18 janeiro 2024

IS ENGLISH EASY?

We’ll begin with box; the plural is boxes,

But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes.

One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese,

Yet the plural of moose is never called meese.

 

You may find a lone mouse or a house full of mice;

But the plural of house is houses, not hice.

The plural of man is always men,

But the plural of pan is never pen.

 

If I speak of a foot, and you show me two feet,

And I give you a book, would a pair be a beek?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,

Why shouldn’t two booths be called beeth?

 

If the singular’s this and the plural is these,

Should the plural of kiss be ever called keese?

 

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,

But though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his, and him;

But imagine the feminine . . . she, shis, and shim!





12 janeiro 2024

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST

  


Be

Do

Have

was

did

had

been

done

had

Break

Choose

Freeze

Ride

Speak

Steal

Drive

Write

broke

chose

froze

rode

spoke

stole

drove

wrote

broken

chosen

frozen

ridden

spoken

stolen

driven

written

Eat

Fall

Give

See

ate

fell

gave

saw

eaten

fallen

given

seen

Go

Do

went

did

gone

done

Begin

Drink

Ring

Run

Sing

Swim

began

drank

rang

ran

sang

swam

begun

drunk

rung

run

sung

swum

Blow

Draw

Fly

Grow

Know

Throw

blew

drew

flew

grew

knew

threw

blown

drown

flown

grown

known

thrown

Bite

Hide

bit

hid

bitten

hidden

Become

Come

became

came

become

come

Bend

Lend

Send

Spend

bent

lent

sent

spent

bent

lent

sent

spent

Mean

Burn

Learn

meant

burnt

learnt

meant

burnt

learnt

Catch

Teach

caught

taught

caught

taught

Bring

Buy

Think

brought

bought

thought

brought

bought

thought

Lay

Pay

Say

laid

paid

said

laid

paid

said

Dream

Keep

Meet

Sleep

dreamt

kept

met

slept

dreamt

kept

met

slept

Stand

Understand

stood

understood

stood

understood

Cost

Cut

Hit

Hurt

Let

Put

Set

Shut

cost

cut

hit

hurt

let

put

set

shut

cost

cut

hit

hurt

let

put

set

shut

Hold

held

hold

Build

Feel

Smell

built

felt

smelt

built

felt

smelt

Tear

Wear

tore

wore

torn

worn

Forget

Shake

Take

forgot

shook

took

forgotten

shaken

taken

Dig

Find

Get

Hang

Hear

Leave

Lose

Make

Read

Sell

Shine

Shoot

Sit

Slide

Tell

Win

dug

found

got

hung

heard

left

lost

made

read

sold

shone

shot

sat

slid

told

won

dug

found

got

hung

heard

left

lost

made

read

sold

shone

shot

sat

slid

told

won

11 janeiro 2024

INVERSION

- Rewrite the sentences by using inversion.

 

a) I hardly ever work at night.

b) I wouldn’t give my stamp collection away under any account.

c) My father knows little about sports.

d) My family didn’t spend summer vacation in the north once.

e) My brother seldom wears white in winter.

f) We never go to the beach in spring.

g) We hardly ever go to rock concerts.

h) I would never sell my car for a song.

i) I didn’t eat raw fish once.

j) We will buy new furniture only after we paint the house.

k) I wouldn’t change my lifestyle under any circumstances.

l) I could barely download one song.

m) My son didn’t go to bed until he finished homework.

n) I seldom drop by my relatives’ house on my vacation.

o) I hardly ever lend money.

p) I know little about your job.

q) I won’t work until I graduate.

r) I will leave my parents’ house only when I find a good job.

PERFECT TENSES

 

 

STRUCTURE

USAGE

COMMON WORDS

Present Perf.

HAVE / HAS + verb (past participle)

– Actions that started in the past and continue up to the present:

I have studied English for 3 years.

– Indefinite past actions:

Ayrton Senna has died.

– Very recent past actions:

Terry has just done his homework.

 

 for, since, how long

 

already, ever, yet, never


just

Present Perf. Cont.

HAVE / HAS BEEN + verb (ING)

– Emphasizes actions that started in the past and continue up to the present:

I have been studying English for 3 years.

– Actions that started in the past and are in progress in the present:

I have been typing this page since 11 a.m.

 

 

 

for, since, how long

Past Perf.

HAD + verb (past participle)

– The one action of two that happened first in the past:

They had had breakfast before they went to school.

 

 

before, after, when

Past Perf. Cont.

HAD BEEN + verb (ING)

– The one action of two that happened first for some time in the past:

They had been having breakfast for 15 minutes when they went to school.

 

 

 for, when

A. Complete the sentences with a suitable perfect or past tense form of the verb in brackets:

1. So far, we (not / notice) haven’t noticed anything unusual, but we are paying close attention now.

2. I am sorry I (not / come) ___ to class lately.

3. I wonder if Mary (reach) ___ home yet. She (leave) ___ too late to catch the bus.

4. Here is the news. The radio (announce) ___ that the two prisoners who (escape) ___ from jail earlier this morning (give themselves up) ___ to local police.

5. Recent research (show) ___ that Columbus (not/ discover) ___ America, but that Vikings (land) ___ there 500 years before him.

6. I think that people (become) ___ tired of poor quality of television programs, though they (improve) ___ lately.

B. Decide if the verb form underlined is correct or not. If it is correct, check it (ü). If not, correct it.

Text 1

The train (1) stopped  working at a small station miles from London, and it (2) became apparent that it (3) had broken down. Everyone (4) was getting their cases down from the luggage racks, and we (5) were waiting on the platform in the freezing wind for hours until the next train (6) was turning up. 

(1) ü                                                  (2) ________________                      (3) ________________

(4) ________________                      (5) ________________                      (6) ________________

 

Text 2

The mysterious disappearance of Professor Dawson (1) was on Inspector Gorse’s mind. Six months before his disappearance, he (2) was receiving a letter from Jean Dawson, his wife. In the letter, Jean (3) accused her husband of plotting to murder her. Gorse (4) considered his next step when the phone rang. It was Sergeant Adams from The Thames Valley police force. A fisherman (5) discovered a body in the river, and it (6) fitted the description of the Professor. 

(1) ________________                     (2) ________________                      (3) ________________

(4) ________________                      (5) ________________                      (6) ________________

 

C. Complete the text with a suitable past tense for of the verbs: 

This time last year I (1) was cycling (cycle) in the rain along a country road in France with a friend of mine. We (2) ___ (decide) to go on a cycling holiday in Normandy. Neither of us (3) ___ (be) to France before, but we (4) ___ (know) some French from our time at school and we (5) ___ (manage) to brush up on the basics. Now we (6) ___ (wonder) if we (7) ___ (make) the right decision. We (8) ___ (plan) our route carefully in advance, but we (9) ___ (forget) one important thing: the weather. It (10) ___ (rain) solidity since our arrival and that night we (11) ___ (end up) sleeping in the waiting room at a railway station. Then the next morning as we (12) ___ (ride) down a steep hill, my bike (13) ___ (skid) on the wet road and (14) ___ (fall off). I (15) ___ (realize) immediately that I (16) ___ (break) my arm, and after a visit to the local hospital I (17) ___ (catch) the next train to Calais for the ferry home. Unfortunately, my parents (18) ___ (not – expect) me home for a fortnight, and (19) ___ (go) away on holiday. So, I (20) ___ (spend) a miserable couple of weeks alone, reading “Teach Yourself French”.





QUADRO DE PRONOMES E ADJETIVOS

 

Subject

Pronouns

Objective

Pronouns

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive

Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns

I

me

my

mine

myself

you

you

your

yours

yourself

he

him

his

his

himself

she

her

her

hers

herself

it

it

its

its

itself

we

us

our

ours

ourselves

you

you

your

yours

yourselves

they

them

their

theirs

themselves

 

Subject Pronouns × Objective Pronouns

 

Os SUBJECT PRONOUNS normalmente aparecem no início da sentença, mas obrigatoriamente antes do verbo ao qual se relacionam e com ele fazem concordância. Os OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS aparecem depois do verbo e completam sua informação.

EX:      The teachers (=They) saw David (=him).

The boy (=He) plays the guitar (=it).

 

Possessive Adjectives × Possessive Pronouns

 

Os POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES estão relacionados a um substantivo expressando ideia de posse ou pertença. Vêm sempre antes desse substantivo. Os POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS possuem a mesma função, porém não se ligam a substantivo, uma vez que o substituem.

EX:      This is my necklace. (possessive adjective + substantivo)

That is yours. (= your necklace, para não repetir necklace)

 

Reflexive Pronouns

 

Os REFLEXIVE ADJECTIVES são usados quando:

a) o complemento do verbo é o mesmo que o sujeito

EX: He shot himself. (sujeito = ele; alvo da ação de atirar = ele)

b) para dar mais ênfase ao sujeito ou ao objeto

EX: I did it myself. (enfatiza o fato de eu ter feito)

They spoke to the Director herself. (enfatiza a importância da diretora).

c) com a preposição “by”, com a ideia de “sozinho, sem ajuda de ninguém”.

EX: When I was 6 years old, I used to go to school by myself.





PERFECT TENSES

 

A.

2. haven’t come

3. has reached / left

4. has announced / escaped / have given up

5. has shown / didn’t discover / had landed

6. have become / have improved

 

B.

TEXT 1

2. ü 

3. ü

4. got

5. waited

6. turned up

TEXT 2

1. ü

2. (had) received

3. ü

4. was considered

5. had discovered

6. ü

 

C.

2. had decided

3. had been

4.knew

5. had managed

6. were considering

7. had made

8.had planned

9. had forgotten

10. had rained / was raining

11. ended up

12. were riding / rode

13. skidded

14. fell off

15. realized

16. had broken

17. caught

18. didn’t expect / weren’t expecting

19. had gone

20. spent

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