🔍 20 Pegadinhas IME — VERB TENSES — 🏛️ B3GE™

O IME é cirúrgico em VERB TENSES. Ele ama:

✔ Linha do tempo lógica – se você não desenha mentalmente, cai.
✔ Homogeneidade temporal — se o texto é científico, PRESENTE; se é narrativa com sequência, PAST PERFECT aparece.
✔ Modais perfeitos para análise de causa — may have…, must have…
✔ Mixed conditionals — IME é doidinho por causa vs. consequência em tempos diferentes.
✔ Forms longas que o candidato ignora — future perfect continuous, past perfect continuous.
✔ Deslocamentos de discurso indireto (backshift).

IME cobra precisão temporal milimétrica, como se estivesse checando coordenadas de lançamento de míssil. Ou seja: qualquer desajuste de tempo = EXPLOSÃO 💥😂

(Item • Exemplo contextual • Pegadinha IME)

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1. Present Perfect vs. Simple Past – ação com resultado no presente
   • “He ___ (lose) his notes, so he can’t present today.”
   • Pegadinha IME: aluno coloca lost em vez de has lost.

2. Past Perfect para ação anterior — IME adora linha temporal
   • “By the time the commander arrived, the troops ___ (secure) the base.”
   • Pegadinha IME: usar secured (simple past) e não had secured.

3. Future Perfect — previsão completada
   • “By 2030, they ___ (complete) the new propulsion system.”
   • Pegadinha IME: trocar por will complete.

4. Future Continuous — ação em progresso no futuro
   • “This time tomorrow, we ___ (test) the prototype.”
   • Pegadinha IME: colocar will test em vez de will be testing.

5. Conditional Unreal + Modal Perfect
   • “He would have succeeded if he ___ (follow) the instructions.”
   • Pegadinha IME: aluno usa followed e não had followed.

6. Present Perfect Continuous – foco na duração
   • “They ___ (develop) the system for three years now.”
   • Pegadinha IME: escolher have developed.

7. Past Continuous vs. Simple Past – simultaneidade
   • “The radar failed while they ___ (calibrate) the equipment.”
   • Pegadinha IME: colocar calibrated.

8. Reported Speech com backshift obrigatório
   • “He said the device ___ (not work).”
   • Pegadinha IME: usar does not work no lugar de did not work.

9. Used to vs. Would (hábito passado)
   • “During training, we ___ (run) five miles every morning.”
   • Pegadinha IME: usar only would run quando used to run é mais natural.

10. Past Perfect Continuous – causa implícita
    • “She was exhausted because she ___ (train) all day.”
    • Pegadinha IME: colocar had trained.

11. Future in the Past – “would”
    • “He knew they ___ (launch) the rocket at noon.”
    • Pegadinha IME: usar will launch.

12. Zero Conditional científico — verbo SIEMPRE no Present
    • “If pressure increases, volume ___ (decrease).”
    • Pegadinha IME: colocar will decrease.

13. Mixed Conditional – causa no passado, resultado no presente
    • “If he had studied more, he ___ (be) more confident now.”
    • Pegadinha IME: aluno usa would have been.

14. Simple Present para schedule futuro
    • “The shuttle ___ (depart) at 0600 tomorrow.”
    • Pegadinha IME: colocar will depart.

15. Simple Past vs. Present Perfect com advérbios de tempo
    • “He ___ (visit) Japan last year.”
    • Pegadinha IME: usar has visited.

16. Modal + Perfect – especulação passada
    • “The engine may ___ (fail) due to overheating.”
    • Pegadinha IME: aluno coloca may fail.

17. Gerund after preposition – regra rígida
    • “He improved accuracy by ___ (adjust) the sensors.”
    • Pegadinha IME: usar to adjust.

18. Future Perfect Continuous – duração até ponto futuro
    • “Next month, they will ___ (work) on the mission for two years.”
    • Pegadinha IME: usar will have worked (tira o “continuous”).

19. Present Simple para verdades universais
    • “Metal ___ (expand) when heated.”
    • Pegadinha IME: colocar expands por will expand.

20. Verbos de estado NÃO no continuous
    • “I ___ (understand) the concept now.”
    • Pegadinha IME: aluno escreve I am understanding.