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Simple past
Os verbos no SIMPLE PAST são empregados para indicar uma ação completamente
terminada no passado ou uma ocorrência habitual de ações no passado.
Orações no simple past são normalmente acompanhadas por last night, last month, last
year, a year ago, a few hours ago, a month ago.
· Em verbos que terminados em y precedido por consoante, troca-se y por ied. Exemplo: (to
study) He studied (Ele estudou);
· Verbos que têm apenas uma sílaba e terminam numa vogal + consoante, dobrar a última
letra antes de acrescentar ed. Ex: (to stop) They stopped (Eles pararam);
· Verbos que têm mais de uma sílaba, terminam em vogal + consoante e a última sílaba é a
tônica, dobrar a última letra antes de acrescentar ed. Ex: (to permit) We permitted (Nós
permitimos);
EXERCISES
Complete these conversations. Then practice with a partner.
Anita,
I can’t believe my trip is almost over.
I came to Easter Island just two weeks ago.
I was with agroup from the university. We
stayed with families that live on the island. We
studied the stone statues, called moai, and the
cave paintings. I really learned a lot. I’m tired,
but I loved every minute of my trip.
Hi, Luis!
My Hawaiian vacation just ended, and
I am very well rested! I spent my whole
vacation at a spa . Every day for a week,
I exercised, did yoga, meditated, and ate
vegetarian food. I also went swimming
and snorkeling. I feel fantastic! I’m looking
forward to seeing you soon.
Love, Debbie
Dear Michelle,
Alaska is terrific! I just
returned from a trip to the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge. There were
six people on the trip. We camped
outside for ten days. Then we took
rafts to the Arctic Ocean. I saw
a lot of wildlife, including some
caribou. Now, I’m going to Anchorage.
A Read the postcards. Then write the number of the postcard where each sentence could go.
........ I lost five pounds and feel terrific!
........ This was kind of dangerous, but we got there safely!
. . . . . . . . It’s a tiny island about 2,300 miles west of Santiago, Chile.
C Use two of the verbs above and write sentences about the past.
1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
COMICS
The amount of electronic products discarded globally has skyrocketed recently, with 20-50 million
tonnes generated every year. If such a huge figure is hard to imagine, think of it like this - if the
estimated amount of e-waste generated every year would be put into containers on a train it
would go once around the world!
Electronic waste (e-waste) now makes up five percent of all municipal solid waste worldwide,
nearly the same amount as all plastic packaging, but it is much more hazardous. Not only
developed countries generate e-waste; Asia discards an estimated 12 million tonnes each year.
E-waste is now the fastest growing component of the municipal solid waste stream because people
are upgrading their mobile phones, computers, televisions, audio equipment and printers more
frequently than ever before. Mobile phones and computers are causing the biggest problem
because they are replaced most often. In Europe e-waste is increasing at three to five percent a
year, almost three times faster than the total waste stream. Developing countries are also
expected to triple their e-waste production over the next five years.
Text Comprehension
1. Encontre frases, em inglês, do texto que mostra que...
a) Se a quantidade de lixo eletrônico gerada por ano fosse colocada dentro de vagões de
trem, daria para dar uma volta ao mundo.
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b) Os telefones celulares e computadores estão causando o maior problema porque eles
são substituídos com mais freqüência.
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c) Em países desenvolvidos é esperado o triplo de produção de lixo eletrônico nos
próximos cinco anos.
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Vocabulary
1. WASTE: lixo. 10. NEARLY: perto, quase. 18. EXPECTED: esperar, aguardar.
2. AMOUNT: montante. 11. PACKAGING: embalagens. 19. LIFESPAN: longevidade (vida longa).
3. DISCARDED: descartar-se, 12. HAZARDOUS: perigoso, arriscado, 20. LIFECYCLE: ciclo (vida).
livrar-se, desfazer-se. incerto, duvidoso. 21. PILE: pilha, monte, montão.
4. SKYROCKETED: aumentado. 13. STREAM: fluxo, corrente, córrego, 22. KEYBOARD: teclado (piano,
5. HUGE: enorme, imenso, vasto. riacho. computador)
6. FIGURE: algarismo 14. UPGRADING: elevar de nível, 23. SCRAPPED: jogar no lixo
7. CONTAINERS: recipiente, promover. 24. DUMPED: descarregar, despejar,
receptáculo. 15. PRINTER: impressora. esvaziar.
8. AROUND: em volta, em torno, 16. REPLACED: repor, restituir, 25. CHEAPER: barato, de baixo preço.
circularmente. substituir. 26. PROPERLY: apropriado, adequado,
9. WORLDWIDE: mundial, geral, 17. INCREASING: aumentar, correto, devidamente.
universal. intensificar, estender.
[Has/Have] + [Particípio]
Exemplos:
1. I have seen the movie many times.
2. I have never seen the movie
Exemplos:
1. I’ve already seen that film. I don’t want to see it again.
(Não importa quando eu vi)
2. Have you ever been to Germany?
(Não importa quando você foi. -- Eu só quero saber se você esteve lá
ou não).
Exemplos:
EXERCISES
1. Use os verbos entre parênteses para completar as frases, no
Present Perfect:
a. My husband ___________________________ our children to school since
March. (drive)
b. _____________________________ the environmental advantages of
recycling? (you / forget)
c. Cindy ________________________________ me her address. (not / give)
d. Offices _______________________________ in a lot of countries. (open)
e. They _________________________________ our advice yet. (not / take)
f. My friends ___________________________ some interesting books. (read)
g. _____________________________ a good place to live in? (the Earth / be)
h. Brazil _________________________________ some changes in its
industry. (make)
a. be abroad / No
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COMICS
Automobiles
The world has changed a lot since the last decades of the 19th century:
with the invention of the automobile, places have become closer and man has
traveled farther.
In the 20th century,
automobiles brought deep
changes to the cities. Cars
crowded the streets and took
the place of the old carriages.
The 50’s and the 60’s
represented the greatest days of
the automobile. But an oil crisis
occurred during the 70’s.
Gasoline became more
expensive. Large automobiles companies worried about it and began to work
on the “car of the future”.
Cars in the future will be more economical, lighter, and smaller than
they are today. They will use different forms of energy: electric, solar, and
many others. These new forms of energy will cause less pollution than gasoline
and will be cheaper.
Text Comprehension
A. Answer the questions in Portuguese. Find the answers in the text.
1. O autor diz que o mundo mudou nas últimas décadas do século XIX com a
invenção do automóvel. Como?
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Future Tense
[Will] + [Verb]
Exemplos:
1. He will play football. (Affirmative)
2. He'll play football. (Affirmative / Contracted form)
3. He will not play football. (Negative)
4. He won't play football. or He'll not play football.
(Negative / Contracted form)
5. Will he play football? (Interrogative)
O verbo BE:
O verbo BE é uma exceção com WILL. Mesmo quando tenho um plano
firmado ou NÃO falamos espontaneamente, usamos WILL com BE.
Exemplos:
1. I will be in London tomorrow.
2. There will be 50 people at the party.
3. The meeting will be at 9.30 am.
NOTA:
O verbo BE é sempre exceção.
EXERCISES
1. Answer the questions in full. Use the words in parentheses.
a. When will you travel? (in June) ____I will travel in June._____________________
b. Where will they work? (at home) ________________________________________
c. What will she do? (her homework) ______________________________________
d. How will Tony travel? (by plane) ________________________________________
e. Where will you walk? (in the park) ______________________________________
f. When will they be there? (tomorrow) ____________________________________
g. What time will the stores open? (at 9 o’clock) _____________________________
2. Look at the chart and complete the sentences. “What will / won’t they do today?”
Written practice
1. Look at what Carol wrote in her diary:
MONDAY, JUNE 24
Dear Diary,
In the morning I woke up early and went to school.
After school I went out with Katherine to go shopping.
We bought some clothes, some magazines, and a gift for my mother. Before returning
home we visited a pet fair and we had an ice-cream.
COMICS
A Voz Passiva é mesmo usual do que a Voz Ativa. A Voz Ativa é a “voz
normal”. Mas às vezes usamos a Voz Passiva.
give importance to
active object President Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.
(President Kennedy)
active subject
unknown
My wallet has been stolen. ?
Lista de transformações:
That letter will be written by them. (Aquela carta será escrita por eles).
EXERCISES
1. Write (A) for the verbs in the ACTIVE VOICE and (P) for those in the
PASSIVE VOICE:
a. ( ) Stress can be caused by suffering.
b. ( ) They do not even realize it.
c. ( ) Your body, however, has a much broader definitions of stress.
d. ( ) Stress has been recognized by a lot of people.
e. ( ) If you break your leg, that is stress.
f. ( ) Similarly, we all need to find the proper level of stress.
g. ( ) Stress is caused by change in life.
h. ( ) I ate a piece of chocolate cake.
i. ( ) It would have been fixed on the weekend.
5. (MACK-SP) The Passive Voice of “Man has made the world much more
complex” is:
a. Much more complex was the world made.
b. Much more complex has made the world.
c. The world has been made much more complex.
d. The world was been made much more complex by man.
e. Complex has been made the world much more by man.
CURIOSITIES
COMICS
BUDAPEST
Budapest has a population of over two milion people. One in every five
Hungarians lives there. The River Danube divides the city into two parts. On the west
bank there are the woods and hills of Buda and the old town. On
the east bank there is the bigger and more modern Pest, the
business and shopping centre. From Buda there are wonderful
views of Pest and the river. Six bridges join Buda and Pest.
PRAGUE
Prague has a population of unusual of over one
million people. It is not the biggest city in Europe, but it
is certainly one of the most beautiful. It is built on seven
hills on the banks of the River Vltava. Fifteen bridges
cross the river. The most famous in Charles Bridge,
which joins Prague Castle and the old town. The view of the castle from the river is
very famous.
Comprehension check
COMICS
Estudo do Texto
Text Comprehension
1. Find in the 2nd paragraph:
a. What kind of music was created in the 20th century? __________________________
b. What was developed? __________________________________________________
c. What was built? _______________________________________________________
d. What was wired _______________________________________________________
e. Where man landed on? _________________________________________________
f. What was divided? _____________________________________________________
g. What was discovered? __________________________________________________
h. Where we engraved millions of transistors? _________________________________
i. What theory was created? ________________________________________________
j. What was fought down? _________________________________________________
COMICS
Prepositions
IN: indica que algo está DENTRO de alguma coisa
Exemplos:
1. There is some water in the bottle. (Há alguma água dentro da garrafa)
2. Look at those people swimming in the river. (Olhe aquelas pessoas nadando dentro do rio).
NEXT TO: indica que algo está PRÓXIMO, AO LADO de alguma coisa.
Exemplos:
1. The comb is next to the hairbrush. (O pente está ao lado da escova de cabelo).
2. There is a gas station next to the parking lot. (Há um posto de gasolina ao lado do
estacionamento).
Observação: AMONG indica que algo está entre mais de duas coisas.
EXERCISES
A. Supply the appropriate prepositions.
1. Pedro’s ball is ____________________ the sofa.
2. The books _____________________ the floor ____________________ the chair.
3. Wait for me ____________________ the cinema.
4. Helen is ____________________ home.
5. Her shoes were ____________________ bed.
6. It was raining when I went ____________________ the teater.
7. I’m going ____________________ Europe ____________________ Monday.
8. Tomás is sleeping ____________________ that tree.
9. The bank is ____________________ Baker Street.
10. Don’t be afraid. Stay ____________________ Julio and me.
11. The dogs are in the yard ____________________ the cats.
12. My birthday is ____________________ June.
13. He is working ____________________ the supermarket now.
14. There was a big rock concert ____________________ 1970.
Written practice
1. Soccer is the most popular sport in Brazil.
Answer in your notebook or here:
1. Do you like soccer? ________________________________________________
2. What is your favorite team? __________________________________________
Julian is a lawyer. He goes to his office every morning. His secretary is Ms.
Clara. She works hard. She helps Julian read lots of documents and write formal
agreements.
Julian represents people in court and gives them legal advice. His office is in the
Business Center. There are many offices there. There is a mall beside the Business
Center. At this mall they can find many things they need.
Text Comprehension
1. Encontre evidências no texto que mostra:
a. O que é um Oscar.
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b. Como é possível ou a quem é dada a chance de se tornar um membro da Academia.
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Adverbs
Examples:
[Then – Next – After that – First - Finally]
NOTA:
1. Muitos advérbios são formados acrescentando-se o sufixo –ly ao adjetivo.
Wonderful >> wonderfully Patient >> patiently
Slow >> slowly
2. No caso dos adjetivos terminados em –y, susbstitui-se o –y por -i- e acrescenta-se -ly.
Thirsty >> thirstily Happy >> happily
Heavy >> heavily
Adjetivo Advérbio
Hard (árduo, difícil) Hard (arduamente)
Late (atrasado) Late (tarde)
Fast (rápido) Fast (rapidamente)
Daily (diário) Daily (diariamente)
Weekly (semanal) Weekly (semanalmente)
Monthly (mensal) Monthly (mensalmente)
Yearly (anual) Yearly (anualmente)
Low (baixo) Low (baixo)
Little (pequeno) Little (pouco)
Early (adiantado) Early (cedo)
Example:
A: Do you go swimming in your free time?
B: Yes, I do.
A: How often do you go swimming?
B: I go swimming sometimes.
ACTIVITIES
I A go
swimming
Written practice
1. Use the space below to prepare your own questionnaire. Consider ideas such as
hobbies, sports, arts, job, etc.
Do you ever................................................?
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COMICS
K*E*Y
1. Yes, ALWAYS.
2. Yes, USUALLY.
3. Well, IT DEPENDS.
4. No, NOT USUALLY.
5. No, NEVER.
1 2 3 4 5
1 I don’t mind getting out of bed in the mornings.
2 I get tense when I have to meet new people.
3 I deal well with money.
4 When I am alone I feel bored.
5 I read the newspaper or watch the news every day
6 I get irritable when people are late.
7 I consider things carefully before I make a decision.
8 I remember people’s names when I am introduced to them.
9 I make plans for the future.
10 I work out in a gym at least twice a week.
11 I read novels, magazines, etc.
12 I treat people the same way they treat me.
13 I am good at love-related matters.
1 2 3 4 5
COOPERATIVE PROJECT
Leo, Jim, Allan and a friend interviewed ten people about their
movie preferences. According to the answers (three people prefer
comedies, two prefer dramas, two prefer westerns, two prefer
adventures, only one prefers cartoons and no one prefers science fiction
or horror), they organized the following graph:
Now it’s your turn. In a group of four, interview ten friends about their music
preferences and make a graph.
Estudo do Texto
Vamos ler um texto sobre pessoas que se preocupam com os outros, que conseguem esquecer
suas próprias dificuldades na tentativa de ajudar os outros. Dê sua opinião e discuta com os
colegas as seguintes questões:
1. Ajudar significa dar dinheiro?
2. Você já tentou fazer alguma coisa muito difícil só para ajudar outra pessoa?
3. Você já recebeu alguma ajuda que achou importante?
The gift
There were two men in a hospital room. One of them occupied the
bed near the window. He could sit up on his bed for one hour each
afternoon. The other man could not sit. They talked all the time. They
spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their
vacations, everything.
Every afternoon, the man in the bed near the window would sit
and describe to the other man all the things he could see outside the
window. “There’s a park across the street from the hospital. There is a
lake in the park, with ducks and swans. Children are playing in the
park.”
The man in the other bed liked to listen to the descriptions. In
fact, he began to live for those moments. He would close his eyes and
imagine everything his friend was describing to him. One day, the man
described a parade passing in the street. Although he couldn’t hear the
band, he could imagine the parade.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths
and saw that the man close to the window had died peacefully in his
sleep. She called the hospital attendants and told them to take the body
away. Later, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the
window. The nurse was happy to move him to the bed near the window.
Text Comprehension
A. Answer the questions in Portuguese. Find the answers in the text.
1. Onde acontece a história?
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2. Quem são os três personagens?
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3. O homem que estava na cama perto da janela podia sentar. O que ele fazia quando
sentava?
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Exemplos:
1. Phrasal Verb: They called up the man = They called the man up = They called
him up -- Eles chamaram o homem.
2. Prepositional Verb: They called on the man = They called on him -- Eles
visitaram o homem.
Exemplos:
1. Phrasal-prepositional Verb: I broke up with girlfriend. - Eu briguei com minha
namorada.
Outros exemplos:
>>> Phrasal verbs (separable)<<<
Ask out - convidar
Blow up – apagar; explodir
Bring up – abordar; mencionar; educar os filhos
Burn down – consumir (queimar uma construção)
Burn up - Queimar
Call up - telefonar
Call off - cancelar
Clear up – corrigir um desentendimento; esclarecer
EXERCISES
1. Complete as frases com os phrasal verbs be, break, come, get, give, go e hold.
a. Could you __________________ a minute, please? I have to answer the door.
b. I must ____________________. See you next week.
c. Our car ____________________ so we had to take a taxi.
d. Stop talking and ___________________ work.
e. Money is not easy to ___________________.
f. The fish is ___________________ a bad smell.
g. Did he ___________________ our plan?
h. Peter ___________________ flu. He is in bed now.
i. Suddenly he ____________________ a new method of teaching English.
j. Someone ___________________ and stole all our computers.
vegetable / …
A: If I were a vegetable, I would be lettuce.
B: Why?
A: Because I love lettuce.
Written practice
1. Match the columns:
a. If Mariana knew how to cook, () they would be very sad.
b. If Saulo worked on weekends, () she could prepare us a special
c. If the boys lost the game, dinner.
d. If your parents received you letter, ( ) she could help Leonardo.
e. If Carol were there, ( ) he would get very tired.
( ) they would be very happy.
2. Complete the sentences using the If clauses from the box:
If he stayed in,
If I had a car,
If I had time,
If it were sunny today,
If I were my father,
Doctor
Journalist
Businessman
Fashion designer
2. Look what these professionals are saying and, based on exercise 1, write their
careers in the box:
a. “I generally work in my office and talk to managers.” _________________________
b. “I help people who suffered from accidents.” _________________________
c. “I make the designs for Internet pages.” _________________________
d. “I interview people and read the news on TV.” _________________________
e. “I work in a hospital.” _________________________
f. “I create new styles of clothes.” _________________________
g. “I always travel and show people the history and curiosities of the places.” ________
______________________________
Enjoy yourself
A large dog walks into a butcher shop, carrying a purse in his mouth. He puts the purse
down and sits in front of the meat case.
“What is it, boy?” the butcher jokingly asks. “Want to buy some meat?”
“Woof!” barks the dog.
“Hmm,” says the butcher. “What kind? Liver, bacon, steak...”
“Woof!” interrupts the dog.
“And how much steak? Half a pound, one pound...”
“Woof!” signals the dog.
The amazed butcher wraps up the meat and finds the money in the dog’s purse. As the
dog leaves, he decides to follow. The dog enters a building, climbs to the third floor and begins
scratching at a door. With that, the door swings open and an angry man starts shouting at the
dog.
“Stop!” yells the butcher. “He’s the most intelligent animal I’ve ever seen!”
“Intelligent?” counters the man. “This is the third time this week he’s forgotten his key.”
Textos em português também podem ajudar, pois dão uma noção sobre assuntos
que podem ser tratados no vestibular, além de permitir o desenvolvimento da
capacidade de interpretação de uma forma geral
Utilize sempre o dicionário para procurar as palavras que não conhece
Tente contextualizar as palavras novas. Não adianta tentar decorar, por exemplo,
uma lista de "phrasal verbs" sem tentar montar orações e, assim, dar um sentido
para elas
Não descuide da gramática. Mesmo sendo pouco cobrada, ela é importante para
a compreensão dos textos.
Se você não tem o hábito de ler textos em inglês, comece por assuntos que de
seu interesse
Se for estudar por meio da tecla SAP da TV ou por meio das legendas em inglês
de filmes em DVD, não assista passivamente, anote as palavras desconhecidas e
verifique no dicionário seus significados
Se, na hora da prova, for cobrada uma palavra que você não conhece, não se
desespere. Tente entender o contexto e leia os enunciados das questões e as
alternativas, pois a tradução pode estar escrita na própria prova
Mesmo que você tenha freqüentado por anos escolas de inglês e acha que sabe
muito bem a matéria, não deixe de estudar, pois há outros candidatos nessa
mesma situação. Um pouco de estudo a mais pode ser a diferença para a sua
aprovação.
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