Lesson: Essentials/40
Grammar
Hoje veremos os seguintes verbos irregulares:
| base form | simple past | past participle |
|---|---|---|
| dream | dreamt / dreamed | dreamt / dreamed |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
Vejamos agora alguns exemplos:
- I dreamt about you last night.
- Sonhei com você na noite passada.
- She drank a lot of water after the game.
- Ela bebeu bastante água após o jogo.
- They drove for 5 hours.
- Eles dirigiram por 5 horas.
- We ate the most delicious cake at her birthday party.
- Comemos um bolo super delicioso na festa de aniversário dela.
- He fell and broke his leg.
- Ele caiu e quebrou a sua perna.
Note! O verbo dream geralmente vem com a preposição about. Isso é porque quem sonha, frequentemente, sonha com algo. Às vezes, em vez de about, usamos a preposição of. A rigor, tanto faz usar uma preposição ou a outra, porém, alguns nativos fazem a distinção de usar dream of quando se está sonhando acordado, pensando em ou desejando algo, e dream about quando se sonha enquanto dorme.
Challenge Na frase "We ate the most delicious cake at her birthday party." escolhemos traduzir the most delicious cake por um bolo super delicioso. Traduzindo literalmente ficaria "o bolo mais delicioso", porém, isto não funciona muito bem em português.
Explique na parte de comentários no final da lição a razão de traduzir a expressão da primeira forma. Aqui vai uma dica, tem algo a ver com a palavra hyperbole.
EXERCISES
1. Fill the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parenthesis:
- She always _______ (dream) of being rich when she was a kid.
- The guests ________ (drink) all the soda last night.
- My father _______ (drive) his new car yesterday.
- My sister _______ (eat) all my chocolate!
- The kid _______ (fall) when he was trying to climb the sofa.
- I wasn't looking at you when you _______ (fall) off the seat.
- I was hungry, so I _______ (eat) everything.
2. Give the past tense of the verbs below:
- listen
- water
- dream
- drink
- fall
- burn
- clean
- watch
- bring
- build
- buy
- choose
3. Write two sentences with each of the verbs we learned today.
Pronunciation
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| lot | odd |
| wash | knot |
| god | mob |
| watch | pot |
| clock | top |
Vocabulary
- To watch - watched
- To see - saw
- To listen -listened
- To work - worked
- Television
- Radio
- Stereo
- Monitor
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Computer
- Control
- Video-game
- Energy
- Shelf
- Cellphone
- Plugs
- Cables
- Devices
- Player
- nowadays
- Modern
- old
- Years
- What is on Tv? - It's on the news - It is working correctly - It is broken. - Electronic devices - Dvd player - Many years ago
1) Look at the photos and answer the questions, the teacher may ask you to write down your answers or to answer orally:
- What are the people of this photo doing?
- What kind of games are they playing?
- What electronic devices are there in the picture?
- What do you think is happening in the picture?
- Do you think that we still watch tv like in the picture nowadays?
- Describe the picture and the objects in it.
Review
1. Make sentences with the given uncountable words making them countable.Follow the example.
- Example:
- a.Water
- Answer: I bought four bottles of water.
- chocolate
- sand
- butter
- sugar
- bread
2. Write a short paragraph about how eletronic devices are important to you nowadays.
3. make short sentences using the following verbs in the past tense:
- dream, drink, drive, eat, fall
4. Change the sentences from affirmative to negative:
- She drove him to school last night.
- John drank a lot of water yesterday.
- Mike bought a lot of electronic devices yesterday.
- There was a good movie on tv yesterday.
- They ate a lot at my house yesterday.
- The baby fell down.
- My mom watched a play.
- She saw you.
5. Describe the following picture.help
Conversation
- Do you like to use electronic devices? Which ones?
- What´s the best electronic invention in your point of view? Why?
- Do you think people are lazier because of these new inventions? Why?
- Give 5 examples of electronics that you have at home.
- Which electronic(s) do you use the most? What for?
- Is it possible to live without these electronic devices nowadays? Why (not)?
- Do you think we will become more and more dependent on these devices? Why?
- What is a good age for a person to own his/her first cell phone? Why?
- What kind of toys will the children of the future use?
- Are you picky about the kind of computer, cell phone, video games... you buy?
Extra Vocab
Electronics
- Television, TV, TV set
- Antenna
- Remote control
- Controls
- Button
- Record
- Stop
- Pause
- Play
- Rewind
- Fast forward
- Plug
- Cord
- Prong
- Outlet
- Extension cord
- Stereo
- Dial
- Speaker
- Radio
- Headphones
- Power cord
- Battery
- Microphone, mike
- Circuit braker
- Fuse
- Record player, phonograph
- CD
- Record
- Cassette, audio cassette
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