Atividades do livro 1 - páginas 137 a 140 - Unidade 8

UNIT 8

A) Complete the sentences with the simple past tense of the verb to be.
1. Bob and Mary ______________ sad last night.

2. ______________ Mr. Smith happy with his job last year?
3. I'm sure Ralph _____________ an ambitious man.
4. We didn't understand the teacher's explanation last class. It ____________ difficult.
5. Betty and Marian ______________ hungry after they left the tennis match.
 

B) Use the simple past of the verb to be to complete the following dialogs.
 

1. - Where ______________ you two years ago?

    - I _______________ in Washington D.C.

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2. - ____________ your grandparents rich when they came to Brazil?
    - Yes, but they _______________ not happy because their family stayed in Europe.
 

3. - Who ____________ your first boyfriend?
    - His name ______________ Mark. He and I _______________ sixteen years old.
    - _____________ he your classmate?

    - No, he __________________. He ____________ my cousin's friend.
 

4. - When __________________ your uncle and aunt in Canada?
    - They _______________ there in 2008.

C) Change to the simple past tense.
 

1. There are two pillows on the bed.

_________________________________________________________

2. It is a very big living room . There are four armchairs and two sofas.

_________________________________________________________

3. There is not a dishwasher in the kitchen.

_________________________________________________________

4. There are good novels in the library.

_________________________________________________________

 

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D) Match the columns.
1. When I phoned Peter yesterday                          (  ) when I went into their bedroom.
2. What were you doing while                               (  ) while her brother was playing polo?
3. They weren't sleeping                                        (  ) I was out walking?
4. Was Sally playing tennis                                    (  ) when our mother called us.
5. We were watching a film                                   (  ) he was reading a story.
 

E) Use either the simple past tense or the past progressive tense to complete the dialogs.
 

1. - What __________________________ at about seven o'clock last night? (you / do)

    - I __________________________. What about you? (write)
    - I _________________________TV. (watch)

2. - ___________________________when they ________________________ ? (Sam / sleep - arrive) 

- No, he ______________. He __________________ to music when they _______________. (listen - arrive)

3. - When I ______________ William in the snack bar he ______________________. (meet - not eat)

    - No? What ______________________ ? (he / do)
    - He ____________________________ a cup of coffee. (drink)
 

4. - ____________________________ Gwyneth Paltrow on TV last night? (you / see)
    - No, I ____________________________. Why? 

    - She ____________________ a dress similar to yours. (wear)

5. - Where _______________________ while you were talking on the cell phone? (you / go)

    - I _____________________ to the park. (go)

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F) Match the columns .

 
1. Mike is so ambitious!                       ( ) I decided to call off the search.
2. They want to talk to you.               ( ) Yes, he called o n her.
3. Did he see Candy yesterday?        ( ) Let's put off the meeting for tomorrow.
4. We are late.                                       ( ) Please, turn the lights o n .
5. It is dark in here.                             ( ) It is difficult to put up with him .
6. I can't hear the news.                     ( ) Call them up tomorrow morning.
7. When there was no hope.             ( ) Please, turn the TV off.
8. It is cold outside.                              ( ) Put your coat on.
9. Jane wants to sleep.                        ( ) Please, turn the volume up.

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Postado em: Past Progressive Tense,Phrasal verbs,There was,There were,Verb to be - Simple Past Tense

Atividades do livro 1 - páginas 85 a 87 - Unidade 8

TEXT 2

A) Take a look at the text and complete:
         F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in _______________ in the _________________________________.
He _____________ in 1940. On this photo, we can see F. Scott Fitzgerald, his _______________ and his ___________________.

         Besides writing The Great Gatsby, he also ________________________ other books like ___________________________________________________________________________________.

B) Answer the questions.

1. Where is it from?

2. When was it published?

OUÇA O ÁUDIO 24 AQUI.

 

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A) This text is a review of the book The Creat Gatsby. A review consists of an evaluation and a summary of a book or a film. Read the excerpts below from the text and classify them: summary or evaluation. 

1. "The novel is beautifully spare in its prose style and the voice of the narrator effectively captures the moral vacuity (...)."

________________________________________________________

2. "It is narrated by Nick Carraway, who rents a house at West Egg in Long Island (...)."

________________________________________________________

3. "Nick arranges a meeting between the two (...)."

________________________________________________________

4. "The narratorial voice of this novel is what makes i t such a very impressive one."

________________________________________________________

B) Answer the questions.
1. Who narrates the story?

________________________________________________________

2. Who is Daisy?

________________________________________________________

3. Who is Gatsby?

________________________________________________________

4. Did Gatsby and Daisy get married?

________________________________________________________

5. Does Gatsby meet Daisy when he comes back from war?

________________________________________________________

6. How did Daisy feel during the meeting?

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

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C) Read the sentences and write T (true) or F (false). 

1. (  ) The name of Tom's wife is Myrtle.
2. (  ) Gatsby is accused of assassinating Myrde.
3. (  ) Tom had an affair with Myrde.
4. (  ) Nick likes to talk about his life to Gatsby.
5. (  ) Gatsby gives a lot of parties at his house, but he doesn't know many of his guests.
6. (  ) Nick and Daisy had a love affair.

D) "The novel is beautifully spare in its prose style and the voice of the narrator effectively captures the moral vacuity of a post-war America obsessed with wealth and status." What does the author mean by that? You may answer the question in Portuguese.

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Postado em: Evaluation,F Scott Fitzgerald,Review,Summary,The Great Gatsby,United States of America

Atividades do livro 1 - página 84 - Unidade 8 - 2ª ATIVIDADE

Write a paragraph about a book you read and liked the most. You can follow the suggestions given in the box. You will use the text under the section "Books I recommend" in the school blog.

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Postado em: Author,Book,Story

Atividades do livro 1 - página 84 - Unidade 8 - 1ª ATIVIDADE

Tell your partner what you were doing at certain time the day before. Then ask him/her what he/she was doing at around the same time. 

Example: Yesterday at around four o'clock I was playing soccer. What were you doing at that time?

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Postado em: Past Progressive,Verb to be - Simple Past Tense,Yesterday

Atividades do livro 1 - páginas 83 a 84 - Unidade 8

A) Read another excerpt from The Great Gatsby and supply with the missing sentences from the box.

          "It was on the two little seats facing each other that are always the last ones left on the train. __________________________________________ to see my sister and spend the night. _____________________________ and patent leather shoes, and I couldn't keep my eyes o ff him, _______________________________________ I had to pretend to be looking at the advertisement over his head. When we carne into the station, ______________________________, and his white shirt-front pressed against my arm, _________________________________________, but he knew I lied. I was so excited that when I got into a taxi with him I didn't hardly know _________________________________. All I kept thinking about, over and over, was 'You can't live forever; ________________________________________________________."

 FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. England: Penguin Books, 1974, p. 42.

B) Unscramble the following boxes in order telephone between Mary and Jane.

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Postado em: American,Literature,Modernism,The Great Gatsby

Atividades do livro 1 - página 83 - Unidade 8

       You are going to listen to an excerpt from the tale "King Midas and the Golden Touch". A tale is a story involving adventurous and imaginary events. Now mark the correct options.

1. (  ) King Midas received "The Golden Touch."
2. (  ) King Midas was a poor king.
3. (  ) King Midas, his daughter Marygold and a young man are the characters of this story.
4. (  ) Everything that he touched turned to gold, including his daughter.
5. (  ) Marygold liked the golden rose

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Postado em: King Midas,Tale,The Golden Touch

Atividades do livro 1 - página 82 - Unidade 8

Look at the pictures and answer the question: what is out of place in the house?
 

1. In the kitchen: ____________________________________________________
2. In the living room: _________________________________________________
3. In the bedroom:  ___________________________________________________
4. In the bathroom: ___________________________________________________

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Postado em: Bathroom,Bedroom,House,Kitchen,Living room

Atividades do livro 1 - páginas 81 a 82 - Unidade 8

A) Find in the text
1. an occupation - _______________________________
2. a means of communication - _______________________________
3. a household object - _______________________________
4. something you wear on your hands - _______________________________

B) Classify the words below according to their semantic field.

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Postado em: Age,Communication,Feelings,hands,Household object,Occupations,Parts of the body,Sensation

Atividades do livro 1 - página 81 - Unidade 8

A) O que você acha da maneira como Nick terminou seu relacionamento com Jordan Baker?

B) Em sua opinião, como as pessoas deveriam enfrentar as dificuldades em seus relacionamentos?

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Postado em: Dificuldades,Relacionamento

Atividades do livro 1 - páginas 127 a 129 - Unidade 5

UNIT 5

A) Use the following verbs to make requests.

1. __________ a shower and _________ to bed. It's late.
2. __________ your friend. He's working a lot.
3. __________ a deposit for me, please.
 
* PIN - personal identification number

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4. __________ careful! Don't give your phone number to strangers.
5. __________ your mobile phone on.
6. __________ down your social security number.

B) Invite your friend to do the following activities. Use let's.
1. Fill in the questionnaire.
_______________________________________________
 
2. Try to use this discount card at the store.
_______________________________________________

3. Access our bank account by phone.
_______________________________________________

4. Change a traveler's check.
_______________________________________________

C) Write sentences like these:
 
Example: swim today / tomorrow
                Let's not swim today. Let's swim tomorrow.
 
1. go to New Zealand / Austrália
_______________________________________________


2. use the store credit card / check

_______________________________________________

3. check her phone number / address
_______________________________________________

D) Fill in the blanks with object pronouns.
 
1. Jane needs your help. Please, study with __________.
2. Your computer isn't working well. Don't leave ______ on.
3. I have some books that Jim needs. So, I'm giving ______ to _______.
4. We need to see Mary today. Ask ________ to call _________.
5. You and Bob are too young to drive. Ask William to drive ________ to school.

 English for all. Vol. 1. Aun, Eliana. Moraes, Maria Clara Prete de. Sansanovicz, Neuza Bilia. 1. ed. - São Paulo: Saraiva, 2010. p 128.

E) Add -less to the nouns below to form adjectives; then match the columns .
 
1. home: _________________                                     (  ) infinito
2. use: ___________________                                     (  ) anônimo
3. end: ___________________                                     (  ) inútil
4. name: __________________                                    (  ) sem-teto

F) Now, complete the sentences with the appropriate words from previous excercise.
 
1. I don't know who the author of this paper is. It is ____________________.
2. In my opinion, this machine is ________________. It doesn't work!
3. There are a lot of ___________________ people in big cities.
4. Please, stop now . This story is ___________________.

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Postado em: Affirmative form,Imperative,Less,Negative form,Object pronouns,Subject pronouns,Suffix

Atividades do livro 1 - página 57 - Unidade 5

C) I must improve on...
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

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Postado em: Self-assessment 1

Atividades do livro 1 - páginas 55 e 56 - Unidade 5

TEXT 3
 
Answer the questions in Portuguese.
1. What do you think 1984 is?
____________________________________________________
 
2. Who do you think George Orwell is?
____________________________________________________

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OUÇA O ÁUDIO 16 AQUI.

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A) Underline the cognates and mark what the book 1984 is about.
(  ) isolamento                       (  ) diversidade social

(  ) repressão                         (  ) controle do estado
(  ) solidão                             (  ) um mundo futuro imaginário
(  ) abuso de poder                (  ) alegria

(  ) humanização

B) Mark T (true) or F (false).
O livro 1984 apresenta uma visão assustadora do futuro em que
(  ) a vida das pessoas e o pensamento delas são controlados pelo governo.
(  ) o amor é estimulado.
(  ) as verdades são distorcidas.
(  ) as pessoas têm privacidade.
(  ) o amor é punido.
 

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Postado em: 1984,George Orwell

Atividades do livro 1 - página 55 - Unidade 5 - 2ª ATIVIDADE

         Write an e-mail to the magazine stating whether you agree or disagree with the article's advice ("Lack of privacy") and what you do or don't do to keep your privacy.
 

            Dear editor,

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

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Postado em: Article's advice,e-mail,Lack of privacy,Magazine,Privacy

Atividades do livro 1 - página 55 - Unidade 5 - 1ª ATIVIDADE

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Postado em: Attitudes,Compare,Privacidade,Privacy

Atividades do livro 1 - página 53 e 54 - Unidade 5

A) Cell phones are an important means of communication. But it is necessary to know how to use them without disturbing other people. Match the pictures and cell phone manners.

1. Use your regular voice. A lot of people talk much more loudly than they need to.
2. Remember that the people around you don't need to know ali the details of your life.
3. Turn off your cell phone in movie theaters, restaurants, classrooms and other public places.
4. Don't interrupt a face-to-face conversation to answer your phone.
5. Try not to keep other people waiting while you talk on the phone.
 

Dude, That 's Rude (Get Some Manners), Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick, Fred Spirit Publishing, Minneapolis, 2007.

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Postado em: Cell phones,Means of communication