Lesson: Essentials/39

Grammar

Seguindo o nosso estudo das preposições de tempo, hoje veremos como utilizar as preposições at, at around, at about e between.

Estude os seguintes exemplos:

I get up at 6 am.
- Acordo às 6 da manhã.
I get up at around 6 am.
- Acordo em torno das 6 da manhã.
I arrive home at about 10 pm.
- Chego em casa em torno das 10 da noite.
You can call me between 3 and 5 pm.
- Você pode me ligar entre as 3 e as 5 da tarde.

Então temos:

at - exatamente quando algo acontece

at around, at about - perto de qual horário algo acontece

between - entra quais dois horários algo acontece

EXERCISES

1. Fill the sentences below with at, at around, at about or between:

The game will start _______ 9pm. (not exactly)
The supermarket closes _______ 10pm. (exactly)
She needs to be there for the test _______ 7:30am. (exactly)
They need to arrive _______ 4 and 5 am.
If he doesn't show up here _______ noon, I'll leave. (not exactly)
I think the movie is _______ 8pm. (exactly)
Do you know _____ what time the game starts? (approximately).

2. Give 3 examples with each preposition below:

at
at around
at about
between

Pronunciation

Examples
strut	mud
love	blood
cut	gut
must	truck
shut	nut

Vocabulary

To harvest - harvested
To plant - planted
To feed - fed
To live - lived
Farm
Fields
Grass
Cow
Pig
Pork
Chicken
Rooster
Horse
Bull
Donkey
Crops
Road
Mountains
Hills
High
Fences
Gates
Wall
Wire
Barbed wire

 Important Sentences!
- To harvest crops
- She has a green thumb
- The farm is surrounded by high trees
- the farm is surrounded by a high fence
- The farm is surrounded by barbed wire

Exercises

1) Look at the photos and answer the questions, the teacher may ask you to write down your answers or to answer orally:

What surrounds the farm?
Does this look like a big farm or a small one?
Describe the picture.

What are the people in the photo doing?
Describe the women's clothes.
What is in the picture?

Review

1. Fill the gaps using go to, going to, go for a, go …ing + the words in brackets.

Will she ________________ next year? (South Africa)
We don't _______________ when it is raining. (sail)
He will _____________ to relieve stress. (walk)
My cousin likes to _____________ to have lunch. (fast food restaurants)
My grandmother needs to ____________ immediately! (a hospital)
Kimmy likes to ___________ after school. (snack)
George is ___________________ next year. (Mexico)
Tina will ________________ in Asia. (mountain climb)
My brothers are ____________. (bike ride)
My sisters _____________ every weekend. (shop)

2. Write a short paragraph using the words below:

Words
between	come	after
hotter	begin	buy

3. Complete the text with the prepositions (before, after, until, at, at around, at about, between):

John: Hey Carl, what time is the soccer game tonight?

Carl: I don't know, I think it's _______ 10 p.m. Let me check. Yep, it's _______9:50 p.m. _______ the soap opera. Where are you going to watch it?

John: I have no idea. I wish I could watch this game but I'll work ______ 10 p.m. Where are you going to watch it?

Carl: Some friends and I are going to my neighbor's house. Would you like to go there _______ your work?

John: That would be great I think I can get there _______ second half. Where is his house?

Carl: Good! It's on my street, _______ my house and the bakery.

John: OK, see you _______ 10:30 p.m. Bye!

Carl: Bye.

4. Choose the right answer:

5. Describe the following picture.^help

Conversation

Would you like to live on a farm? Why? Why not?
What can you do when you go to a farm?
Do you like to do outdoor activities? Which ones?
Do you like to ride horses?
What is the good side of being on the field?
What is the bad side of being on the field?
Do you have any friends/relatives who live on a farm or a ranch?
If you lived on a farm would you plant a garden? If so, what would you plant?
What is your favorite farm animal and why?
Do you know how to use farm tools? Which ones?

Extra Vocab

The Farm

Farmer
Fields
Greenhouse
Barn
Silo
Pasture
Scarecrow
Plough
Harness
Orchard
Stable
Chicken coop
Tractor
Combine
Scythe
Basket
Barrel
Well
Pulley
Pump
Windmill
Cart
Hay, hay stack
Pitchfork
Bale of hay

Farm

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	It's at around night.
	It's at 9:30 p.m.
	It's between 8 o'clock.

	You'll get it two days after the test.
	You can get it at the classroom.
	It's until Friday.

	I beginned Culinary course.
	I began my driving course.
	I didn't began any course.

	Cake is better then ice cream and pie.
	Ice cream is the best dessert.
	Pies are gooder.