quarta-feira, 19 de setembro de 2012

Ordinal numbers.



Describing rooms in a house.

Build Up

Other Rooms

AtticPeople store things in the attic.
BallroomA room in stately homes where rich people dance and concerts are held.
Box RoomA small room used for storage.
CellarUnderneath the house.
CloakroomA small room where people put their coats.
ConservatoryA greenhouse attached to a house for the display of plants.
Dining RoomA room where people eat (see eating at home).
Drawing RoomA room in stately homes where rich people entertain.
Games RoomA room in large houses where games are played.
HallThe entrance passage to a house.
LarderA small room used for the storage of food.
LibraryA room where books are kept.
LoungeAnother name for living room.
Music RoomA room where people play music.
OfficeA room where people work.
PantryA small room used to store kitchen and dining items.
ParlourOld fashioned word for living room.
Sitting RoomAnother name for living room.
Spare Room/
Guest Room
A room where guests sleep.
ToiletA room where people go to the toilet (often known as WC)
Utility RoomA room where appliances such as washing machines are used












Some and any



Comecemos por uma breve explicação. Um dos artigos indefinidos utilizados no PLURAL é o SOME (algo /algum /alguma /alguns /algumas /algo de).
Exemplos:
  • SOME BOOKS = alguns livros
  • SOME PEOPLE = algumas pessoas
  • SOME FRIENDS = alguns amigos
Este artigo só é utilizado em orações AFIRMATIVAS. Para construir orações INTERROGATIVAS ou NEGATIVAS, trocaremos o SOME por ANY.
Exemplos:
  • Do you have any books?
  • We haven’t got any sugar.
Como tudo em idiomas o complicado não são as regras e sim as exceções, veja aqui uma lista de situações onde não podemos usar os artigos.
Como podemos perceber é impossível decorar todas as regras e colocá-las em prática imediatamente. O importante é criar um senso crítico que lhe permita saber se a utilização de uma palavra em determinada situação está correta ou não.

Singular and plural nouns;a / an , the

Singular 

1 - a book               books
   An umbrella        umbrellas       + s 
   a holiday             holidays


2 - a watch           watches     / IZ / + es ( words ending ch , sh , s , ss , x)


3 - a dictionary       dictionaries --->  Retira o Y e coloca ies ( words ending in consonant + y)

A / an or the?

a / an

What is it ? It´s an bag. It´s an umbrella

The.

Look at the board.
Open the door.
Close  the  windows.


  • Use a / an with singular nouns, e.g. a book, an umbrella.
         Use an with words beginning with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u), e.g. an identity card.
  • Don´t use a / an + plural nouns, e.g. they´re books NOT  they´re a books.
  • Use the + singular or plural nouns, e.g. the door, the windows.

.

Furniture


living room – sala de estar
dining room – sala de jantar
kitchen – cozinha
bedroom – quarto
closet – guarda-roupa
bathroom – banheiro
garage – garagem
office – escritório
garden – jardim
stairway – escada
balcony – sacada, varanda
lobby – corredor
first floor – primeiro andar
second floor – segundo andar
upstairs – andar superior
downstairs – andar inferior
roof –telhado
intercom – interfone
bed – cama
table – mesa

The house of my dreams



The house of my dreams will not have two floors, will have three bedrooms, two bathrooms a living room, a dining room, a large kitchen, a small library with an office, a laundry, a large yard, a garage, large porch and a swimming pool behind the house. Within my bedroom bed will have a great one very large closet in bedroom wallwill have a great picture of me and my husband the wall color will bewhite. in the living room will have a TV attached to the wall in the middle of the living room have a small coffee table and a sofa, the kitchen will be white with red, will have a stove, microwave oven,refrigerator. In the dining room will have a large table with white chairs. The library will be small with books, book case and somewithin it will have an office with a computer. the Garagen vai be great with good lighting. the balcony will have a net to sleep. the pool will be great on the wall will be of little fish. This is more orMinus my dream house.

Adjectives


Os adjetivos em inglês são usados para qualificar ou modificar um substantivo ou um pronome. Eles aparecem antes do substantivo ou depois dos verbos de ligação na frase. Veja os exemplos:
I have a blue pencil. (Eu tenho um lápis azul.)
She is smart. (Ela é esperta.)
Porém, alguns adjetivos possuem uma terminação diferente. É o caso dos adjetivos que terminam com –ing e –ed. Observe:
Julia's job is boring. (O emprego de Julia é chato.)
Julia is bored. (Julia está entediada.)
Perceba que no primeiro exemplo o adjetivo boring refere-se ao emprego de Julia. Já no segundo exemplo, refere-se a ela. Ainda poderíamos escrever desta maneira:
Julia is bored because her job is boring.
(Julia está entediada porque seu emprego é chato.)
Agora compare outros exemplos:
interesting (interessante) * interested (interessado(a))
Julia is very interesting. Julia is very interested in Arts.
(Julia é muito interessante.) (Julia é muito interessada em Artes.)
surprising (surpreendente) * surprised (surpreso(a))
This film is surprising! I am surprised with this film!
(Este filme é surpreendente!) (Eu estou surpreso(a) com este filme!)
shocking (chocante) / shocked (chocado(a))
 
This scene is shocking. Everybody is shocked.
(Esta cena é chocante.) (Todos estão chocados.)
Note que geralmente não há uma forma específica para o masculino e outra para o feminino nos adjetivos. Ao traduzir a frase, você deverá flexioná-lo conforme o substantivo!

How many or How much.


How much = quanto custa
How many = quantos são
Many é usado para algo contavel.
Exemplo:
How many apples do you have?
(Quantas maçã você tem?) 
Much é usado para algo incontável ou dinheiro.
Exemplo:
How much is this book?
(Quanto custa esse livro?) 


1)
 Complete as frases com How much ou How many. Observação: não se esqueça de começar a frase com letra maiúscula.
 Observe o modelo abaixo.
          
How many dolls do you have?                      
How much is this schoolbag?         
a)b)
         
 is this orange? [R]
 pencil you have? [R]

c)d)
  
 cars you have?[R]
 kites you have?[R]
e)f)
                  
 is this sweater?[R]
 is this train? [R]

Resposta : A - How much
                   B - How many
                   C - Haw many
                   D - How many
                   E - How much
                   F-  How much

Prepositions of place.

Two exemples of prepositions of place.



Exercícios 


Respostas : 1 - She is on the desk.
                     2 -  It is under the desk
                     3 - It is next to the desk

terça-feira, 18 de setembro de 2012

Collocations (have, go, get)

Positive 

I got up early yesterday.
You had breakfast in bed.
He went to work by car.
We got up late today.
You went to school.
They had dinner at home.


Negative

I didn´t get up early yesterday.
You didn´t have breakfast in bed.
He didn´t go to work by car.
We didn´t get up late today.
You didn´t go to school.
They didn´t have dinner at home.


Interrogative/ Affirmative / Negative

Did you go to school yesterday?        Yes, I did.                No,I didn´t.
Did she get up early?                        Yes, she did.            No,she didn´t.
Did they have lunch at work?            Yes,they did.           No,they didn´t.


  • Use the past simple for finished past time.
  • have, go ,and get are irregular verbs.
  • Present to past:
+ I have ---> I had
   I go ----> I went
   I get --->  I got


- I don´t have / go / get
----> I didn´t have / go / get
NOT    I did´t went

? Do you have / go / get........?
-----> Did you have / go / get......?
NOT   Did you went?

  • Did is the past of do
  • The past simple is the same for all persons.

Action verbs


There is / there are;

Singular                                      

Positve : There´s a Tv.
               There´s a bath. 


Negative : There isn´t a phone.
                  There isn´t a garden.


Plural 

Positive:  There are two beds.
                There are some pictures.


Negative : There aren´t any towels.
                   There aren´t any pillows


Interrogative/Affirmative and negative ( Singular)              

Is there a car park?    Yes, there is.                                   
Is there a gym?          No, there isn´t.


Interrogative / affirmative and negative (Plural)

Are there any lifts?              Yes, there are.
Are there any cupoards?      No,,there aren´t.



  • There´s a tv in my hotel room.= the room has a tv
  • Use some and any + plural nouns.
  • some= you don´t say how many.
  • some changes to any for negative and interrogative.
  • Don´t contract there is in short answers.
Ex: Yes, there is. NOT yes there´s.

Parts of a house.

Cômodos da casa

Living room / Sala
Kitchen / Cozinha
Bathroom/ Banheiro
Bedroom/ Quarto
Stairs/ Escada 

Present simple + adverbs of frequency: always, usually , sometimes, never.

Exemplos

I always have breakfast.
They usually finish work at 5.00.
She sometimes watches tv in the evening.
He never eats meat.

  • Be careful with the position of adverbs of frequency.
Ex: I always have breakfast .  NOT   Always i have breakfast. I have always breakfast.
  • With never , use a + verb : He never eats meat.  NOT   He doesn´t never eat meat.

The routine of my mother


My mother get up at 6.00 am. She goes to the bathroom, she have a shower and brush your teeth. After she makes breakfast for my father, my brother and me. She eats fruit and then go to the gym, 11:30 am she comes home to make lunch and then take my brother to school. Later she goes to the painting course, back home to pick up my brother at schoo,l when she gets home cooking dinner. She goes to bed ten hours or half past ten o'clock, she sleeps eleven.

segunda-feira, 17 de setembro de 2012

Adjectives – describing people

Adjectives objects

A ferrar is expensive.
It´s a fast car.
My glasses are new.
They´re old men.

  • Use adjectives:
      - After the verb be : A Ferrari is expensive. NOT a Ferrari expensive is.
      -  Before a noun. It´s a fast car. NOT it´s a car fast .
  •       Adjectives are the same for singular and plural:
                 He´s an old man. They´re old men. NOT they´re olds men.

describing people


My mother is tall and thin with long dark hair is a beautiful woman is young and very humorous.





Possessives / adjectives

Posessive adjectives

I´m from Spain.                      My name is Ana.
You´re English.                      Your name is Ben.
He´s from Rome.                   His name is Marco.
She´s Japenese.                     Her name is Bruna.
It´s dog.                                Its name is Polly.
We´re from Brazil.                Our names are Selma and Luis.
You´re Polish.                      Your names are Marek and Ana.
They´re from Mexico.           Their names are Pedro and Maria.


Wh-questions



Short answers






Present simple he, she , it

Affirmativa

I work.
You work.
He works.
She works.
It works.
We work.
You work.
They work.


Negative

I don´t work.
You don´t work.
He doesn´t work.
She doesn´t work.
It doesn´t work
We don´t work.
You don´t work.
They don´t work.


Interrogative  / Positive / Negative

Do I work?                / Yes , I do.          / No, I don´t
Do you work?           / Yes, I do.            / No, I don´t
Does he work?       / Yes, he does.        / No, he doesn´t
Does she work?    /  Yes, she does        / No, she doesn´t
Does it work?        /  Yes, it does.         / No ,it does´t
Do we work?          /  Yes, we do.           / No, we don´t
Do you work?         /  Yes , you do.         / No, they don´t
Do they work?        /  Yes they do.           / No, They don´t



  • Present simple he / she / it + =  verb + s
  • Present simple  he /  she / it - = doesn´t verb
  • Present simple he / she / it ? = Does + he / she / it + verd



Present simple : We, you, they

Positive 

We have coffe for breakfast .
You have rice for lunch .
They have fish for dinner.

Negative

We don´t have tea for breakfast .
You don´t have pasta for lanch .
They don´t have meat for dinner .


Interrogative  /  Affirmative /  Negative

Do you have coffe?     /Yes, we do.         /   No, we don´t
Do they have tea?      /  Yes, they do.    /  No, they don´t


  • Present simple + , - , and ? is the same for I, you , we, you (plural), and they

Present simple : I and you

Positive                                 

 I live in the city centre.                                
 You live near here .  


Negative

 I don´t live in the city centre.
 You don´t live near here
                                    

Interrogative    /  Affirmative    /  Negative

Do you Live near here? /   Yes, I do     /    No, I don´t



  • Present simple  + is the same for I and You.
  • Presente simple   - for I/YOU = don´t + verb :
          Ex: I don´t live in the city centre.
  • Present simple ? = Do + I/you + verb








My Typical day.(My routines)

I usually wake up at 05:30 am. I always get up 5:40 am , and I have a shower,brush my tuth and then get dressed.I never have breakfast I´m not hungry in the morning. I leave home at about 6.30 am. I cath the seven o´clock by bus to university . I start university at 8.00 am and finih at 11:30. At ten o´clock we have break for coffe and always have lunch at 12:00 pm .
I start work 1:10 pm, and finsh at 06:00 pm.
I get home from work at about 07:00 pm and have dinner at 08:30 pm . I  go to bed at 10:00 or 10:30.

terça-feira, 4 de setembro de 2012

Demonstrative pronouns.

Demonstrate (verb): to show; to indicate; to point to
A demonstrative pronoun represents a thing or things:
  • near in distance or time (thisthese)
  • far in distance or time (thatthose)
 nearfar
singularthisthat
pluralthesethose
Here are some examples with demonstrative pronouns, followed by an illustration:
  • This tastes good.
  • Have you seen this?
  • These are bad times.
  • Do you like these?
  • That is beautiful.
  • Look at that!
  • Those were the days!
  • Can you see those?
  • This is heavier than that.
  • These are bigger than those.



Objects




Game resolution :

Ruler - Reguá
Scissors - Tesoura
Eraser - borracha
Crayons -  giz de cera
Paper clips- Clips de papel
Pencil -  Lápis
Backpack - mochila
Glue-cola
Map- mapa
Pencil sharpener - apontador
Pencil case- caixa de lápis
Notbook- caderno
Binder- encadernador
Pen-Caneta
Calculator - calculadora
Book- livro

Dialogue !


Maria - Hello how are you?
Rebecca - I'm ok, and you?
Maria - Fine, this is Joana
Rebeca - hi my name is Rebecca  Jobson.
Joana - Nice to meet you.
Rebekah-Nice to meet you too. What is your surname?
Joana - My surname is Fernandes.
Rebekah - I'm sorry, can you spell your surname?
Joana - yes, F-R-E-N-A-N-D-ES.
Rebeca - Thank you.
Maria - I'm sorry I have to go now rebeca.
Rebeca - goodbye
Joana-bye
Maria - Have a nice day

Verbo to be and personal pronouns.

Verbo To be



Personal Pronouns





How to say Hello and goodbye



5 ways to say “hello” in English

1. Hi
2. Hello
3. Hi there
4. Hey
5. *What’s up?

5 ways to say “goodbye” in English

1. Goodbye
2. Bye
3. See you
4. Have a nice day
5. *Later


This song is very good and I think it has to do with the matter






Classroom language


Pronomes possessivos



 Pronomes possessivos :



São chamados Possessive porque obviamente indicam posse,e sendo pronomes adjetivos são colocados
 normalmente antes do substantivo a que se referem São eles:

MY = meu , minha , meus , minhas- My father      My mother           My brothers         My sisters
                                                            
YOUR = seu , sua, seus , suas---Your father        Your mother         Your parents        Your children
                                                            
HIS = dele (*) -----------------His father              His mother           His children
                                                            
HER = dela (*)---------------- Her father            Her mother
                                                            
ITS = dele,dela (**) -----------Its house           Its mother           Its father
                                                             
OUR = nosso. nossa, nossos, nossas           Our parents     Our house       Our cars    Our houses
                                                    
THEIR= deles, delas                Their house and their car