical day like for you?

Learning how to talk about your daily routine is super important, and we’ve already learned lots of useful words and phrases with Daily routine 1 and Daily routine 2.

In this lesson, you’ll learn different ways to talk about:
✅ how you work
✅ your free time and hobbies
✅ meals and eating habits
✅ activities and sleep habits

Listen carefully to the pronunciation, and remember — you can slow down the playback speed by clicking the Settings icon if you need to.

Talking About Your Work Routine

🕒 Talking about your work schedule

✅ I start work at [time], and I finish at [time].

✅ I work from [time] to [time].

✅ I usually finish work by [time] at the latest.

✅ I finish at [time] at the earliest.

✅ I’m at the office from [time] till [time].

✅ I work different hours every day. (To freelancers)

🏃‍♂️ Talking about flexible schedules or set routines

✅ I like to get an early start.

✅ I take a long lunch break.
.

✅ I take a short lunch break.

✅ I try to leave on time.

✅ I never stay late or do overtime.

⏰ Talking about working long hours or staying late

✅ I often have to stay late at work.

✅ Sometimes I stay late if there’s something I need to finish.

✅ I work long hours.

🚗 Talking about commuting

✅ My commute takes around [time].

✅ I don’t miss commuting every day.

✅ I have to leave the house at [time] at the latest.

🌟 Bonus expressions to help you sound more natural

✅ It suits me.

✅ It’s not all fun and games.

✅ It sucks!

📚 Vocabulary tip

  • at the earliest
  • at the latest

Talking About Free Time Habits

🛋️ If you prefer to relax at home

✅ I just crash on the sofa and watch TV.

✅ I don’t have the energy to do much after work.

✅ During the work week, there just isn’t the time to do much.

🏃‍♂️ If you’re more active and like to go out

✅ I like to get out of the house when I can.

✅ I try to arrange something most evenings.

✅ I prefer to stay busy.

🏀 Talking about specific activities

✅ I’ve started going to a boxing class twice a week.
✅ I play tennis on Wednesdays.
✅ I also play basketball every Thursday.
✅ I go out with friends for a coffee or a drink once or twice a week.

📌 Use on + day of the week:
I play tennis on Wednesdays.

📌 Use once/twice a week to express frequency:
I go out with friends once a week.

🕰️ Adverbs of Frequency

✅ often
✅ generally
✅ sometimes
✅ occasionally

I generally go running around the park after I get home.

Talking About Eating Habits

🍽️ Useful expressions

✅ My meal habits are all over the place.
Sometimes I eat dinner at 7:30, sometimes at 11!

✅ Sometimes I skip meals.
If I’m busy, I might skip lunch.

✅ Me and my boyfriend take turns cooking.*
We take turns cooking dinner during the week.

✅ I’ll cook a big batch of something, then freeze it.
That way I have food ready for several days.

* NOTE:

The sentence “Me and my boyfriend take turns cooking” is commonly used in informal speech, but it’s not grammatically correct in standard English. The correct form would be:

“My boyfriend and I take turns cooking.”

In English, it’s considered more polite and grammatically correct to put yourself last when mentioning others (i.e., “I” after “my boyfriend”).

⏰ Meal times

✅ Do you eat at the same times every day?

✅ I have to eat at the same time every day.
Because that’s the only time I have free.

✅ I might eat dinner at seven-thirty, or I might not eat until eleven.

🥗 Meal prep and lunchboxes

✅ If I’m organised, I’ll cook at the weekends so I can take food with me to work.

✅ Otherwise, I’ll buy a sandwich or something from the bakery.

🍕 Takeaway and delivery

✅ We generally get a takeaway on Friday evening.

✅ I try not to waste money on takeaways and eating out.

🌞🌙 Morning Person or Night Owl?

🌅 Morning Person

✅ I like to get some stuff finished early in the day.

✅ It helps me feel more productive.

✅ I try to go to bed by eleven.

🌙 Night Owl

✅ I’m a total night owl.

✅ I stay up late on weekends.

✅ I often go to bed quite late.

✅ I really struggle to get moving in the morning.

😴 Phrases about sleep and daily routines

✅ Sometimes I take a nap in the afternoon.

✅ If I don’t get seven or eight hours of sleep, I find it hard to focus at work.

✅ I don’t think I sleep that much.

QUIZ:

Test your understanding of the vocabulary and ideas you saw in this lesson by clicking here.



Daily routine I

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Aprender a falar sobre sua rotina diária (daily routine) é muito importante. Veremos o vocabulário básico que você precisa para isso.

Listen carefully to the pronunciation and do the exercises.

Key Vocabulary

Aqui estão algumas palavras e frases para descrever a sua rotina:

  • Wake up – Acordar
  • Turn off the alarm – Desligar o alarme
  • Get up – Levantar-se
  • Take a shower / I have a shower – Tomar banho
  • Get dressed – Vestir-se
  • Comb the hair – Pentear-se
  • Make breakfast / Eat breakfast / Have breakfast – Tomar café da manhã
  • Brush my teeth – Escovar os dentes
  • Go to work / school – Ir para o trabalho / escola
  • Start work at 9 – Começar a trabalhar às 9h
  • Answer emails – Responder e-mails
  • Eat lunch / Have lunch – Almoçar
  • Work on the computer – Trabalhar no computador
  • Finish work / school at 5 – Terminar o trabalho / a escola às 17h
  • Go home – Ir para casa
  • Arrive home – Chegar em casa
  • Feed the dog – Alimentar o cachorro
  • Cook dinner / Eat dinner / Have dinner – Jantar
  • Watch TV – Assistir TV
  • Read a book – Ler um livro
  • Go to bed – Ir dormir
  • Fall asleep – Adormecer
  • Have classes – Ter aulas
  • Do my homework – Fazer meu dever de casa

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks

Complete the sentences with the correct verb from the vocabulary list.

  1. I ________ at 6:30 a.m. every day. (wake up / fall asleep)
  2. After I ________ the alarm, I get up. (answer / turn off)
  3. I always ________ before I go to work. (take a shower / work on the computer)
  4. After breakfast, I ________ my teeth. (brush / sleep)
  5. She ________ at 9 a.m. every day. (starts work / finishes work)
  6. At 1 p.m., I ________ lunch. (go / have)
  7. After lunch, I ________ my emails. (go / answer)
  8. In the evening, I ________ TV before bed. (watch / eat)

Exercise 2: Put the sentences in the correct order

Arrange the following sentences in the order you do them in your daily routine.

a) I brush my teeth.
b) I wake up at 7 a.m.
c) I go to bed at 10 p.m.
d) I take a shower.
e) I have breakfast.

Exercise 3: Match the columns

Match the phrases on the left with their meanings on the right.

  1. Wake up –––– a. Responder e-mails
  2. Get dressed –––– b. Chegar em casa
  3. Answer emails –––– c. Acordar
  4. Arrive home –––– d. Vestir-se

Exercise 4: True or False

Read the sentences and decide if they are true or false for you.

  1. “I work on the computer before I take a shower.”
  2. “I finish work / school at 3 p.m.”
  3. “I feed the dog before I get up.”
  4. “I watch TV after dinner.”

Exercise 5: Written Practice

Answer the following questions:

  1. What time do you wake up?
  2. Do you have breakfast every day? What do you eat?
  3. What time do you start work or school?
  4. What do you do after dinner?

Extra practice: Interactive game

Extra Practice Advanced: What’s your daily routine like?

Como é a sua rotina diária? Descreva as atividades que você faz no seu dia, desde que acorda até ir dormir.

Birthday or Anniversary?

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In English, we use birthday and anniversary to talk about special dates (aniversário), but they are used in different contexts. Let’s explore the difference:

Birthday 🎂

  • Birthday refers to the annual celebration of the day a person was born (birth significa “nascimento” e day significa “dia”).
  • We use birthday to talk about people’s personal special days.

Example:

  • My birthday is on December 8th.
  • She is planning a big party for her birthday.

Anniversary 💍

  • Anniversary refers to the celebration of a special event or occasion that happens once a year, such as the date of a wedding, an important historical event, or the founding of a company (aniversário de casamento, aniversário da cidade, ou a data da fundação de alguma empresa ou instituição).
  • We use anniversary for significant dates in relationships, businesses, or history.

Example:

  • Today is our wedding anniversary!
  • The company is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Death Anniversary 🕊️

  • Death anniversary refers to the annual remembrance of the date when someone passed away.
  • This term is commonly used in cultures where people honor and remember loved ones on the day they passed.

Examples:

  • We lit candles on my grandfather’s death anniversary.
  • His fans held a memorial on the death anniversary of the famous singer.

Key Differences:

  1. Birthday is always related to someone’s birth.
  2. Anniversary can be used for many types of celebrations, including weddings, company formations, or historical events.
  3. Death anniversary is used when remembering the passing of someone.

Exercises:

1. Choose the correct word (birthday, anniversary, or death anniversary):

  1. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since our wedding ____.
  2. We’re having a big party to celebrate my son’s ____ this year.
  3. The country will celebrate its independence ____ next week.
  4. My parents’ ____ is next month, and they are going on a trip.
  5. Today is the ____ of our grandfather’s passing, and we are gathering to remember him.
  6. Happy ____ to you! I hope you have a wonderful day!

2. Fill in the blanks with your own sentences:

  • My ____ is on __________.
  • This year, I will celebrate my ____ with __________.
  • The ____ of our company is __________.
  • We remember my grandfather’s ____ by __________.

3. Write a short paragraph using birthday, anniversary, and death anniversary.

Answers:

1. Choose the correct word (birthday, anniversary, or death anniversary):

  1. anniversary
  2. birthday
  3. anniversary
  4. anniversary
  5. death anniversary
  6. birthday

Thank God!

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WHAT DOES TGIF MEAN?

TGIF stands for “Thank God It’s Friday” or “Thank Goodness It’s Friday“.

TGIF is a commonly used expression, especially in casual or informal conversations. People often use it to express excitement or relief that the workweek is over and the weekend is about to begin.

You might hear or see it in social media posts, workplace chats, or among friends making weekend plans.

Look at this dialogue:

  • A: TGIF!
  • B: Yeah!
  • A: Do you want to go out tonight?
  • B: That’s great!
  • A: How about going to the movies?
  • B: I’d love to! I’ll book the tickets.
  • A: Perfect! Let’s relax!

But do we say “Thank God” or “Thanks God“? Here is a simple but very effective demonstration that shows you how to use these phrases and fixes a very common and recurrent English mistake.

Listen carefully to the video. Make notes and use them.

Next, a few more examples:

  • Thank God I found you!
  • Thank God you’re here! 
  • Thank God I read this tip!