Questão de Inglês — Verbos | Verbs — IDCAP 2026
InglêsVerbos | Verbs
- Código
- gp021438
- Banca
- IDCAP
- Órgão
- Prefeitura de Vitória - ES
- Ano
- 2026
- Cargo
- Professor de Educação Básica III - PEB III Língua Inglesa
Verb tenses in English express different temporal andaspectual relations, indicating when and how an actionoccurs. Consider the sentence: "By the time the teacherarrived, the students had already finished the activity."The verb tense used in the second clause expresses:
- Aan action completed before another past actionalready mentioned in the sentence, characteristic ofthe past perfect tense.
- Ba habitual action that took place in the past,characteristic of the simple past tense employed inpast narratives in texts.
- Can action ongoing at a specific moment in the past,characteristic of the past continuous tense innarrative contexts.
- Dan action started in the past that extends to thepresent moment, characteristic of the present perfecttense in current use.