Lesson: Essentials/42
From The Grove - Academia de Idiomas
Grammar
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1. Fill the blanks with the past continuous:
- a. When she called us we _______ (correct) our exercises.
- b. The children _______ (cry) 5 minutes ago.
- c. I _______ (study) Geography when you called me.
- d. Lucy _______ (sing) in the garden.
- e. Those girls _______ (look) for you.
- f. Me and my friends _______ (watch) TV in my bedroom.
- g. That man _______ (build) a doghouse.
2. Change he sentences from the simple past to the past continuous tense:
- a. She walked to school
- b. They played chess last night.
- c. It rained a lot.
- d. We wrote love poems.
- e. I helped my mother with the lunch.
- f. The teacher explained the lesson to the students.
- g. They played a new game last weekend.
Pronunciation
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| dress | head |
| bed | many |
| medal | dead |
| fell | pen |
| test | nest |
Vocabulary
- To build - built
- To lay - laid
- House
- Building
- Construction
- Shape
- Size
- Tall
- Short
- Huge
- Structure
- Budget
-photo exercise-
Extra Vocabulary
Construction
- Ladder
- Cement
- Cinder block
- Lumber, wood
- Brick
- Carpenter
- Crane
- Architect
- Foreman
- Blueprint
- Mason
- Steel girder
- Wheel barrow
- Jackhammer
- Earplugs
- Construction worker
- Welder
- Blow torch
- Bulldozer
- Forklift
- Steamroller
- Dump truck
http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/construction/
Slang and Idioms /Phrasal Verbs
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Conversation
- Are you interested in the construction area?
- What´s the worst part of constructing something?
- What´s the best part of constructing something?
- Which do you think is worst, to construct or to remodel? Why?
- Would you like to build a house? What would be so necessary to have in it?
- What´s the favorite room in your house/apartment? Why?
- What´s your favorite color for houses?
- Do you know how to paint a wall?
- Are you afraid of using a ladder? Why?
- Which skill do you think you have to do a home improvement?
Travel…
1.
Review
1. Grammar
- a.
- b.
- c.
- d.
- e.
- f.
- g.
2. Rewrite the sentences following the model.
- The worker is feeling bad. / tired / sick
- The worker is feeling tired.
- The worker is feeling sick.
- a. The architect is changing the project. / color of the house / decorating the new house
- b. The workers need more bricks to continue the construction. / cinder block / cement
- c. I need a ladder to fix the lamp. /
- d. The foreman has to contract new people or he has to help the others. / to reduce the productivity / extend the deadline (deadline = prazo final)
- e. That crane is huge. / not safe / That dump truck
- f. We´ll buy a lot of board wood to construct the dog´s house. / My neighbor / cat´s
- g. The party next door is very noisy / so
3. Vocabulary
- a.
- b.
- c.
- d.
- e.
- f.
- g.
4. Text listening
- a. The mason needs to wear the earplugs during work.
- b. They need 2,000 more bricks to finish constructing the wall.
- c. The engineer lost the blueprint.
- d. The crane is rented until tomorrow.
- e. We need the forklift to get these materials.
- f. The wheel barrow is broken.
- g. This cement is not the best one.
5. Free Exercise:
- a.
- b.
- c.
- d.
- e.
- f.
- g.
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