21 de outubro de 2010

Aqui estão, como prometido, exercícios para treinar 'already' e 'yet'.

Already Yet
Pessoal, fiz um resuminho básico dos usos que aprendemos do Present Perfect, comparando-o ao Simple Past. Espero que ajude! Só clicar!
Present Perfect x Simple Past

10 de outubro de 2010

Peter Pan

Inspiração para o dia das crianças.


Peter in response to capitain Hook's threat:
"To die would be an awfully big adventure."


5 de outubro de 2010


Get a Voki now!

4 de outubro de 2010

(Para meus alunos do básico 3: Esse exercício vcs já fizeram, mas postei aqui mesmo assim para que vcs façam de novo depois de estudar.)

PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

1. Beethoven …………......………… (write) nine symphonies. He …………………………….. (write) another symphony when he died.

2. Last Saturday Tom wanted to make two salads. He ................................... (make) the first one in five minutes. He .................................... (make) the second one when his guests ............................ (arrive) and they .............................. (help) him to finish it.

3. The artist Gaudi ............................... (design) several houses in Barcelona, Spain. Later he ............................... (start) work on a church. He ................................. (work) on the church when he .............................. (die).

4. Last month a bank robber ................................... (escape) while the police ...................................... (take) him to prison. Later they ................................ (catch) him again, and this time they ........................................ (lock) him up without any problem.

5. Philip’s football team were lucky last Saturday. After 20 minutes they ...................................... (lose), but in the end they ............................... (win) the game by 4 goals to 2.

6. John Lennon .................................... (sing) and ......................................... (play) on many records with The Beatles. He ............................................ (prepare) a new record when Mark Chapman ........................................... (shoot) him.

7. The evening was getting darker. The street lights ................................. (come) on, People ......................................... (hurry) home after work. I .......................................... (stand) in a queue at the bus stop. Suddenly somebody ................................... (grab) my bag.

8. Yesterday afternoon I ................................................ (study) at home after school when I ......................................... (hear) a loud noise. I .................................... (run) outside. It ................................... (rain) and it ..................................... (be) cold. I ............................................ (see) that smoke ...................................... (come) slowly out of the next house. My father suddenly ........................................ (arrive) and we ................................................ (phone) the fire-brigade because we could hear that some people ........................................ (call) for help. While we ................................... (wait) for the fire-engine to come, I ............................................. (decide) to investigate.

Answers:

1) Beethoven wrote (write) nine symphonies. (Remember that Beethoven is dead. The nine symphonies were finished.)  He was writing (write) another symphony when he died. (This symphony wasn't finished, because it's creation was interrupted by Beethoven's death. When is a key word!)


2)  Last Saturday Tom wanted to make two salads. He made (make) the first one in five minutes. (He finished this salad, nothing interrupted this action) He was making . (make) the second one when his guests arrived (arrive) and they helped (help) him to finish it. (The action of making this salad was interrupted by the guests arriving. But then the salad was ready with the guests help. here we have one interrupted action followed by two finished actions.)


to be continued...

Aqui está o jogo que fizemos na aula de revisão. Só clicar!

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AX0RlkjgPnmuZGhmczNrcHFfMjFmZ3d4dGNkeA&hl=en_US
Exercícios para treinar simple past x past continuous (só clicar):

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AX0RlkjgPnmuZGhmczNrcHFfMThmN2hieDRkaA&hl=en_US
Exercício para treinar simple past, perguntas, negativas e afirmativas. Esse exercício é um diálogo, vcs devem completá-lo conjugando o verbo corretamente e acrescentando o que for necessário. Depois o mesmo diálogo aparece de novo, porém sem as perguntas, para que vcs treinem também as Wh questions! Enjoy! (basta clicar no link abaixo)

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AX0RlkjgPnmuZGhmczNrcHFfMTlkNjQ1cWpjaw&hl=en_US