Happy Ending

A huge thanks to the teacher Solimar for the patience and funny classes!!!

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Simple past

We use the Past Simple to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. The actions can be short or long.

Use 1: Past actions that are now finished

The first use of the Past Simple to express actions that happened at a specific time in the past. The actions can be short or long.

• John cut his finger last week. short
• I went to college 3 years ago. long
• He ate the dinner 1 hour ago. short
• I slept well last night. long

 

Use 2: Situation in the past

Another use of this tense is talk about situations in the past.

• I lived in New York for 10 years (I don't live there anymore).

 

Use 3: A series of actions in the past

The Past Simple can also be used with a few actions in the past happening one after another.

• He entered a room, lit a cigarette and smiled at the guests. 

Questions and negatives

With the verb did (do in the past) + the infinitive.

Did you pass?
You didn't fail, did you?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.

 

In this site tthere is a list of irregular verbs
Exercises

Seasons

Time

Say the minutes first and then the hours. Use past and the preceding hour for minutes 01 through 30. Use to and the forthcoming hour for minutes 31 through 59, but .

Example: 7.15 - fifteen minutes past seven

Example: 7.45 - fifteen minutes to eight

Another possibility of saying '15 minutes past' is: a quarter past

Another possibility of saying '15 minutes to' is: a quarter to

Another possibility of saying '30 minutes past' is: half past

Example: 5:30 - half past five

Months

Adjectives

Possessive Adjectives

We use possessive adjectives to show who owns or "possesses" something. The possessive adjectives are:

• my, your, his, her, its, our, their
• whose (interrogative)

number	person	gender	possessive adjective	example sentence
singular	1st	male/female	my	This is my book.
	2nd	male/female	your	I like your hair.
	3rd	male	his	His name is "John".
		female	her	Her name is "Mary".
		neuter	its	The dog is licking its paw.
plural	1st	male/female	our	We have sold our house.
	2nd	male/female	your	Your children are lovely.
	3rd	male/female/neuter	their	The students thanked their teacher.
singular/plural	1st/2nd/3rd	male/female (not neuter)	whose	Whose phone did you use?

Ordinal numbers

Any/Some

Some = a little, a few or a small number or amount
Any = one, some or all
Usually, we use some in positive (+) sentences and any in negative (-) and question (?) sentences.

	some	any	example situation
+	I have some money.		I have $10.
-		I don't have any money.	I don't have $1 and I don't have $10 and I don't have $1,000,000. I have $0.
?		Do you have any money?	Do you have $1 or $10 or $1,000,000?

Look at these examples:

• He needs some stamps.
• I must go. I have some homework to do.
• I'm thirsty. I want something to drink.
• I can see somebody coming.

• He doesn't need any stamps.
• I can stay. I don't have any homework to do.
• I'm not thirsty. I don't want anything to drink.
• I can't see anybody coming.

• Does he need any stamps?
• Do you have any homework to do?
• Do you want anything to drink?
• Can you see anybody coming?

We use any in a positive sentence when the real sense is negative.

• I refused to give them any money. (I did not give them any money)
• She finished the test without any difficulty. (she did not have any difficulty)

Sometimes we use some in a question, when we expect a positive YES answer. (We could say that it is not a real question, because we think we know the answer already.)

• Would you like some more tea?

Directions

Exercises here

My dream house

In my dream house there are 5 bedrooms and eight bathrooms. There is a big dining and living room, a small cinema, a library and a play room. In the kitchen there are two refrigerators, one microwave oven and a stove. Also, there is a garage with two cars and a big swimming pool and a big garden.

Furniture

And now a video talking about funiture:

Parts of the house

Living Room

Bedroom

 

Bathroom

 

Kitchen

 

Dining Room

 

Laundry Room 

There is/are

There is/There are is a common phrase in English, used to indicate that something "exists"or is in a certain location. The main subject follows the verb when there is/are is used.

There is an apple on the table.
There are some apples on the table

Exercise here

Prepositions of place

Family tree

Question words

Question words	Meaning	Examples
who	person	Who's that? That's Nancy.
where	place	Where do you live? In Boston
why	reason	Why do you sleep early? Because I've got to get up early
when	time	When do you go to work? At 7:00
how	manner	How do you go? By car
what	object, idea or action	What do you do? I am an engineer
which	choice	Which one do you prefer? The red one.
whose	possession	Whose is this book? It's Alan's.
whom	object of the verb	Whom did you meet? I met the manager.
what kind	description	What kind of music do you like? I like quiet songs
what time	time	What time did you come home?
how many	quantity (countable)	How many students are there? There are twenty.
how much	amount, price (uncountable)	How much time have we got? Ten minutes
how long	duration, length	How long did you stay in that hotel? For two weeks.
how often	frequency	How often do you go to the gym? Twice a week.
how far	distance	How far is your school? It's one mile far.
how old	age	How old are you? I'm 16.
how come	reason	How come I didn't see at the party?

 

Asking questions

 

1.If you ask about the subject of the sentence, simply add the question word at the beginning:
Example:
James writes good poems. — Who writes good pems?

2.If you ask about the predicate of the sentence (the part of a sentence which contains the verb and gives information about the subject), there are three options:

• If there is a helping (auxilary) verb that precedes the main verb ( foe example, can, is, are, was, were, will, would...), add the question word and invert the subject and the helping (auxilary) verb.
  Examples:
  He can speak Chinese. — What can he speak?
  They are leaving tonight. — When are they leaving?
• If you ask about the predicate and there is no helping (auxilary) verb and the verb is "to be", simply add the question verb and invert the subject and the verb.
  Example:
  The play was interesting. — How was the play?
• If there is no helping (auxilary) verb in the the predicate and the main verb is not "to be", add the auxilary "do" in the appropriate form.
  Examples:
  They go to the movies every Saturday. — Where do they go to the movies?
  He wakes up early. — When does he wake up?
  They sent a letter. — What did they send?

Exercise on wh questions

My routine

I wake up at 06:30, brush my teeth, take a shower and get dressed. At 07:00 I go to the university and my mother, who wakes up  at 06:00, go to work. After the class, I have lunch and go to work. When it's 08:20PM I go home. Then I usually try to study a little and go to bed at midnight.

How to form Yes/No questions

The rules

1.If the main verb of the sentence is "to be", simply invert the subject and the verb to be:
Examples:

• They are American. — Are they American?
• They are nice. — Are they nice?

2.If the sentence includes a main verb and another or other helping (auxiliary) verb(s), invert the subject and the (first) helping (auxiliary) verb.
Examples:

• They are visiting Paris. — Are they visiting Paris?
• She has done the housework. — Has she done the housework
• Nancy has been working all night long. — Has Nancy been working all night long?
• He will be reading the book. — Will he be reading the book?

3.If the sentence includes a verb which is not the verb "to be" and doesn't include a helping (auxiliary) verb, the transformation is more complex.

a.If the verb is in the present tense, add either do or does and put the main verb in its base form:

• do if the subject is the first person singular, second person singular, first person plural, second person plural and third person plural (I, you, we, they)
  Examples:
  I like apples. — Do you like apples?
  They go to a high school. — Do the go to a high school?
• does if the subject is the third person singular (he, she, it).
  Examples:
  Nancy reads a lot. — Does Nancy read a lot?
  He hates basketball. — Does he hate basketball?

b.If the verb is in the past tense, add did and put the main verb in its base form:
Examples:

• He discovered the truth. — Did he discover the truth?
• She write a nice essay. — Did she write a nice essay?
• They did the homework. — Did they do the homework?

There is an exercise here.

Present Simple

Afirmações
 

Para as primeiras e segundas pessoas, o verbo fica igual à forma infinitiva (mas sem a partícula “to”), nas terceiras pessoas, há a necessidade de adicionar ao fim do verbo as extensões “s“, “es” ou “ies“. Exemplos:
- He washes the car (ele lava o carro)
- I like internet (eu gosto de internet)

Interrogações

Para fazer frases interrogativas, vamos usar o auxiliar DO (ou DOES, para as terceiras pessoas) antes do verbo. Exemplos:
- Do you go to school ? (Você vai para a escola ?)
- Does she work ? (Ela trabalha? )

Negações

Para tornar uma frase negativa, é só adicionar o “NOT” depois do DO ou DOES:
- I Do not (don’t) work (eu não trabalho)
- She does not (doesn’t) work (ela não trabalha)

28/08

Demonstrative Pronouns

Os pronomes demonstrativos, assim como no português, servem para apontar, mostrar algum animal, objeto ou pessoa.

Usa-se “this” para referir-se a algo que está perto de quem fala. O plural de this é “these”.
Exemplos:
- This car is comfortable. (Este carro é confortável.)
- These clothes are beautiful. (Estas roupas são bonitas.)

Usa-se “that” para referir-se a algo que está longe de quem fala. O plural de that é “those”.
Exemplos:
- That is the teacher (Aquele (a) é o(a) professor(a))
- Those are the students. (Aqueles são os alunos. )
Note que, diferentemente da língua portuguesa, no inglês não há pronomes demonstrativos femininos e pronomes demonstrativos masculinos. Observe o quadro abaixo:

English	Portuguese
This (singular)	Este, esta, isto.
These (plural)	Estes, estas.
That (singular)	Aquele, aquela, aquilo.
Those (plural)	Aqueles, aquelas.

Fonte: http://www.infoescola.com/ingles/demonstrative-pronouns-pronomes-demonstrativos/

About Barbados

Barbados se originou da colisão entre as placas tectônicas do Atlântico e do Caribe. Desta colisão criou-se esse país de contrastes. De um lado encontramos águas calmas do Caribe e praias formadas entre corais, perfeitas para tomar sol e nadar; do outro lado, temos a Costa Atlântica, ideal para os surfistas e velejadores.

Os primeiros indígenas de Barbados foram os Ameríndios vindos da Venezuela. Em 1625, o primeiro navio Inglês ancorou na ilha, que foi reclamada em nome do Rei Jaime I da Inglaterra e permaneceu como colônia Britânica até 1961, quando os britânicos concederam autonomia interna. A ilha se tornou independente em 1966, mas mantém ligações com a monarquia britânica, que é representada pelo Governador Geral de Barbados.

O país é dividido em 11 províncias: St. Lucy, St. Peter, St. Andrew, St. James, St.
Joseph, St. Thomas, St. John, St. Michael, St. George, St. Philip e Christ Church.
Pioneiros europeus começaram com plantações de tabaco e algodão e por cerca do ano 1630 a cana-de açúcar foi introduzida na agricultura. Os barbadianos dominaram a indústria caribenha do açúcar naquela época, ajudados pelo conhecimento dos holandeses-brasileiros do Recife.

Barbados também é conhecida por seu melhor e mais importante recurso natural: seu povo. Com uma população miscigenada de aproximadamente 268.000 habitantes, os barbadianos (também conhecidos como Bajans) são cordiais e hospitaleiros. Muitos deles vieram do Oeste Africano e do Reino Unido. Barbados tem uma alta taxa de alfabetização (98%) e uma alta porcentagem de seus jovens obtém educação de nível superior.

Orgulhosos de seu País, os Bajans estão sempre dispostos a compartilhar sua rica herança cultural e dar dicas sobre seus pontos favoritos, já que muitos desses locais ficam fora da rota turística. Seja qual for o motivo da visita a Barbados - de férias ou negócios -, sua viagem será uma agradável aventura. Uma ilha que combina graciosamente tradição e progresso, Barbados é um local onde sempre será um prazer visitar e redescobrir.

Fonte: http://www.visitebarbados.com/

Countries and nationalities

Egypt - Egyptian 
Jamaica - Jamaican
Spain - Spanish
Singapore - Singaporean   
Greece - Greek 
Hungary - Hungarian
Lebanon - Lebanese
Nigeria - Nigerian
Tunisia - Tunisian
Turkey - Turk

And now a paragraph about me...

My name is Vanessa, I'm 22 years old and I'm from Rio, but I live in London. My address is Bond Street, 5. My favorite color is blue and my birthday is on November 30th. I'm studying English because it's important to learn another language, it's easy and I like it.

Aula do dia 21/08

Hi guys!

Nessa aula vimos fonética e como usar um dicionário.
Abaixo, temos um vídeo que vai nos ajudar um pouco mais na nossa pronúncia. Quando formos procurar determinada palavra no dicionário, para saber como se fala é só olharmos os símbolos fonéticos.

The end

Aqui estão alguns exemplos de classroom language:

Look at the board
Sit down
Stand up
Sory, I'm late
Can I take some water?
Open your books!

E para finalizar, de uma forma geral não achei nada muito difícil. Pude aprender que além de perguntar: Can I go to the toilet?, também podemos dizer: Can I go to the restroom?, e essa eu realmente não conhecia. Até mais pessoal!

Numbers and Colours

Vimos nessa mesma aula as cores e os números. A seguir, um jogo para nos ajudar a lembrar das cores: 



Vocabulary games by EnglishFlashGames.blogspot.com   E nesse link tem um pequeno exercise sobre numbers. I hope you enjoy it!

Agora uma rápida explicação sobre a/an:

Os artigos indefinidos A e An acompanham o substantivo do qual o falante/leitor ainda não tem conhecimento. Siginificam, em Português, UM ou UMA, e não variam em gênero nem em número, ao contrário do português. São utilizados da seguinte forma:

1) A (um, uma) é utilizado antes de palavras que iniciem por som de consoante, ou seja, antes de consoantes, da semivogal Y e do H sonoro/audível:

A book (um livro)
A house (uma casa)
A year (um ano)
A university (uma universidade)

2) AN (um, uma) é utilizado antes de palavras que iniciem por som de vogal, ou seja, antes de vogais e do H mudo/não audível:

An egg (um ovo)
An evening (uma noite)     
An opera (uma ópera)          
An arm (um braço)

Fonte: http://www.solinguainglesa.com.br

 

O princípio

Na primeira aula, que foi dia 14/08, aprendemos o ABC, com direito a famosa música cantada pelo Elmo da Sesame Street, e vimos como soletrar as palavras. Particularmente, achei o bem bonitinho, really sweet! Mas eu também achei um outro vídeo bem legal, olhem só:

E aí conseguiram aprender?

Mais assuntos no próximo post!

Here we go...

Olá pessoal!!

Meu nome é Vanessa, tenho 22 anos e curso o 1º período de Letras. Eu encaro esse blog como um desafio porque não gosto de escrever, mas acho que não pode ser tão ruim. Peço pra que relevem caso vejam algo muito sem graça aqui porque criatividade não é o meu forte, mas ainda sim vai ser legal mostrar o que aprendo nas aulas. Espero de verdade que vocês gostem!!! Bjos e até o próximo post.