Application 2

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1- Read the text and take notes of the words you don't know.

Old Lives

Before we talk about Roberto and Sarah’s new life, let’s speak about their old lives.

Roberto is eighteen years old, he is Brazilian, he lives in são paulo and he is finishing high school and he is also studying english.

His mother thinks that it would be nice for him to study english abroad, his father and his mother have enough money to pay for his studies in US.

His mother is a dentist and his father is a lawyer, they work really hard.

Roberto is enjoying the ideia of living abroad, He is really looking forward to know a new country but at the same time he is anxious because it is his first time abroad.

Roberto likes to listen to music, watch series and he also likes to play video game.

He has some good friends in São Paulo, but now he needs to make new friends when he arrives in Woodsville.

He is packing his bags with all his favorite things, he is taking his video game, his notebook and his favorite clothes with him.::

Verbs

to speak - spoke

to live - lived

to study - studied

to finish – finished

to listen - listened

to watch - watched

to pay - paid

to play - played

to have - had

to need - needed

to pack - packed

to feel - felt

1- Make a sentence using present continuous or simple present for each of the words you didn't know.

2- After reading the text, answer:

a- What do his parents do for a living?

b- What do you do for a living?

c- What city is Roberto from?

d- What is his mother's opinion about Roberto's english studies?

e- What is Roberto feeling?

f- What are some of Roberto's interests?

g- And what about you? Tell your likes and dislikes

h- How would you feel in Roberto's place?

3- Make two sentences with each of these expressions using present continuous and/or simple present, ask your teacher for help if you need an explanation about the use of these expressions. (don't forget to use negative and interrogative forms)

a- For a living

b- Also

c- It would be

d- Enough

e- Really + adjective

f- At the same time

g- To take with

h- To look forward

4-Explain how your job works.Follow the example below:

She is a mangaka, a mangaka is an artist who draws japanese comic books.

She arrives at work at 8 o'clock, she has breakfast with her coworkers and at 9 o'clock she begins drawing

She needs to finish half of her work until noon, She has lunch with her coworker at noon.

At 3 pm She goes to the meeting room to see how the work is going.

She goes home at 6 pm.

5- Based on the text, create a schedule for Roberto's old life.

Ex:" Roberto wakes up everyday at 8:00 and goes to school at 9:00, on tuesdays he needs to go to the english course at 3pm...."

6-Tell your teacher or write a list of the things you like the most and explain why, you can talk about movies, games, songs, artists or even food!

Extra Exercises

1- Translate the sentences:

a- Ele trabalha como enfermeiro.

b- Eu também gosto de viajar para fora do país.

c- Não seria muito bom.

d- Jones têm dinheiro o suficiente para pagar as contas deste mês.

e- Ela realmente não gosta de acordar cedo.

f- Nós sempre terminamos os exercícios primeiro.

g- Não é bom ir sozinho, leve isso com você.

h- Você gosta de trabalhar e ouvir música ao mesmo tempo?

i- Arrume suas malas, estamos indo embora hoje.