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23/10/2010

Par ou impar? Como se diz isso em Ingles?









Pessoal, essa semana durante a aula, surgiu uma duvida: como dizer par ou impar em Ingles
Na hora, quando me perguntaram deu aquele no na cabeca... verdade..como dizer isso em Ingles.

Na verdade, eu sabia que ODDS = IMPAR e que EVENS= PAR , mas essa traducao literal
pode ser usada nesta situacao?
Dei minha resposta aos alunos: NAO SEI...vou procurar a resposta..eis ai o que descobri:
Vocês sabiam que a expressão Par ou Impar vem de um costume tipicamente brasileiro e então
não poderia ser traduzida como Odds or evens.

Mas então como se diz par ou impar em Inglês, como decidir algo se não tem par ou impar?...well...lá na terra do tio Sam, eles jogam uma moeda,  flip a coin ,e decidem no heads or tails, que equivale ao nosso cara ou coroa.

Heads or tails? cabeça ou rabo? Se diz tail porque um dos lados da moeda vem geralmente com a imagem de um pássaro.
See,  learning is awesome!!!

19/10/2010

Simple Past Tense 1o. ano

Hi, everybody!!
Ready to work??? Yeah!!  So, let's go!!

1. Crie uma apresentacao (powerpoint) explicando resumidamente o Simple Past Tense
2. Faca uma lista com 15 verbos irregulares ( verb/infinitive/ simple past /traducao
3.Escolha a letra de uma musica que apresente pelos menos 10 verbos no passado(formas interrogativas, negativas ou afirmativas)
4. Crie uma atividade ou exercicio, a ser utilizado em sala de aula com a musica escolhida.

Depression - 2o. ano

Try  this test... are you depressed?
http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/questions/depression_abridged_1.html
 
Good Morning, guys!!
Today we discussed about depression which is considered a nightmare for those who are facing it.
So, you can write some lines about this issue.
Make a short presentation about DEPRESSION.
In order to help you, try to answer some of these questions : ( Use powerpoint )

1. What is depression?
2. What are some the most commom symptons?
3. Are there different types of depression? If you answered YES, name and explain them:
4. What is the treatment ? What can be done to treat depression?
5.Leave a special message for those who need encouragement ...

28/09/2010

Holy Cow - Expression

Pessoal,
Que tal aprendermos uma expressao bem utilizada pelos adolescentes em ingles....????
Voce ja conhecia essa???
Quando voce quiser expressar uma baita surpresa com algo...manda um...
Holy Cow!!!
Mas olha, os adolescentes sao os que mais usam essa.....


Holy Cow: Meaning

 (holy cow!) is used to express strong feelings like surprise, pleasure or anger. Examples:
1. "Holy Cow!" she said as she saw his car after the horrible accident.
2. Holy cow! How did she do that?


This term is considered to be very popular among teenagers.

24/09/2010

If I were a boy (letra da musica)

If I Were A Boy

If I were a boy even just for a day
I'd roll out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted
And go drink beer with the guys

And chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted
And I'd never get confronted for it
'Cause they’d stick up for me

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man

I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleeping alone



I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
'Cause I know that she'd be faithful
Waiting for me to come home, to come home

If I were a boy (…)

It's a little too late for you to come back
Say it's just a mistake
Think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

But you're just a boy
You don't understand, you don't understand, oh
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you’ll wish you were

04/05/2010

Você sabia que a alimentação mais popular em todo o mundo, em se tratando de “fast food” é o hamburguer? Sua história começou em 1904.Vamos conhecê-la, lendo o texto.
HAMBURGER
The Hamburger, introduced by Germans at World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904, is named for the port Hamburg in Germany. The name "hamburger" comes from “beef in a bun” - there isn't any ham in it.
Today, the hamburger is the most popular fast food in the world and twelve thousand people order one ia tile United States every minute! You can have lots of different styles of hamburgers or you can order other things in a bun. Next time, try a fishburger, a chickeburger or even a veggieburger.

Vocabulary
Germans: alemães To order: pedir
Fair: feira Things: coisas
Bun: bolo Next time: próxima vez
Hans: presunto Even: ainda
Town: cidade To try: tentar, experimentar

Exercises

1- Quando e onde surgiu o hamburger?
________________________________________________________________________________
2- Quais os ingredientes de um hamburger?
________________________________________________________________________________
3- Quais variações do hamburger tradicional que o texto sugere? _______________________________________________________________________________________________
4- Assinale a correta:

ACTIVITY 1
No texto o pronome it refere-se a:
( ) beef ( ) ham
( ) bum ( ) hamburger

CONVERSATION
1. “It was sunny and hot.” A possible question is:
a) How did you go?
b) How long did it take?
c) How was the weather?
d) How much did it cost?
e) How are you?

2.” Where did you go last weekend?” the answer is:
a) No, I went with my sister.
b) It took about ten minutes.
c) It’s sea food.
d) I went to the beach.
e) I didn’t realize it was so expensive.

3. “ Quanto tempo demorou ? “ in English:
a) What play did you see?
b) How long did it take?
c) What else do they have besides meat?
d) How much did it cost?
e) How did you go?

4. “But it was worth it”, means:
a) Mas foi sozinho.
b) Mas estava nublado.
c) Mas demorou muito .
d) Mas valeu a pena.
e) Mas era muito caro .

5. ”Did you go alone? “ is used for:
a) Para saber se você saiu de casa.
b) Para descobrir se você foi sozinho .
c) Para fazer um convite.
d) Para descobrir quanto tempo levou.
e) Para descobrir se você gostou.
Choose the correct alternative: SIMPLE PAST

6. My secretaries (to speak) three languages.
We (to learn) that exercise last week.
That man (to carry) a heavy bag yesterday.
Those boys ( to break ) the window of school.
a) spoken - learn -carred -broked
b) speaked - learnt -carryed -breaked
c) spoked - learn -carryied -broken
d) spoke - learned -carried -broke
e) speakd - learned -carry -break

7. Her little bird (to die) last month.
I (to forget) my key.
She ( to buy) a new car.
My brother ( to phone) me two days ago .
a) dye - forget – buyed - phonned
b) die - forgeted - bough - phone
c) dyed - forgoten – buy - phond
d) died - forgot – bought – phoned
e) diyed - forget – bougth - phone

8. What’s the correct INTERROGATIVE form of sentence below?
“ Your parents traveled to Italy last night. ”
a) Did parents your traveled to Italy last night?
b) Did your parents travel to Italy last night?
c) Did parents your travel to Italy last night?
d) Did your parents traveled to Italy last night?
e) Did parents travel your to Italy last night?

9. What’s the correct NEGATIVE form of sentence below?
“ He took me to a really nice restaurant.”
a) He take me didn’t to a really nice restaurant.
b) He took me didn’t to a really nice restaurant.
c) He didn’t take me to a really nice restaurant.
d) He took didn’t me to a really nice restaurant.
e) He didn’t took me to a really nice restaurant .

REGULARS AND IRREGULARS VERBS
10. Match the columns:
a) to agree ( ) começar
b) to look ( ) escrever
c) to arrive ( ) concordar
d) to write ( ) olhar
e) to ask ( ) chegar
f) to come ( ) perguntar
g) to begin ( ) vir

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
14 . Choose the correct alternative:
I - My brother shave___________ yesterday.
II - The directors___________sold that old house.
III- She hurt ______________when she fell.
IV- We love looking at ____________ the mirror .
V - The dog stayed at home by _____________ .
a) myself / ourselves/ himself/ yourself/themselves
b) herself/ themselves/ itself/ yourselves/himself
c) himself/ yourselves/ yourself/ourselves/herself
d) yourself/ himself/ themselves/herself/ourselves
e) himself/ themselves/herself/ourselves/itself

15. Choose the correct form in English:
Eu me cortei com a faca. Paul mora sozinho.
a) I cut myself with a knife. Paul lives by himself.
b) I myself cut with a knife. Paul lives himself.
c) I cut with by myself a knife. Paul by himself lives .
d) I cut with a knife by myself. Paul himself lives .
e) I myself with cut a knife. Paul by himself live.

SIMPLE PAST
16. De acordo com as regras do Simple Past , assinale a alternativa correta.
I - They didn’t closed the window yesterday.
II - Patrick ate pizza last week.
III - Did you went to the beach the day before yesterday.?
IV - Mary arrived late last night.
a) Apenas a sentença IV esta incorreta.
b) As sentenças corretas são II e IV.
c) Apenas a sentença I esta correta.
d) As sentenças I e III estão corretas.
e) As sentenças II e III estão corretas.

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
17. Choose the correct alternative.
I- There are _________beautiful flowers in the garden.
II- Do you know ______good restaurants in Italy?
III- I didn’t write _______letters last night.
a) some- some – any
b) some- any – any
c) any – some – some
d) any – some – any
e) some – any – some

18. Dadas as sentenças:
I - Is there anywhere really beautiful out there?
II - Joseph was talking to somehow on the phone.
III - There was nothing in that car.
IV - She didn’t see anybody in the backyard.
a) as frases I, II e III estão corretas.
b) Apenas a frase IV esta correta.
c) Todas as frases estão incorretas.
d) As frases I, III e IV estão corretas.
e) As frases II e I estão incorretas.

19. Choose the correct form in English of sentences below:
Eu vi alguém.
Ela não gostou de nada.
O garoto estava em algum lugar do velho castelo?
a) I saw somebody.
She didn’t like anything.
Was the boy anywhere in the old castle?
b) I saw anyone.
She didn’t like nothing.
Was the boy anyway in the old castle?
c) I saw anybody.
She didn’t like something.
Was the boy somehow in the old castle?
d) I saw someone.
She didn’t like something.
Was the boy anyhow in the old castle?
e) I saw none.
She didn’t like anything .
Was the boy somewhere in the old castle?

20. Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a segunda opção da forma Negativa das sentenças abaixo .
“ There isn’t any difference between these two machines” .
“ I can take no photographs. I don’t have film in the camera.”
a) There is no difference between these two machines.
I can’t take any photographs. I don’t have film in the camera.
b) There isn’t no difference between these two machines.
I can not any take photographs. I don’t have film in the camera.
c) There is any not difference between these two machines.
I can some take photographs. I don’t have film in the camera.
d) There is not difference between these two machines.
I can’t take no photographs. I don’t have film in the camera.
e) There isn’t some difference between these two machines.
I can take any photographs. I don’t have film in the camera.

CONVERSATION
21. How long are you planning to stay here?
the correct answer is :
a) I’m an exchange program.
b) I can see your customs form.
c) I am there on business.
d) There were many courts.
e) For a couple of weeks.

22. Como pedir para ver o formulário de alfândega?
a) Do you have anything to declare?
b) Here is your form, please?
c) Can I see your customs form, please?
d) One thousand dollars in traveler’s checks?
e) Did you see your passport?

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
23. Choose the correct alternative.
I – Independence Day is September 7th.
II – There was a big Rock Concert 1970.
III- I’m very busy the morning .
a) on – at – in b) in – at – on
c) on – in – in d) at – on – in
e) in – on – at

24. Choose the correct answer.
I - My parents arrived in 6 o’ clock.
II- Jimmy is going to travel on Sunday.
III-That man worked here at night .
a) Todas as sentenças estão corretas.
b) Apenas a sentença II está incorreta.
c) As sentenças corretas são II e III.
d) As sentenças I e III estão incorretas.
e) Apenas a sentença III está correta.

Choose the correct form in English of sentences below. PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
25. As folhas estavam embaixo da árvore.
a) The leaves were behind the tree.
b) The leaves were on the tree.
c) The leaves were under the tree.
d) The leaves were beside the tree.
e) The leaves were between the tree.

26. O telefone não estava ao lado do abajur.
a) The telephone wasn’t beside the table lamp.
b) The telephone wasn’t between the table lamp.
c) The telephone wasn’t behind the table lamp.
d) The telephone wasn’t in the table lamp.
e) The telephone wasn’t under the table lamp.

27. Estas frutas estavam dentro da tigela?
a) Were these fruits under the bowl?
b) These fruits were at the bowl?
c) Were these fruits in the bowl?
d) These was fruits beside the bowl?
e) Are the fruits behind the bowl?

28. What’s the correct interrogative form the sentence below? (SIMPLE PAST ).
“ They forgot the keys three days ago. “
a) Did they forgot the keys three days ago?
b) Do they forgot the keys three days ago?
c) Did they forget the keys three days ago?
d) Was they forgot the keys three days ago ?
e) They did forget the keys three days ago?

Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente as sentenças abaixo: (Simple Past or Past Continuous)
29. They _______________TV when their mother them.
( to watch - to call )
a) watched – called
b) watched – was calling
c) were watched - called
d) was watching – was calling
e) were watched - calling

30. While John____his English lesson, his friend___.
( to take – to arrive )
a) was taking – was arriving
b) took – arrived
c) took – was arriving
d) was taking – arrived
e) were taking – were arriving

31. The boy ______________to his mother about his grades. (to lie)
The children soccer during the break.(to play)
a) was lieying – were plaing
b) were liyng – was plaeing
c) was lying – were playing
d) were lieyng – was playeing
e) were leying – was playng

32. They_______________ in the restaurant , when I saw them.
(to eat)
He that bus very well . (to drive)
a) was eatting - was driveing
b) was eating - was drivveing
c) were eating - were driveng
d) were eating - was driving
e) was eating - were driving

Questoes de Ingles-caiu no vestibular

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